RESOURCES
QUICK TAKE GUIDES
FISCAL MAPPING & ANALYSIS
Supporting states and communities in understanding funding for services for children.
REPORTS
UNDERSTANDING THE TRUE COST OF CHILD CARE IN CALIFORNIA: BUILDING A COST MODEL TO INFORM POLICY CHANGE
P5FS, 2022
USING THE PCQC TO ESTIMATE THE COST OF QUALITY
National Center on Early Childhood Quality Assurance, 2022
THE TRUE COST OF PROVIDING SAFE CHILD CARE DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
Center for American Progress, September 2020
MARKET RATE SURVEYS AND ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS TO INFORM SUBSIDY PAYMENT RATES
OPRE, 2017
MODELING THE COST OF CHILD CARE IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
DC Office of the State Superintendent, 2018
CONDUCTING A CHILD CARE COST OF QUALITY STUDY: A TOOLKIT FOR STATES AND COMMUNITIES
NCIT, 2019
FUNDING OUR FUTURE: GENERATING STATE AND LOCAL TAX REVENUE FOR QUALITY EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION
BUILD Initiative, CAP, CFP, ITEP, University of Maryland, 2019
TRANSFORMING THE FINANCING OF EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, 2018
50-STATE COMPARISON: EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION GOVERNANCE
Education Commission of the States, 2020
PRENATAL TO FIVE FISCAL STRATEGIES: A FOUNDATION FOR PN-3 EFFORTS
PLANNING GRANTEE MEETING
NCIT grantee presentation, 2019
FISCAL MAPPING TO SUPPORT QUALITY IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS IN STATES
QRIS National Learning Network, 2019
FINANCING PRENATAL-TO-THREE SERVICES: LOCAL APPROACHES
Center for the Study of Social Policy, 2020
START WITH EQUITY: 14 PRIORITIES TO DISMANTLE SYSTEMIC RACISM IN EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION
Children's Equity Project, 2020
ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS OF A STATEWIDE HOME VISITING SYSTEM
Jeanna Capito, BUILD Initiative, 2018
FISCAL TOOLS
PROVIDER COST OF QUALITY CALCULATOR
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.