Research Partnership Descriptions

Local Research Projects were funded in two waves: the Birth to Three Phase (1996-2001) and Pre-Kindergarten Follow-up Phase (2001-2004). Individual project descriptions of the local research projects funded under both phases of the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation project are listed below.

Birth to Three Phase (1996-2001)

• Catholic University of America: Research on the Inclusion of Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities in Early Head Start Programs
• Harvard University: Harvard Graduate School of Education-Early Education Services Research Partnership
• Iowa State University: Project HOME (Home Observation to Measure Effectiveness)
• Medical University of South Carolina: Early Head Start for Substance Abusing or Mentally Ill Adolescent Mothers, Fathers, and their Infants
• Michigan State University: Pathways Project: Research into Directions for Family Health and Service Use
• New York University: Local Research Partnership for New York City's Early Head Start Program
• University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences: Arkansas Early Head Start Research Project
• University of California at Los Angeles: The Children First Program
• University of Colorado Health Sciences Center: Early Head Start Local Research Project
• University of Kansas: Early Head Start Local Research Project: A Partnership Between Juniper Gardens Children's Project and Project EAGLE
• University of Missouri at Columbia: Kansas City Early Head Start Project
• University of Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Early Head Start Local Research Project
• University of Washington: An Investigation of Early Head Start and Beyond for Hispanic, Native American and Other Rural Poor Families in Communities of Washington
• University of Washington: Attachment in Early Head Start Process and Outcomes
• Utah State University: Local Research Partnership for Early Head Start

Pre-Kindergarten Follow-up Phase (2001-2004)

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• Catholic University of America: A Longitudinal Study of Pathways to the Kindergarten Readiness of Early Head Start Research Children With and Without Disabilities
• Harvard University: Harvard Graduate School of Education - Early Educational Services Longitudinal Research Partnership
• Iowa State University: Project HOME (Home Observation to Measure Effectiveness) Longitudinal Study
• Medical University of South Carolina: Longitudinal Follow-Up of Sumter Early Head Start Children and Families
• Michigan State University: Pathways Project II: Research into Directions for Family Health
• New York University: Pathways from the Educational Alliance's Early Head Start Program to Kindergarten Readiness
• University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences: Early Head Start Research Project, Pre-K
• University of California at Los Angeles: The Pre-Kindergarten Follow-up Phase
• University of Colorado Health Sciences Center: Early Head Start: Pre-Kindergarten Follow Up
• University of Kansas: Early Head Start Research Partnership Project
• University of Missouri at Columbia: Extensive Evaluation of Early Head Start Families Participating in KCMC Early Head Start Program and Comparison Families
• University of Pittsburgh: Early Head Start Longitudinal Research Project
• University of Washington: A Longitudinal Research Partnership to Investigate the Impact of Early Head Start on Latino children and Families in Central Washington
• University of Washington: Attachment in Early Head Start Process and Outcome
• Utah Start University: Early Head Start to Pre-Kindergarten: Longitudinal Research