Child Care and Early Edcuation in Oregon: Current Status

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Child Care and Early Edcuation in Oregon Current
Status Trends

• Oregon Child Care Research Partnership
• Researchers Roundtable
• October 31, 2006

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Key Aspects of Child Care and Early Education
Supply

• Child care and early education captures
  arrangements made for care and education of young
  children and before/after school care for school
  age children
• Term child care used for ease of communication
• Demandthe arrangements families make for their
  children
• Supplythe number of available slots of center
  and family child care
• Child care marketthe portion of the child care
  supply that is for pay, active, and available to
  community children
• Pricesthe amount market providers charge
  families
• Availabilityamount of market care available to
  families

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Primary Care Arrangement of U.S. Children under
Age 5 2002
Source Johnson, J.O. (2005). Whos Minding the
Kids? Child Care Arrangements, Winter 2002..(U.S.
Census Bureau P70-101). Washington DC U.S.
Deparment of Commerce
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Primary Paid Unpaid Child Care Arrangements of
Oregon Children Under 5 2004
Source Oregon Population Survey, 2004
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Comparison of Paid and Unpaid Care of Children in
US and Oregon
Sources U.S. Census and Oregon Population
Survey Note Differences in survey questions and
designs limit comparability
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Primary Paid Care Arrangement of Oregon Children
Under Age 5 2004
Source Oregon Child Care Research Partnership.
(2006). Oregon Population Survey 2004
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Family types of children birth to age13 vary by
county type, percentage with employed parents
does not vary
Source Analysis or Oregon Population Survey
2004, Family Policy Program, Oregon State
University
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Amount and type of paid care used varies by
county type Oregon children (birth to 13)
Source Analysis or Oregon Population Survey
2004, Family Policy Program, Oregon State
University
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Oregon Child Care Market 2004

• Regulated by CCD and Enrolled by RR
• 69,480 Slots
• additional 582 providers were regulated but not
  giving care as of June 2004 or could not be
  reached

Enrolled with RR and Exempt from Regulation
22,780 Slots plus 450 exempt and not enrolled
known to RR 23,230
Regulated by CCD and Not Enrolled with RR 11,067
Slots
Market care is 1. For pay, 2. Available to
community children, and 3. Available as of June
2004. Market providers are open for business.
103,777 Slots
Sources Child Care Division and Oregon Child
Care Resource and Referral Databases, June 30,
2004
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Rough estimate of primary caregivers of children
birth to age 13
Assumes parent is primary caregiver if parent is
not employed. Source Oregon Population Survey
2004,
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Estimated number of children birth to age 13 in
different types of primary care
Unemployed parent 241,539
Paid child care 167,572
Unpaid family, friend, and neighbor 218,263
Total number of Oregon children under age 13 627,374
Assumes parent is primary caregiver if parent is
not employed and that child not with either
parent or paid caregiver is in unpaid FFN
care. Sources Oregon Population Survey 2004 and
Population Research Center, Portland State
University.
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Family, friend, and neighbors (FFN) represent
majority of nonparental caregivers
Source Centers FCC Paid FFN Unpaid FFN
OCCRP 1,446 5,903 NA NA
OPS-supply estimate Regular basis 8,977 Not regular 13,898 NA
OPS-demand estimate 72,754
Assumes 3 children per family, friend or neighbor
caregiver Source Databases of OCCRRN CCD,
Oregon Population Survey
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Child Care Trends 1990 to 2006
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Trends in Child Population 1990 to 2004
Number of Children
Sources Center for Population and Census,
Portland State University, except for 1996
and 1998 when population estimates were made by
the Oregon Department of Administrative Services
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Trends in Child Care Demand in Oregon Children
ages birth to 13
Source Oregon Population Survey. NoteIn 1992
paid relatives were included in either In-Home or
Family Child Care depending on where care was
given.
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Trends in Demand for Center and Family Child Care
and Employment of Females Aged 18 to 39
Employment of Females 18 to 39
Center FCC
Center Care
Family Care
Sources Oregon Population Survey .and Local Area
Unemployment Statistics, Oregon Employment
Department
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Trends in Supply of Center and Family Child Care
Center Care
Family Care
Source Combination of CCRR data and CCD
Regulatory Data.
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Child Care Market Supply and Demand
Center and Family Child Care for Children under
Age 13
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1 Demand data for 1990 collected for children
under age 16. Although we adjusted for the
additional three years, since child care usage is
greatest for children under age 5, this number
overestimates child care demand. The 1990 supply
estimate is an underestimate as not all of the
state was covered by an RR. Sources Oregon
Population Survey, combined CCD Regulatory and
RR data.
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Trends in Child Care Market Prices
Family Care Hourly Prices at 75th Percentile
Center Care Monthly Prices at 75th Percentile
Infant
Infant
Toddler
Preschool
Preschool
Toddler
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Sources Oregon Child Care Market Rate 1994,
1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006.
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Trends in Prices and Demand
Demand for Child Care Slots Center and Family Care
Full Time Toddler Prices at 75th Percentile
Center Care
Family Care
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Sources Oregon Child Care Market Rate and Oregon
Population Survey.
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Trends in Prices and Supply
Full Time Toddler Prices at 75th Percentile
Supply of Child Care Slots
Center Care
Center Care
Family Care
Family Care
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Sources Oregon Child Care Market Rate and
combination of CCRR data and CCD Regulatory Data.
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Availability of Market Child Care Changes in
Supply Benchmark
State Goal 25 slots per 100 children
Sources Center for Population Research and
Census at Portland State University and
combined CCD Regulatory and CCRR data.
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Availability by Selected Counties Changes in
Supply Benchmark
State Goal 25 slots per 100 kids
Sources Center for Population Research and
Census at Portland State University and
combined CCD Regulatory and CCRR data.