Research shows that well trained and educated individuals in the child care workforce are key to ensuring that children are both safe and in a setting to promote their healthy development.
| Workforce Background |
Reports: GAO Report: Early Child Care and Education. HHS and Education are Taking Steps to Improve Workforce Data and Enhance Worker Quality (2012) Social Policy Report: Building the Workforce Our Youngest Children Deserve, Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD, 2012) |