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Child Care Costs in America

Child Care Costs in America. Average Four Year old in child care $3,794 - $10,920 per year Average Infant in child care $4,388 - $14,647 per year. Monthly Child Care Prices Vs. Household Expenses.

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Child Care Costs in America

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  1. Child Care Costs in America

  2. Average Four Year old in child care $3,794 - $10,920 per year Average Infant in child care $4,388 - $14,647 per year

  3. Monthly Child Care Prices Vs. Household Expenses West Region Includes: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. (American Community Survey 2006, U.S. Census Bureau)

  4. Single Parent!??! American Community Survey 2006, U.S. Census Bureau.

  5. What can be done? • Reframing- seeing the problem from a variety of perspectives and determining various possible outcomes. • Consider Systems Thinking. “Everyday management thinking too often looks for straightforward cause-and-effect relationships in problem solving that ignore the effect on, and feedback from, the entire system” (Zemke, 2001, p.40). Who are these price increases most directly effecting? • “Leverage Points”- Small change can produce big results (Zemke, 2001, p.44).

  6. References: [baby crawling]. (2007). Retrieved October 5, 2009, from: http://blog.syracuse.com/family/2007/11/infant.jpg [child care blocks]. (2009). Retrieved October 5, 2009, from: http://literacysource.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/child- care-pic.jpg [food]. (2008). Retrieved October 5, 2009, from: http://www.motherearthnews.com/uploadedImages/Blogs/Relish!/Food-Safety.jpg [graduation cap]. (2000). Retrieved October 5, 2009, from: http://www.free-graphics.com/clipart/Holidays/graduation- cap.jpg [house]. (2001). Retrieved October 5, 2009, from: http://www.sanclementehomesearch.com/images/cartoon%20house.jpg [kid blowing bubbles]. (2004). Retrieved October 5, 2009, from: http://www.pacificoaks.edu/images/Sean%20Experimentscompressed.jpg National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies. (2007). Parents and the high price of child care. Arlington, VA: NACCRRA. [scared lady]. (2000). Retrieved October 5, 2009, from: http://www.clipartguide.com/_named_clipart_images/0511- 0902-0418-3907_Black_and_White_Cartoon_of_a_Woman_Making_a_Scary_Face_clipart_image.jpg Zemke, R. (2001). Systems thinking: Looking at how systems really work can be enlightening- or a wake-up call.

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