Early childhood educators earn, on average, $13.07/hour, a wage that puts them in the bottom 3% of workers nationally. Early education presents a dynamic where families can’t afford to pay more while providers can’t afford to charge less. Read more: edsurge.com/news/2024-10-1…

"What would you like your elected officials or other policymakers to know about how you and your family are doing and what you need during this time?" – RAPID Survey Project, part of Stanford Center on Early Childhood, asked this open-ended question to fathers in a survey. Here's what some of them said.

In the most-populated county in Texas, and home to the city of Houston, more than half of families with young children have difficulty meeting basic needs. RAPID Survey Project lays out what they’ve learned from parents with children under age 6 in Harris County. rapidsurveyproject.com/our-research/f…

RAPID survey data show that nearly two in three Harris County, Texas, parents with young children report experiencing emotional distress, with anxiety being the most prevalent symptom, followed closely by stress, loneliness, and depression. rapidsurveyproject.com/our-research/f…

.RAPID Survey Project goes behind the statistics and asks parents in Harris County to share their stories. #TomorrowsHope

This piece from San Francisco Chronicle cites RAPID data finding that when caregivers can’t meet their family’s basic needs, their emotional distress increases. And when their emotional distress increases, so does the emotional distress of children. sfchronicle.com/opinion/openfo…

One in three California families with young children have trouble paying for utilities: rapidsurveyproject.com/our-research/u…

We know what this kind of stress does to parents, to children, and to their brains.

🧠 DID YOU KNOW? In March 2022, 91% of families surveyed struggled to find affordable, quality child care (RAPID Survey Project, 2022). Home-based care is often the best or only option available for families in rural areas and for families needing care during nontraditional hours, like

56% of LA County parents with young children are struggling with food insecurity and facing serious financial hardships reports RAPID Survey Project. Learn more about these challenges and how we're helping address them in our blog lafoodbank.org/stories/addres…

The debate playing out in states over how to fix broken childcare systems: one side focused on a quick increase in quantity (hire teens, cut red tape); the other more concerned about resources and quality (invest more $). By my colleague Jackie Mader hechingerreport.org/the-dark-futur…

We asked caregivers about their experiences with extreme weather events and the impacts of these events on their own health and the health of the children in their care. rapidsurveyproject.com/our-research/h…

Extreme weather events are becoming more commonplace, raising concerns among parents and child care providers, writes RAPID senior advisor Joan Lombardi, PhD, in this guest commentary. rapidsurveyproject.com/our-research/f…

Born out of the COVID-19 pandemic, RAPID subsequently evolved into a platform that gathers actionable data to advance science and inform data-driven, evidence-based early childhood policy, practice, and systems. earlychildhood.stanford.edu/rapid-survey-i…

We partnered with The Connecticut Project Action Fund to hear directly from Connecticut families with young children about their experiences with child care access and affordability. The data show that one in four Connecticut families say child care is unaffordable. rapidsurveyproject.com/our-research/c…

Are caregivers and young children spending less time outside due to extreme weather? Read to find out and other smart questions posed by RAPID Survey Project: rapidsurveyproject.com/our-research/h…

More than two in three California parents of infants and toddlers report feeling stress about paying for basic needs. This high rate of hardship is concerning, as parents’ economic stress can interfere with the ability to provide responsive caregiving. rapidsurveyproject.com/our-research/c…

The urgency to address America's early education and child care issues has never been greater.

.RAPID Survey Project's fact sheet shares what they’ve learned specifically about the experiences and well-being of California families with infants and toddlers. The data shows that 35% report difficulty affording at least one area of basic need. rapidsurveyproject.com/our-research/c…