Strengthen your advocacy with data, information and ideas from some of the sources below:
COUNCIL REPORTS
For information on the Westchester County regulated child care sector on enrollment levels, financial status and challenges, view:
For information on salary and benefits in center-based child care and after school programs, view the Westchester County Child Care 2008 Salary Survey.
For information on caller requests to the Council’s Resource and Referral Department including types and cares of child care sought, ages of children, etc., view What Parents are Looking For.
The Business Case for Early Childhood Investment was included in a March 2011 issue of the Westchester County Business Journal and summarizes the key reasons why the business community should support investing in early childhood programs.
http://www.childcarewestchester.org
OTHER WESTCHESTER REPORTS
Westchester County 2006 Child Care Utilization Study, by the ETC Institute for the Westchester County Department of Social Services summarizes a comprehensive parent and stakeholder survey about child care affordability, quality and choice. Includes recommendations to strengthen the Westchester child care system.
http://www.childcarewestchester.org
Westchester County Databook 2010 from the County Department of Planning contains data and information on income, population, the labor force and more.
http://planning.westchestergov.com
Westchester Children By the Numbers, 2008 from the Westchester Children’s Association is a comprehensive source of information about the lives of Westchester children. http://data.wca4kids.org
Data Links also provided by the Westchester Children’s Association, provides connections to the original sources of data about children in Westchester, New York, and the U.S.
http://data.wca4kids.org
STATE REPORTS
Early Childhood Education: Frozen Funding Leads to Cracks in the Foundation from the Alliance for Quality Education, Citizen Action of New York and Winning Beginning NY documents the impact of reductions in funding for New York’s PreK and child care subsidy programs. http://winningbeginningny.org
Investing in New York, An Economic Analysis of the Early Care and Education Sector, by the Cornell University Department of City and Regional Planning for the NYS Child Care Coordinating Council (now the Early Care and Learning Council), connects quality child care to economic development. Go to http://www.earlycareandlearning.org
NATIONAL REPORTS
State Budget Cuts: America’s Children Pay the Price, 2011 Update was released by NACCRRA (now Child Care Aware of America) and Every Child Matters in October 2011 illustrates the widespread cuts to child care across the nation.
http://www.naccrra.org
Child Care in America: 2012, NACCRRA’s (now Child Care Aware of America) overview of key child care data in the U.S.
http://www.naccrra.org
We Can Do Better – State Child Care Center Licensing, NACCRRA’s (now Child Care Aware of America) 2011 update on child care center regulation and oversight across the country.
http://www.naccrra.org
2012 Leaving Children to Chance (Child Care Homes), NACCRRA’s (now Child Care Aware of America) assessment of state standards and oversight of small family child care homes.
http://www.naccrra.org
Who’s Minding the Kids? Child Care Arrangements: Spring 2005/Summer 2006 by the U.S. Census Bureau describes the utilization of different types of children care in the U.S. at a point in time. This is an update in a series issued by the Census Bureau.
http://www.naccrra.org
In WHO’S MINDING THE KIDS? CHILD CARE ARRANGEMENTS Spring 2010, NACCRRA (now Child Care Aware of America) presents an overview of U.S. Census Bureau information on child care utilization and patterns.
http://www.naccrra.org
Women at Work, a look at how women spend their time by the U.S. Department of Labor, released in March 2011.
http://www.bls.gov
KIDS COUNT Data Book, issued in July 2012 by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, describes how children are doing in 16 indicators of child well-being, all across the U.S. State profiles available as well.
http://datacenter.kidscount.org/
ECONOMIC IMPACT REPORTS
Unfinished Business: Continued Investment in Child Care and Early Education is Critical to Business and America’s Future by the Committee for Economic Development: http://www.ced.org/
Attracting, Developing and Maintaining Human Capital: A New Model for Economic Development by Dr. Timothy Bartik
http://www.readynation.org
Paying Later: The High Costs of Failing to Invest in Young Children, commissioned by ReadyNation, articulates the savings from strategic investments in programs and services for young children.
http://www.readynation.org
FOR MORE DATA, POLICY INFORMATION AND REPORTS:
The Office of Child Care, Administration of Children and Families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, supports low-income working families through child care financial assistance and promotes children's learning by improving the quality of early care and education and afterschool programs. The Office of Child Care was established in September 2010 and replaces the former Child Care Bureau. Go to:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov
The Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy (SCAA) has been advising policymakers on health, education and human services as a voice for low income and vulnerable populations.
http://www.scaany.org
Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) is devoted to finding policy solutions that address the concerns of low-income people, including early care and education. Offers email alerts on child care and other issue areas.
http://www.clasp.org
Center for the Developing Child, Harvard University was founded in 2006, its mission to advance that vision by using science to enhance child well-being through innovations in policy and practice.
http://developingchild.harvard.edu
