Attachment 2

Attachment 2

National Database of Childcare Prices

The National Database of Childcare Prices will collect data on the following topics. The information requested for this database may have been collected as part of the state’s Market Rate Survey used to develop the Child Care and Development Fund Plan or published in the state’s child care Market Rate Survey report. If your state does not have all of the data elements requested, please submit as many data elements as you have available, including any reports that use cost-based alternative methodologies.

We are interested in all Market Rate Survey data you have available for these data elements between 2019 and 2022. If your state did not conduct data collection at the county level, please contact [contact name, email, number] for assistance. We appreciate your help in making this the most complete and accessible database on child care prices for all counties in the United States.

General Survey Information For Each Market Rate Survey Conducted:

• State

• Geographic reporting level (state, region, county, cluster)

• Year and month(s) of survey

• Mode of survey administration (mail, phone, internet)

• Survey response rates for center-based care

• Survey response rates for family/home-based child care

Child Care Prices:

• Median price of center-based care (infants)

• Median price of center-based care (toddlers)

• Median price of center-based care (preschoolers)

• Median price of center-based care (school-age children)

• Median price of family/home-based care (infants)

• Median price of family/home-based care (toddlers)

• Median price of family/home-based care (preschoolers)

• Median price of family/home-based care (school-age children)

• Median additional fees in addition to regular rate for center-based care (e.g., registration, enrollment, supplies, activities, etc.)

• Median additional fees in addition to regular rate for family/home-based care (e.g., registration, enrollment, supplies, activities, etc.)

Indicate if prices are hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly

Indicate ages used to define infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and school-age

Indicate pricing structure (e.g., part-time/school year or full-time/break) for school-age

Indicate pricing method if pricing other than the median price is provided