Child Care and Early Edcuation in Oregon: Current Status & Trends

1. Child Care and Early Edcuation in Oregon: Current Status & Trends Oregon Child Care Research Partnership Researchers Roundtable October 31, 2006

2. 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 • Demand—the arrangements families make for their children • Supply—the number of available slots of center and family child care • Child care market—the portion of the child care supply that is for pay, active, and available to community children • Prices—the amount market providers charge families • Availability—amount of market care available to families

3. Primary Care Arrangement of U.S. Children under Age 5: 2002 Source: Johnson, J.O. (2005). Who’s Minding the Kids? Child Care Arrangements, Winter 2002..(U.S. Census Bureau P70-101). Washington DC: U.S. Deparment of Commerce

4. Primary Paid & Unpaid Child Care Arrangements of Oregon Children Under 5: 2004 Source: Oregon Population Survey, 2004

5. 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

6. Primary Paid Care Arrangement of Oregon Children Under Age 5: 2004 Source: Oregon Child Care Research Partnership. (2006). Oregon Population Survey 2004

7. 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

8. 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

9. Oregon Child Care Market 2004 • Regulated by CCD and Enrolled by R&R • 69,480 Slots • additional 582 providers were regulated but not giving care as of June 2004 or could not be reached Enrolled with R&R and Exempt from Regulation 22,780 Slots plus 450 exempt and not enrolled known to R&R 23,230 Regulated by CCD and Not Enrolled with R&R 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 andReferral Databases, June 30, 2004

10. 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,

11. Estimated number of children birth to age 13 in different types of primary care 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.

12. Family, friend, and neighbors (FFN) represent majority of nonparental caregivers Assumes 3 children per family, friend or neighbor caregiver Source: Databases of OCCRRN & CCD, Oregon Population Survey

13. Child Care Trends 1990 to 2006

14. 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

15. Trends in Child Care Demand in Oregon: Children ages birth to 13 Source: Oregon Population Survey. Note:In 1992 paid relatives were included in either In-Home or Family Child Care depending on where care was given.

16. 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

17. Trends in Supply of Center and Family Child Care Center Care Family Care Source: Combination of CCR&R data and CCD Regulatory Data.

18. Child Care Market Supply and Demand Center and Family Child Care for Children under Age 13 1 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 R&R. Sources: Oregon Population Survey, combined CCD Regulatory and R&R data.

19. 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 1 Sources: Oregon Child Care Market Rate 1994, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006.

20. 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 1 Sources: Oregon Child Care Market Rate and Oregon Population Survey.

21. 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 1 Sources: Oregon Child Care Market Rate and combination of CCR&R data and CCD Regulatory Data.

22. 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 CCR&R data.

23. 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 CCR&R data.