The 2021-2022 Study of Family and Staff Well-Being in Head Start FACES Programs

The Head Start programs participating in the 2021-2022 Study were a probability sample selected from among 3,400 study-eligible programs on the 2017-2018 Head Start Program Information Report (PIR). To be eligible for the study, a program had to be: * in one of the 50 states or the District of Columbia * providing services directly to children ages 3 to 5 The Head Start Program Performance Standards require that children turn 3 by date used to determine eligibility for public school in the community in which the Head Start program is located. Therefore, some study children were 2 years old at the time of sampling if sampling occurred before the date used for public school eligibility. * not be in imminent danger of losing its grantee status. Probability samples of centers were selected within each program, teachers within each center, and children within each teacher. Eligible teachers needed to have at least one Head Start child in their class. Exclusion Criteria: American Indian and Alaska Native Head Start programs (Region XI) or Migrant and Seasonal Worker Head Start programs (Region XII) were not eligible.