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It explains the study’s mixed-methods design used to inform a subsequent workforce survey, describing six focus groups conducted in late 2023 with 45 participants from licensed centers, family child care providers, and CDA students. The briefing covers motivations, workplace logistics and support, career planning, and perceived barriers and challenges.","R U T G E R S C H I L D C A R E R E S E A R C H C O L L A B O R A T I V E  \nChild Care Workforce Focus Group Summary Briefing  \nA UTHORED BY  \nLiana Lin  \nHeldrich Center for Workforce Development  \nAugust 2024  \nBased on research conducted by Liana Lin, Brittney Donovan, María Belén Conde Oviedo, Grace Maruska, Laurie Harrington, Sharon Ryan, Ed.D., and Andrea Hetling, Ph.D.  \nChild Care Workforce Focus Group Summary Briefing  \nA UTHORED BY  \nLiana Lin  \nI N T R O D U C T I O N  \nThe availability and accessibility of high-quality child care in the state of New Jersey is an issue that has been, and continues to be, explored by the research community. New Jersey’s child care landscape is underpinned by the child care workforce, which has been significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in recent years. Launched into the spotlight in 2020, the child care workforce was revealed to be underpaid, undervalued, and thinly stretched, all of which were longstanding trends in the child care field before the onset of the global pandemic (Whitebook, 1999). The John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is working to explore the perspectives and experiences of those working in the field of child care and expand upon what is understood about the New Jersey child care workforce’s motivations, barriers and challenges, and estimations of career planning. The Heldrich Center aims to gain a better understanding of the factors that affect the recruitment and retention of the child care workforce. Additionally, this research seeks to identify ways in which New Jersey can reduce barriers to entry to the child care workforce and improve retention of qualified, skilled workers.  \nThe Heldrich Center is part of a multi-center collaborative project focused on child care in New Jersey and is working with the Center for Women and Work and the National Institute for Early Education Research with support and collaboration from the New Jersey Department of Children and Families. Referred to as the Rutgers University Child Care Collaborative, the project consists of two primary components: a child care landscape evaluation and a child care workforce evaluation. The Heldrich Center is leading the child care workforce evaluation through the administration of a series of childcare workforce focus groups and a child care workforce survey.  \nThis brief summarizes the preliminary findings from the Heldrich Center’s first series of focus groups with members of the child care workforce in New Jersey.  \nM E T H O D S  \nFor the child care workforce evaluation, the Heldrich Center is using a mixed-methods approach to assess the child care workforce in New Jersey. In this study, the Heldrich Center team first conducted a series of focus groups with the child care workforce to inform the development of a survey instrument. 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