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How should we measure D.C.'s "child care gap"?

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There is already a lot of interest in working to better understand supply and demand in the District, including proposed legislation from Councilmembers and ongoing work from both the D.C. government and area nonprofits. This work should be able to answer the following questions: What are the economic, social, and logistical factors affecting how parents choose child care arrangements for infants and toddlers? When do families choose licensed care, and when do they choose informal, unregulated options? How do parents navigate the different types of care and subsidies available, and how do they understand their options? Where is there unused capacity that could be solved by increase efficiency, and where is the problem one of mismatched preferences, limited supply, or prohibitive costs? Understanding the "child care gap" matters because how we define the problem determines the solution that we work toward. (author abstract)
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