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Addressing the Impact of COVID-19 on the Early Care and Education Sector
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The National Bureau of Economic Research with the support of the Alfred P Sloan Foundation commissioned the white papers that informed the development of this rapid expert consultation.
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• Assist the ECE workforce: Increase compensation, provide bonuses, encourage professional development opportunities, provide mental health supports, and improve overall working conditions to attract and retain qualified staff. • Modify subsidy reimbursement and payment policies: Change ways of determining state subsidy reimbursement rates and payment policies for ECE providers who participate in ECE assistance programs in order to allow state authorities to base subsidy rates on the actual costs of providing high-quality ECE.
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By using these funds strategically, state, local, and tribal decision makers have an opportunity to not only assuage potential long-term effects of the pandemic on the ECE sector, but also address deep-seated challenges within the sector. Drawing on the social, behavioral, and economic sciences and principles set forth in two previous reports of the National Academies (Transforming the Financing of Early Care and Education [NASEM, 2018]
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See https://www.nationalacademies.org/event/10-22-2021/opportunities-for-early-care-and-education-in-thepandemic-recovery-deciding-how-to-invest-webinar. 4 The full statement of task for this rapid expert consultation is as follows: "The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will produce a rapid expert consultation that discusses guidance for state and local decision-makers seeking to mitigate the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the early care and education sector.
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. While some ECE providers transitioned to virtual learning, not all families had the resources and support to participate.
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Moreover, the infusion of federal resources and other pandemic recovery funds presents a significant opportunity for state, local, and tribal decision makers to adopt strategies that address deep-seated challenges within the field, notably to prioritize quality and equity in the ECE sector. To do so, ideally, such funds will need to be used and distributed in ways that address both COVID-related challenges and those that faced the field even prior to the pandemic and inhibited A survey conducted between March 31 and April 4, 2020, by the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC)
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. Applying these six principles to the use of pandemic recovery funds could provide a framework for both addressing issues raised by the pandemic and fostering a more coherent and effective financing strategy for the ECE sector.
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These efforts include providing direct funds to ECE providers to pay salaries for personnel and buy cleaning materials and personal protective equipment. • Assist the ECE workforce: Increase compensation, provide bonuses, encourage professional development opportunities, provide mental health supports, and improve overall working conditions to attract and retain qualified staff.
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. Assist the ECE Workforce Challenges in the ECE sector include decades of low pay, inadequate benefits, and challenging work that are especially felt among Black, Latinx, and Native American providers (Austin et al., 2019)
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. Modify Subsidy Reimbursement and Payment Policies State-level subsidies available through the Child Care and Development Fund could be amended to pay ECE providers based on enrollment rather than attendance.
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Nineteen states, including Massachusetts, have amended their subsidy payment policies to pay ECE providers based on enrollment rather than child attendance, giving providers participating in subsidy programs needed financial support and stability. 23 In addition, modifications to overall subsidy payment rates can help alleviate the pressures on the ECE sector.
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26 Family childcare networks, another important coordinative mechanism, are communitybased programs that have paid staff who offer coordinated and ongoing services to affiliated family ECE providers including technical assistance, coaching, training workshops, and peer networking opportunities (Bromer and Porter, 2017; Bromer et al., 2009)
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was used by state leaders to distribute CARES Act funds equitably among ECE providers (Grimm, et al., 2021)
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Given the unequal effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, priority must be accorded to redressing individual and structural inequities. Decision makers are well positioned to address emergency and durable challenges that face children, families, and the ECE sector.
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. The Limitations of Using Market Rates for Setting Child Care Subsidy Rates.
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. State Highlight: How Pennsylvania State Leaders Used Data to Distribute CARES Act Funds Equitably During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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. Integrated data can help states better respond to and recover from crises like COVID-19.
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. Worthy Work, STILL Unlivable Wages: The Early Childhood Workforce 25 Years after the National Child Care Staffing Study.
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Addressing the Impact of COVID-19 on the Early Care and Education Sector 19 Zamarro, G., and Prados, M.J.
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, Georgetown University; Dolores Acevedo-Garcia, Brandeis University; Mahzarin R Banaji, Harvard University; Dominique Brossard, University of Wisconsin–Madison; Janet Currie, Princeton University; Michael Hout, New York University; Maria Carmen Lemos, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor; Adrian E
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, Georgetown University DOLORES ACEVEDO-GARCIA, Brandeis University MAHZARIN R BANAJI, Harvard University DOMINIQUE BROSSARD, University of Wisconsin–Madison JANET CURRIE, Princeton University MICHAEL HOUT, New York University MARIA CARMEN LEMOS, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor ADRIAN E
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