National CARES Partnership

The CARES Partnership has collected data from more than 126,000 early childhood professionals nationally to provide critical analyses on the early childhood workforce to state and federal policymakers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the White House, and more.

The partnership includes researchers and early childhood professionals from the Buffett Early Childhood Institute, the Tobin Center for Economic Policy at Yale University, and the National Workforce Registry Alliance.

This project builds on the work of the Children and Adults Research in Early Education Study Team (CARES) that was established at Yale University early in the COVID-19 pandemic to understand the health, mental health, and well-being of young children and early educators. 

The Buffett Institute continues to use the data to study early educator health and well-being. 

Publications:

Prevalence of Chronic Diseases, Depression, and Stress Among U.S. Child Care Professionals During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Preventing Chronic Disease, (2022)

Association of Child Masking With COVID-19-Related Closures in U.S. Child Care Programs, JAMA Network Open, (2022)

Mental Health Impact of COVID-19 Among Children and College Students: A Systematic Review, Child Psychiatry Human Development, (2022)

Relationship Between the Use of Nonpharmaceutical Interventions and COVID-19 Vaccination Among U.S. Child Care Providers: A Prospective Cohort Study, Vaccine, (2022)

COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Among U.S. Child Care Providers, Pediatrics, (2021)

COVID-19 Transmission in U.S. Child Care Programs, Pediatrics, (2021)