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A single mom making $24,475.50 would have to work at least 10 weeks or as many as
48 weeks to pay for her infants child care
10 WKS
MISSISSIPPI
ALABAMA
SOUTH DAKOTA
12 WKS
LOUISIANA
TENNESSEE
ARKANSAS
13 WKS
KENTUCKY
SOUTH CAROLINA
14 WKS
WYOMING
OKLAHOMA
15 WKS
IDAHO
16 WKS
GEORGIA
NEBRASKA
WEST VIRGINIA
17 WKS
NEW MEXICO
NORTH DAKOTA
HAWAII
MISSOURI
18 WKS
UTAH
FLORIDA
TEXAS
INDIANA
19 WKS
OHIO
MONTANA
NORTH CAROLINA
ARIZONA
20 WKS
IOWA
MAINE
NEVADA
21 WKS
MICHIGAN
22 WKS
VIRGINIA
PENNSYLVANIA
23 WKS
ALASKA
DELAWARE
KANSAS
24 WKS
VERMONT
OREGON
NEW JERSEY
WISCONSIN
25 WKS
NEW HAMPSHIRE
CALIFORNIA
WASHINGTON
27 WKS
RHODE ISLAND
ILLINOIS
28 WKS
COLORADO
29 WKS
CONNECTICUT
MARYLAND
30 WKS
NEW YORK
31 WKS
MINNESOTA
36 WKS
MASSACHUSETTS
48 WKS
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
JAN
FEB
MAR APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
Child care for the first year of life is more expensive than
public university tuition in 28 states and the District of Columbia*
$4,800$7,200
$7,600$8,800
$8,900$10,500
$10,600$11,820
$12,700+
The burden does lessen as children get olderschoolage child care at a center, before and after school, ranges
from $1,104 in Louisiana to $13,623 in D.C. annually.
In six statesMontana, the District of Columbia, New
York, Alaska, Wisconsin, and Nevadathe average
school-age before- and after-school child care fee is
higher than the average tuition at public colleges and
universities in the state. To compare with the cost of
care for very small children, in 28 states and the District
of Columbia, infant child care center fees are higher
than public university tuition.
The average family pays more than 10% of their income for infant child care
in all but two states
Percentage of Median Family Household Income
40%
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0
SD WY LA MS AL HI TN ND KY NE SC AR OK NJ UT ID VA GA AK NH IA MO OH WV MT TX IN DE PA CT MD MI FL ME NM VT NC WI AZ KS NV WA CA MN CO IL RI MA OR NY DC
15 STATES*
30 STATES
Arizona
California
Connecticut
Dist. of Columbia
Iowa
Michigan
Minnesota
Montana
Nevada
New Jersey
New Mexico
North Dakota
Ohio
Rhode Island
Utah
West Virginia
Alabama
Alaska
Arkansas
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
5 STATES
MIssouri
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New York
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Colorado
Hawaii
Mississippi
Oregon
South Dakota
Stevens, Kathryn; Minton, Sarah; Blatt, Lorraine. U.S. Department of Health &
Human Services Administration for Children & Families Office of Planning, Research
& Evaluation. Implications of Child Care and Development Block Grant Reauthorization for State Policies: Changes to Job Search Policies. April 2016, http://www.acf.
hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/ccdbgreauthandjobsearch_508compliance.pdf.
Minton, Sarah; Stevens, Kathryn; Blatt, Lorraine; and Durham, Christin of the
Urban Institute. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Administration for
Children & Families Office of Planing, Research & Evaluation. The CCDF Policies
Database Book of Tables: Key Cross State Variations in CCDF Policies as of October
1, 2014, http://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/ccdf_policies_database_2014_book_of_tables_final_11_05_15_b508_3.pdf. October 2015.
Calculated using data from OPREs CCDF Policies Database 2014 Book of Tables,
table B-1, http://www.acf.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/opre/ccdf_policies_database_2014_book_of_tables_final_11_05_15_b508_3.pdf. Multiplied monthly
initial income thresholds for each state by 12, divided by median household
income for families with children projected by the U.S. Census ACS 2014 5 Year
projections, S0901.
RESOURCES
Authors analysis of U.S. Census ACS 2014 estimates; see The Child Care Dilemma:
Overview brief for further information.
Ibid.
Ibid.
Ibid.
All data on average fees for child care, unless otherwise noted, come from Child
Care Aware of Americas 2015 State Fact Sheets, http://www.usa.childcareaware.
org/advocacy-public-policy/resources/reports-and-research/statefactsheets/.
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children &
Families Office of Child Care. FY 2014 CCDF Allocations (Including Realloted Funds).
August 22, 2014, http://www.acf.hhs.gov/occ/resource/fy-2014-ccdf-allocationsincluding-realloted-funds. Allocation and program participation data are from
2014, prior to the re-authorization, which is the latest data available for program
utilization statistics as of June 21, 2016.
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U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children &
Families Office of Child Care. Characteristics of Families Served by Child Care
and Development Fund (CCDF) Based on Preliminary FY 2014 Data, http://www.
acf.hhs.gov/occ/resource/characteristics-of-families-served-by-child-care-anddevelopment-fund-ccdf. October 22, 2015.