Supplemental Tables: conomic Well-Being Supplemental Tables: Educational Achievement

Definition

“Early care and education” refers to preschool and childcare programs that provide care and education for young children (typically ages 0 to 12). This indicator tracks the average cost of early care and education per week in Family Child Care Homes (FCCH) and Child Care Centers for infants, preschool and school-aged children. Subsidized early education programs are supported by both the state and federal government for low-income families. The California Department of Education (CDE) funds agencies to provide quality childcare and development services to low-income families in licensed child care centers, licensed family child care homes and license-exempt settings. Head Start is a federally-funded program that provides comprehensive educational, health and social services to low-income children ages prenatal to five years and their families.

Total Licensed Early Care and Education Capacity, Family Child Care Homes (FCCH) and Child Care Centers, 2009/10 to 2018/19

Note: The requests for child referrals has increased substantially from previous year due to a large increase in the child care funds available for Orange County and the capacity to serve more families. *** Includes requests for before and after school care

**Includes evening, weekend, drop-in or overnight care.

Source: Children’s Home Society of California’s Child Care Resource and Referral Program