Child care arrangements are influential in children’s early education; children often learn skills in child care settings that not only are important for kindergarten entry but also can have a lasting impact on their development into adulthood. In 2016, about 60 percent of the 21.4 million children under 6 years old who were not yet enrolled in kindergarten were in some type of nonparental care arrangement on a regular basis.This indicator uses data from the Early Childhood Program Participation (ECPP) Survey, which is part of the National Household Education Surveys (NHES) Program, to explore the availability of pre-K programs by highlighting children’s parents’ reports of (1) whether there are good choices for Child Care and Early Childhood Programs (also referred to as “child care” in this indicator) where they live; (2) how much difficulty they have finding the type of child care they want for their children; (3) what the primary reason is for difficulty finding child care; and (4) what the average out-of-pocket costs are for child care arrangements. Findings are reported by age of child, race/ethnicity, household income, and locale (urban, suburban, town, or rural). (author abstract)