Accessing and Using Data from the 2021-2022 Study of Family and Staff Well-Being in Head Start FACES Programs (2021-2022 Study)

The 2021-2022 Study of Family and Staff Well-Being in Head Start FACES Programs (2021-2022 study) (https://myumi.ch/XGEZD), builds on the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES), which has been a source of national information about Head Start programs and participants since 1997 The new study aims to describe:

Children and families who participate in Head Start—families’ resources and needs, parent’s mental well-being, and
children’s cognitive and social-emotional skills;
Changes or trends in those characteristics over the course of one program year during the COVID-19 pandemic;
Factors or characteristics that might explain differences in children’s skills and development and family experiences;
Characteristics and mental well-being of Head Start teachers;
Staff recruitment and retention, including staff compensation and benefits; and
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on program operations and emergency

preparedness. The webinar provides researchers and analysts with:

An overview of the study
Information on data collection and measures;
Information on the study data files and data user resources;
Considerations when using the study data;
Information on accessing the data

Hosts: Child and Family Data Archive (CFData), Mathematica, and ACF’s Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation. Find out more information about the 2021-2022 Study’s methodology and findings. (https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/2…)

For questions about data access, contact archive staff at CFData-help@umich.edu. For questions about the data or analysis, please contact Mathematica staff at faces-aianfaces- help@mathematica-mpr.com.

This webinar was originally recorded on August 30, 2024. The slides for this presentation are available at https://myumi.ch/pk1Ej