Since the 1980s, the Office of Refugee Resettlement1 (ORR) has conducted the Annual Survey of Refugees (ASR), which collects information on refugees during their first five years after arrival in the U.S. The ASR is the only scientifically-collected source of national data on refugees’ progress toward self-sufficiency and integration. ORR uses the ASR results alongside other information sources to fulfill its Congressionally-mandated reporting requirement following the Refugee Act of 1980.

Units of Response: Refugee Households

Type of Data: Survey

Tribal Data: No

Periodicity: Annual

SORN: Not Applicable

Data Use Agreement: https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/project/131025/version/V1/download/terms?path=/openicpsr/131025/fcr:versions/V1&type=project

Data Use Agreement Location: https://www.acf.hhs.gov/orr/programs/refugees/annual-survey-refugees

Equity Indicators: Ethnicity;Gender Identity;Geographic Areas;Household Income;Household Size

Granularity: Household;Individual

Spatial: United States

Geocoding: Census region;Country of Origin;Zip Code

The National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW) is a nationally representative, longitudinal survey of children and families who have been the subjects of investigation by Child Protective Services. There are currently two cohorts of available data (NSCAW I and NSCAW II) drawn from first-hand reports from children, parents, and other caregivers, as well as reports from caseworkers, teachers, and data from administrative records. NSCAW examines child and family well-being outcomes in detail and seeks to relate those outcomes to experience with the child welfare system and to family characteristics, community environment, and other factors.

Units of Response: Children and Families in the Child Welfare System

Type of Data: Survey

Tribal Data: Unavailable

Periodicity: Irregular

SORN: Not Applicable

Data Use Agreement: https://www.ndacan.acf.hhs.gov/datasets/order_forms/termsofuseagreement.pdf

Data Use Agreement Location: https://www.ndacan.acf.hhs.gov/datasets/pdfs_user_guides/IntroNSCAWWave1.pdf

Equity Indicators: Disability;Ethnicity;Gender Identity;Geographic Areas;Household Income;Household Size;Race

Granularity: Individual

Spatial: United States

Geocoding: Unavailable

The Early Head Start Research and Evaluation (EHSRE) Study was conducted by Mathematica Policy Research (MPR) and included five major components: (1) an implementation study; (2) an impact evaluation, using an experimental design; (3) local research studies to learn about pathways to desired outcomes; (4) policy studies to respond to information needs in areas of emerging policy-relevant issues; and (5) continuous program improvement. The study involved 3,001 children and families in 17 sites representing diverse program models, racial/ethnic makeup, urban-rural location, program auspice, and program experience in serving infants and toddlers. Three phases comprise the collection: Birth to Three ("0-3"), Pre-Kindergarten ("PreK") Follow-up and the Elementary School ("G5") Follow-up.

The Early Head Start findings are based on a mixture of direct child assessments, observations of children's behavior by in-person interviewers, ratings of videotaped parent-child interactions in standardized ways, ratings of children's behaviors by their parents, and parents' self-reports of their own behaviors, attitudes, and circumstances. Data in this collection were constructed by the Mathematica Policy Research (MPR) researchers for use in their analyses. Very few of the original source variables are present in this public-use file.

Units of Response: Early Head Start children and families

Type of Data: Evaluation

Tribal Data: No

Periodicity: Irregular

SORN: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/02/14/2018-03014/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records

Data Use Agreement: Unavailable

Data Use Agreement Location: https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/ICPSR/studies/3804/datadocumentation

Equity Indicators: Ethnicity;Gender Identity;Household Income;Household Size;Race

Granularity: Household;Individual

Spatial: United States

Geocoding: Unavailable

The Head Start Impact Study reports on the impacts of Head Start on children and families during the children's preschool, kindergarten, and first grade years. It was conducted with a nationally representative sample of nearly 5,000 three- and four-year old preschool children across 84 nationally representative grantee/delegate agencies in communities where there are more eligible children and families than can be served by the program.

Units of Response: Head Start Programs, Head Start Centers, Head Start Classroom/Teacher, Head Start Children, Head Start Families

Type of Data: Evaluation

Tribal Data: No

Periodicity: Irregular

SORN: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/04/02/2015-07440/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records-notice

Data Use Agreement: https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/rpxlogin

Data Use Agreement Location: https://www.childandfamilydataarchive.org/cfda/archives/cfda/studies/29462/datadocumentation

Equity Indicators: Disability;Ethnicity;Gender Identity;Household Income;Race

Granularity: Classroom;Individual;Program

Spatial: United States

Geocoding: Unavailable

The 2019 National Survey of Early Care and Education (2019 NSECE) is a set of four nationally-representative integrated surveys conducted in 2019 of 1) households with children under age 13, 2) home-based early care and education (ECE) providers, 3) center-based ECE providers, and 4) the center-based ECE provider workforce. Together these four surveys characterize the supply of and demand for ECE in the United States and create a better understanding of how well families' needs and preferences coordinate with providers' offerings and constraints. The NSECE surveys make particular effort to measure the experiences of low-income families, as these families are the focus of a significant component of ECE and school-age public policy.

The NSECE was first conducted in 2012. Before that effort, there had been a 20-year long absence of nationally representative data on the use and availability of ECE. The NSECE was conducted again in 2019 to update the information from 2012 and shed light on how the ECE and school-age care landscape changed from 2012 to 2019. The 2019 NSECE followed a similar design as the 2012 survey, including surveying households with children under age 13, home-based providers, center-based providers, and staff working in center-based classrooms.

Units of Response: Households, Early Care and Education Providers, early childhood workforce

Type of Data: Survey

Tribal Data: No

Periodicity: Irregular

SORN: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/09/19/2022-20139/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records

Data Use Agreement: Unavailable

Data Use Agreement Location: https://www.childandfamilydataarchive.org/cfda/archives/cfda/studies/37941/datadocumentation

Equity Indicators: Disability;Ethnicity;Gender Identity;Geographic Areas;Household Income;Housing Status;Indigenous Population;Military;Race;Sex

Granularity: Childcare Providers;Classroom;Family;Household;Individual;Nation;State

Spatial: United States

Geocoding: Not Applicable

The Behavioral Interventions to Advance Self-Sufficiency (BIAS) project was the first major opportunity to use a behavioral economic lens to examine programs in the United States that serve families who have low incomes. Sponsored by the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and led by MDRC, the project applied behavioral insights to issues related to the operations, implementation, and efficacy of social service programs and policies. The goal was to learn how tools from behavioral science can be used to deliver programs more effectively and, ultimately, improve the well-being of children, adults, and families with low incomes.

Units of Response: Unavailable

Type of Data: Administrative

Tribal Data: Unavailable

Periodicity: One-time

SORN: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/09/19/2022-20139/privacy-act-of-1974-system-of-records

Data Use Agreement: Not Applicable

Data Use Agreement Location: https://www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/information?projectId=100389&versionNumber=V1&title=Behavioral%20Interventions%20to%20Advance%20Self-Sufficiency%20Project

Equity Indicators: Ethnicity;Sex

Granularity: Individual

Spatial: Cities;States

Geocoding: State