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NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (SECCYD)

The NICHD started the Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (SECCYD), formerly the NICHD Study of Early Child Care (SECC), in 1991 to collect information about different non-maternal child care arrangements and to determine how variations in child care are related to children's development.

The result, the SECCYD, is the most comprehensive study conducted to date of children and the many environments in which they develop.

The NICHD supports the SECCYD through cooperative agreement grants (U10s and a U01) that call for a scientific collaboration between the grantees and NICHD staff. The links below provide more detailed information about the SECCYD.

To request additional information about the SECCYD, please e-mail James A. Griffin, Ph.D., or visit the SECCYD Data Collection Center Web site at http://secc.rti.org