The Arkansas Office of Early Childhood is collaborating with SRI International, the National Center for Children in Poverty, and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences to learn about the supply, quality, and stability of early care and education (ECE) for children in foster care, as well as factors that promote or reduce access to high-quality ECE.
This brief presents key findings about the quality of ECE programs that Arkansas children in foster care enroll in and the stability of their participation in these programs. The project team used a mixed-methods approach, drawing on administrative data analysis, a foster parent survey, and focus groups and interviews with foster parents and ECE providers.