Overview
The RAPID Survey Project, based in the Stanford Center on Early Childhood, gathers information on the experiences, well-being, resiliency, and needs of the important adults in young children’s lives. Since launching in April 2020, RAPID has been asking parents and child care providers in all 50 states about key points like their family’s economic circumstances, physical health, emotional well-being, use of child care, and access to preventative healthcare.
As circumstances have continued to evolve for families, child care providers, and communities, RAPID has adapted the survey to collect data on those changing circumstances in near real-time. The result is a robust data set detailing families’ and caregivers’ experiences.
RAPID data is available in monthly trend reports and fact sheets. These resources give parents and providers a voice in informing immediate and long-term program and policy decisions that address the successes and challenges reflected in survey responses.
Faculty leads
Philip Fisher
Faculty Director, Stanford Center on Early Childhood
Key contacts
Cristi Carman
Director, RAPID Survey Project
Data and resources
RAPID fact sheets
Peruse RAPID’s library of data and insights that uplift parents’ and child care providers’ voices and experiences.
Latest data & trends
The core content areas of the RAPID survey are child and parent well-being, experiences of material hardship, access to and use of child care, and use of preventive health care. Explore the trend data, updated monthly, for each of these core areas from April 2020 to the present.
Research articles
Visit the repository of academic journal articles that cite RAPID survey data.