This brief analyzes the 2024 National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE) household survey to describe parents’ child care preferences, priorities, and decisions. Key findings include:
Office of Human Services Policy (HSP)
The Office of Human Services Policy (HSP) strives to improve the well-being of children, youth, and families and break down silos across government. It does so by providing timely, actionable, cross-cutting policy analysis and research, and by leading cross-government coordination to address urgent human services challenges. The office works closely with federal, state, local, and private sector partners on issues including economic mobility and employment, child poverty and well-being, child welfare, family strengthening and fatherhood, early childhood education, youth development, community initiatives, child support, recidivism, and homelessness.
HSP advises the ASPE and other HHS leadership on human services policy matters. It leads and actively participates in interagency initiatives to align federal programming; conducts policy analysis and other research on human services and related issues; shares findings with and provides technical assistance to a diverse range of stakeholders; and coordinates development of HHS’s human services legislative proposals. HSP serves as a liaison with other agencies on broad economic matters and is the Department’s lead on poverty measurement.
The Office of Human Services Policy has three divisions:
- The Division of Children and Youth Policy focuses on policies related to the well-being of children and youth, including early childhood education and child welfare, and leads the Children’s Interagency Coordinating Council and the Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs.
- The Division of Family and Community Policy covers policies to strengthen low-income families and communities and address barriers to economic mobility. The division leads the Interagency Council on Economic Mobility.
- The Division of Data and Technical Analysis provides data analytic capacity for policy development through data collection activities, secondary data analysis, modeling, and cost analyses. The Division also issues annual updates to the poverty guidelines and reports to Congress on indicators of welfare dependence.
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Services Policy: Jennifer Burnszynski
Reports
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Most Parents of Young Children Prefer Either Parental Care or a Home-Based Setting, Though Preferences Vary by Child Age
ASPE Data Point
Seventy Percent of States Report that Administrative Burden is a Barrier to Provider Participation in CCDF
This Data Point describes the barriers related to provider participation identified by states and territories in their FY25-27 Plans. The analysis identifies several major barriers to provider participation in CCDF, including examples of administrative burden reported by states. Key findings include:
Policy Brief, Visualization
Structural Fragmentation Contributes to Administrative Complexity in Child Welfare Funding
ASPE Issue Brief
Project Update: Child Welfare and Health Infrastructure for Linking and Data Analysis of Resources, Effectiveness, and Needs Initiative
This brief describes progress in the Child Welfare and Health Infrastructure for Linking and Data Analysis of Resources, Effectiveness, and Needs (CHILDREN) Initiative, which is in its fourth year. At this time, four jurisdictions participate in the CHILDREN Initiative: District of Columbia, Iowa, Oklahoma, and Wyoming.
Case Study
A Home for Every Child Case Studies: Briefs from Five States with Some of the Highest Home-to-Child Ratios
The Administration for Children and Families’ initiative, A Home for Every Child, is designed to help achieve at least a one-to-one ratio of foster homes available for children and youth in foster care, where the numerator is the number of foster homes available and the denominator is the number of children in care.
Case Study, Research Brief
Strategies to Improve the Ratio of Homes Available to Children in Foster Care: Findings from Five States
The goal of the Administration for Children and Families’ (ACF’s) A Home for Every Child initiative is to have a safe and supportive home available for every child or youth in foster care. ACF measures the initiative’s success by a one-to-one home-to-child ratio, meaning there are as many foster homes available as there are children in foster care.
Research Brief
Children in Child Welfare are More Likely to be Prescribed Psychotropic Medication than Other Children on Medicaid: Findings from Florida and Kentucky
The use of psychotropic medications in children is a complex issue for parents, caregivers, health care professionals, researchers, and policymakers. Psychotropic medications are used to treat behavioral health conditions. When these medications are prescribed appropriately, they can be effective in managing behavioral health symptoms.
ASPE Issue Brief
States Routinely Request to Increase LIHEAP’s Weatherization Cap, but Must Repeat the Process Every Year
KEY POINTSThe Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) allows states to allocate up to 15 percent of program funds for weatherization activities and repairs that maximize energy efficiency.