The Provider Cost of Quality Calculator, or PCQC, is provided by the U.S. Office of Child Care to estimate the cost of child care in a center or family-home that meets different quality standards.

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WHERE DOES YOUR CHILD CARE DOLLAR GO?

This tool from the Center for American Progress was developed to help increase understanding of why child care costs what it does, when teachers make so little. The interactive includes state defaults and users can modify 8 different quality elements.

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THE COST OF CHILD CARE DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Child care providers face significant additional costs providing care during the COVID-19 pandemic. This tool from the Center for American Progress lets users estimate the fiscal impact of the necessary health and safety requirements related to operating during the pandemic.

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COST OF PRESCHOOL QUALITY & REVENUE CALCULATOR

The CPQ&R is an Excel-based tool to help users determine costs and funding sources related to implementing high-quality preschool programs. Developed by CEELO, the CPQ&R can inform funding allocations by estimating costs of expansion and quality enhancements to identify trade-offs on quality and access associated with different pre-K policy options.

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STAFFED FAMILY CHILD CARE NETWORK COST ESTIMATION TOOL

The Family Child Care Network Cost Estimation Tool (CET) is designed to assist State, regional and local organizations in better understanding the costs associated with operating a staffed family child care network. The CET can be used to estimate the operating costs for states and communities for services offered by a staffed FCC network.

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FISCAL MAPPING & ANALYSIS

A COMPREHENSIVE FISCAL ANALYSIS OF THE PRENATAL TO FIVE SYSTEM IN MICHIGAN

REPORTS

A REVIEW OF THE CCDF NARROW COST ANALYSES

USING THE PCQC TO ESTIMATE THE COST OF QUALITY

LACOE HEAD START & EARLY HEAD START COST STUDY FINAL REPORT

UNDERSTANDING THE TRUE COST OF CHILD CARE IN CALIFORNIA: BUILDING A COST MODEL TO INFORM POLICY CHANGE

USING COST ESTIMATION TO INFORM CHILD CARE POLICY

UNDERSTANDING THE COST OF HIGH-QUALITY CHILD CARE IN NEW MEXICO

THE NEW MEXICO ECECD FOUR-YEAR FINANCE PLAN 2023-2026

A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF PREKINDERGARTEN IN MARYLAND

SAN FRANCISCO COMPREHENSIVE FISCAL ANALYSIS

THE TRUE COST OF PROVIDING SAFE CHILD CARE DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

LOS ANGELES COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE FISCAL ANALYSIS

MARKET RATE SURVEYS AND ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS TO INFORM SUBSIDY PAYMENT RATES

CONDUCTING A CHILD CARE COST OF QUALITY STUDY: A TOOLKIT FOR STATES AND COMMUNITIES

MODELING THE COST OF CHILD CARE IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

TRANSFORMING THE FINANCING OF EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION

FUNDING OUR FUTURE: GENERATING STATE AND LOCAL TAX REVENUE FOR QUALITY EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION

50-STATE COMPARISON: EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION GOVERNANCE

EARLY CHILDHOOD GOVERNANCE: GETTING THERE FROM HERE

FISCAL MAPPING TO SUPPORT QUALITY IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS IN STATES

EQUITY ACTION FRAMEWORK

PRENATAL TO FIVE FISCAL STRATEGIES: A FOUNDATION FOR PN-3 EFFORTSPLANNING GRANTEE MEETING

FINANCING PRENATAL-TO-THREE SERVICES: LOCAL APPROACHES

A REVIEW OF FISCAL STRATEGIES IN PDG B-5 RENEWAL GRANTS

START WITH EQUITY: 14 PRIORITIES TO DISMANTLE SYSTEMIC RACISM IN EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION

USING CONTRACTS TO SUPPORT THE CHILD CARE WORKFORCE

ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS OF A STATEWIDE HOME VISITING SYSTEM

SUPPORTING PRENATAL-TO-THREE WITH FEDERAL RELIEF FUNDS

FISCAL TOOLS

PROVIDER COST OF QUALITY CALCULATOR

WHERE DOES YOUR CHILD CARE DOLLAR GO?

THE COST OF CHILD CARE DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

COST OF PRESCHOOL QUALITY & REVENUE CALCULATOR

STAFFED FAMILY CHILD CARE NETWORK COST ESTIMATION TOOL

PRENATAL TO FIVE FISCAL STRATEGIES: A FOUNDATION FOR PN-3 EFFORTS
PLANNING GRANTEE MEETING