Annie Li specializes in mixed-methods studies focused on young children, families, and the quality of early care and education programs, including Head Start, home-based child care, and other child care settings. Her expertise includes developing professional development supports for the early care and education workforce and translating research to practice for practitioners and families.
Li led development of a new quality self-assessment toolkit for home-based child care educators and caregivers and currently leads efforts to test measures for the Administration for Children and Families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Li also develops training content, trains, and provides technical assistance to early care and education practitioners on the Quality of Care for Infants and Toddlers (QCIT) measure. Li incorporates community-based participatory research methods on several projects.
Li holds an M.P.P. from the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy and a B.A. in sociology from Harvard University. Li’s research is informed by her experiences working with young people from a wide range of backgrounds and advocating for people of all ages living in non-English–speaking communities.
This research brief is part of the Home-Based Child Care Supply and Quality (HBCCSQ) project and examines HBCC providers’ participation and progress in quality rating and improvement systems. It is part of a series presenting a national analysis of listed HBCC providers’ public policy interactions.
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