Cost of Child Care

Cost of Child Care

Improving access to affordable, quality child care is one of NACCRRA’s top goals. Although child care is a necessity to enable parents to work, the high price of child care in every community strains household budgets and forces parents to make compromises about the quality and safety of care they choose for their children.

• Download NACCRRA’s background one-pager about child care affordability and recommendations for Congress. ( 238.01 KB )

Recent Report:  Parents and the High Cost of Child Care: 2011 Update provides information about the cost of child care from a recent survey of Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R) State Network offices and local agencies. Child care costs were reported for infants, 4-year-olds, and school-age care in centers and family child care homes.

The report also compares the cost of child care to household income, expenses and college tuition. To learn more, download the following materials:

Full Report   ( 2.01 MB )

National Press Release  ( 89.46 KB )  

Executive Summary   ( 79.8 KB )

Conclusion and Recommendations   ( 61.92 KB )

Appendix Tables   ( 246.83 KB )

Report “one-pager” and recommendations  ( 238.01 KB )