To learn more about the BEST Study and our progress, please see the documents below!

Annual Reports

  • 2020 BEST Study Annual Report
    • The Annual Report provides an overview of the BEST study team’s activities throughout 2020, the impacts of COVID-19 on the study, lessons learned and plans for future years of the study.
  • 2021 BEST Study Annual Report
    • The Annual Report provides an overview of the BEST study team's activities throughout 2021, including summaries of our findings, challenges, lessons learned thus far, as well as expected next steps for the forthcoming year.
  • 2022 BEST Study Annual Report
    • The Annual Report provides an overview of the BEST study team's activities throughout 2022, including updates to our study timeline and summaries of our findings, challenges, and lessons learned thus far. It also outlines expected next steps for the forthcoming year.
  • 2023 BEST Study Annual Report
    • The Annual Report provides an overview of the BEST study team's activities throughout 2023, including updates to our study timeline and summaries of our findings, challenges, and lessons learned thus far.

Workforce Survey Reports

  • 2020 Workforce Survey Report
    • The Workforce Survey Report provides an overview of the BEST partners’ frontline staff that provide services to families, as well as their managers. The document reports on demographics of the workforce, knowledge of the services available to families with young children and their experiences as part of this workforce.
  • 2021 Workforce Survey Report
    • The 2021 Workforce Survey Report provides an overview of the BEST partners’ frontline staff that provide services to families, as well as their managers. The document reports on changes in the demographics of the workforce, knowledge of the services available to families with young children and their experiences as part of this workforce from 2020 to 2021. 
  • 2021 Workforce Survey Summary
    • The Workforce Survey Summary outlines the key findings from the 2021 Workforce Survey Report.
  • 2022 Workforce Survey Report
    • The 2022 Workforce Survey Report provides an overview of the BEST partners’ frontline staff that provide services to families, as well as their managers. As in previous administrations of the survey, the document reports on changes in demographics of the workforce, knowledge of the services available to families with young children and their experiences as part of this workforce. This report compares the 2022 data to 2020 and 2021 data.