American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey, 2015

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Label

American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey, 2015

Creator

• United States Department of Health and Human Services. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]

Author

• United States Department of Health and Human Services. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation

Contributor

• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]

Subject

• Region XI
• child care
• child care centers
• child development
• child health
• child rearing
• children
• classroom observations
• curriculum
• early childhood education
• Alaskan Natives
• observ
• parenting skills
• parents
• school readiness
• survey
• teachers
• tribal communities
• families
• Head Start
• Native American culture
• Native Americans

Genre

• survey
• observ

Summary

The Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) is a major source of information on Head Start programs and the children and families they serve. Since 1997, FACES has conducted studies in a nationally representative sample of Head Start programs, but has historically not included Region XI (programs operated by federally-recognized tribes), whose programs are designed to serve predominantly American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) children and families. The American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey 2015 (AI/AN FACES 2015), the first national study of Region XI AI/AN Head Start children and families, is designed to fill this information gap. The design of AI/AN FACES 2015 has been informed by members of the AI/AN FACES 2015 Workgroup which includes tribal Head Start directors, researchers with expertise working with tribal communities, Mathematica Policy Research study staff, and federal officials from the Office of Head Start, Region XI, and the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. Building on FACES as the foundation, members of the AI/AN FACES 2015 Workgroup have shared insights and information on the kinds of information needed about children and families served by Region XI AI/AN Head Start programs (including children's development and school readiness, parent and family demographics, health, and program engagement, and teacher, classroom, and program characteristics). Members also provided input on recruitment practices and study methods that are responsive to the unique cultural and self-governing contexts of tribal Head Start programs. Data collection with Region XI children, families, classrooms, and programs took place in the Fall of 2015 and the Spring of 2016. Twenty-one Region XI Head Start programs participated. Procedures for tribal review and approval in each of those 21 communities were followed. Information about this study has been shared broadly with tribal Head Start programs and tribal leaders via OHS tribal consultations, nationally-broadcast webinars, National Indian Head Start Directors' Association Board of Directors (NIHSDA) annual conferences, the 2016 ACF National Research Conference on Early Childhood, and the Secretary's Tribal Advisory Council (STAC) December 2014 and 2016 meetings