Research and Evaluations

OEC shares data with researchers who help us evaluate our programs and find ways to improve them. Many researchers have used OEC data to study child care in Connecticut and evaluate our programs.

Child abuse prevention 

• ChildPlan’s Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Program Evaluation Report- January, 2008
• Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse National and State Perspectives Forum – May, 2003
• Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse: The Practitioners’ View Study Circles Project Report, 2003

Child development

• Help Me Grow Program Years 2013–2015 Evaluation Report

Home visiting programs 

• Life Stories of Vulnerable Families in Connecticut: An Assessment of the Nurturing Families Network Home Visitation Program Report, 6/04
• Nurturing Families Network through the Results-Based Analysis Lens (2015)
• Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Needs Assessment 2010

Home visiting programs and the prevention of child abuse

• Child Abuse & Neglect Commentary-Building A Statewide Home Visiting Program from 2 to 42 Sites: A State Agency’s Perspective Report-4/11
• Healthy Families Connecticut: Process Evaluation of a Home Visitation Program to Enhance Positive Parenting and Reduce Child Maltreatment Report, 4/01
• Education and Training of Home Visitors and Supervisors for Child Abuse Prevention (2012)

Home visiting programs as a means to increase father involvement 

• Fatherhood Study Final Report – 2010
• Fatherhood Study 18 Month Interim Report- 2010
• Fatherhood Study 6 Month Interim Report- 2008

Home visiting programs and mental health

• Report on Nurturing Families Network Depression Improvement Study (2015)

School Readiness

The Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering. (June, 2016)

• Early Childhood Regression Discontinuity Study
• Early Childhood Regression Discontinuity Study Brief