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The market rate survey for the Child Care Works subsidized child care program

Description:
In August 2016, the Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL), the Bureau of Subsidized Child Care Services conducted a Market Rate Survey (MRS) of all regulated child care providers in Pennsylvania. A letter (Attachment 1) was sent through the Child Care Information Service (CCIS) agencies to each regulated provider regardless of whether the provider had an agreement to take subsidy children or not. Each provider was also sent instructions for how to sign up for Provider Self Service (PSS) and how to enter the private pay rates through PSS. On August 15, 2016, the Bureau of Subsidized Child Care Services conducted a webinar with the Pennsylvania Child Care Association (PACCA) for providers wanting to know more about the Market Rate Survey and entering rates into PSS. This webinar was taped and available to any provider through the PACCA website. Providers were given until September 16, 2016 to enter rates. On September 28, 2016 OCDEL extracted the "Private Pay Rates" uploaded from August 1, 2015 until this date into PELICAN Child Care Works from PSS as the Market Rate Survey Results. OCDEL received responses from 2,013 providers. Using that information, OCDEL performed an analysis to determine variation in child care costs by care level (age of the child), provider type (child care center, group child care facility or family child care home), number of hours of care (full-time care at 5 or more hours per day; part-time at less than 5 hours per day), and Keystone STAR level (No STAR Rating, STAR 1, STAR 2, STAR 3, or STAR 4). (author abstract)
Resource Type:
Reports & Papers
Country:
United States
State(s)/Territories/Tribal Nation(s):
Pennsylvania

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