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Factors in Persistence Versus Fadeout of Early Childhood Intervention Impacts

Award Number: R01HD095930
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 05/10/2019
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 04/30/2029

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Factors in Persistence Versus Fadeout of Early Childhood Intervention Impacts - PROJECT SUMMARY An urgent child policy question facing the U.S. concerns how much and in what way to invest in early care and education, particularly pre-kindergarten (pre-k). Rigorous evaluations of pre-k programs within states have produced positive, negative, and null findings that are difficult to reconcile, necessitating an approach that can integrate data across time and contexts. We ask whether variations in investments by the 50 states across the past 20 years are associated with better child health, achievement, and family outcomes. Our study will build on our previous work in North Carolina (NC), which examined the effect of variation in pre-k funding to counties across years on child outcomes using econometric analyses of panel data. Our first aim is to evaluate whether the beneficial impacts of investments in public pre-k generalize across the nation and with other estimation approaches. We will use this rigorous method at the national level by compiling the first state-by-year-level dataset that integrates pre-k funding, pre-k program features, state characteristics, and child and family outcomes (e.g., NAEP scores, anxiety, disability, maternal employment), applying a state- and year-fixed effects approach. We also incorporate new NC data for an instrumental variables approach, using the interaction between a family’s proximity to the nearest NC Pre-K center and funding for pre-k as an instrument for pre-k attendance—providing innovative causally-informative evidence of pre-k effects. The second aim is to determine whether statewide investments in pre-k promote children’s well-being across different subgroups. In our nationwide study, we will test whether state investment levels have differential impact on subgroups of children, and in NC, we will test whether our new analytic approaches demonstrate beneficial impacts on child achievement for all populations of children. The third aim is to examine whether features of state pre-k programs and children’s environments are associated with differential impact of states’ investments, which we test through moderation analyses of carefully collected pre-k implementation data in each state and year. The fourth aim is to examine whether prior NC Pre-K exposure protected children from the adverse impact of economic shocks and natural disasters, by contrasting academic achievement for NC Pre-K attenders with a matched group of non-attenders during pre- and post-economic crises, and from counties affected by hurricanes, floods, and snowstorms. Together, this work will inform child development theory about the enduring impact of early education experiences and optimal policy strategies for promoting positive learning outcomes.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2026 ( Subtotal = $620,850 )
2026	2026	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE	160 ALDRICH HALL	IRVINE	CA	92697	ORANGE	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	8	4/8/2026	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$620,850
														Subtotal = $620,850

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $626,192 )
2025	2025	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE	160 ALDRICH HALL	IRVINE	CA	92697	ORANGE	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	001	7	7/1/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$626,192
2025	2025	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE	160 ALDRICH HALL	IRVINE	CA	92697	ORANGE	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	002	7	8/4/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2025	2023	DUKE UNIVERSITY	2200 W MAIN ST	DURHAM	NC	27705	DURHAM	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	5	12/3/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $626,192

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $671,965 )
2024	2024	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE	160 ALDRICH HALL	IRVINE	CA	92697	ORANGE	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	003	6	6/12/2024	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$671,965
2024	2023	DUKE UNIVERSITY	2200 W MAIN ST	DURHAM	NC	27705	DURHAM	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	002	5	6/3/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2024	2023	DUKE UNIVERSITY	2200 W MAIN ST	DURHAM	NC	27705	DURHAM	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	001	5	5/31/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2024	2023	DUKE UNIVERSITY	2200 W MAIN ST	DURHAM	NC	27705	DURHAM	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	5	2/2/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $671,965

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $625,110 )
2023	2023	DUKE UNIVERSITY	2200 W MAIN ST	DURHAM	NC	27705	DURHAM	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	5	5/16/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$625,110
														Subtotal = $625,110

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $632,384 )
2022	2022	DUKE UNIVERSITY	2200 W MAIN ST STE 710	DURHAM	NC	27708	DURHAM	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	4	5/11/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$632,384
														Subtotal = $632,384

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $639,444 )
2021	2021	DUKE UNIVERSITY	2200 W MAIN ST STE 710	DURHAM	NC	27708	DURHAM	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	3	6/1/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$639,444
														Subtotal = $639,444

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $659,488 )
2020	2020	DUKE UNIVERSITY	2200 W MAIN ST STE 710	DURHAM	NC	27708	DURHAM	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	001	2	4/24/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2020	2020	DUKE UNIVERSITY	2200 W MAIN ST STE 710	DURHAM	NC	27708	DURHAM	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	2	4/23/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$659,488
														Subtotal = $659,488

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $695,876 )
2019	2019	DUKE UNIVERSITY	2200 W MAIN ST STE 710	DURHAM	NC	27708	DURHAM	USA	Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research	000	1	5/9/2019	NEW	$695,876
														Subtotal = $695,876

Grand Total All Awards = $5,171,309

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Factors in Persistence Versus Fadeout of Early Childhood Intervention Impacts

Award Number: R01HD095930

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 05/10/2019

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 04/30/2029

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