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Legend Colors
Red is bad, green is good, blue is not statistically different/neutral.
Compared to Distribution
the value is in the best half of communities.
the value is in the 2nd worst quarter of communities.
the value is in the worst quarter of communities.
Compared to Target
meets target; 
does not meet target.
Compared to a Single Value
lower than the comparison value;
higher than the comparison value;
not statistically different from comparison value.
Trend
non-significant change over time; 
significant change over time; 
no change over time.
Compared to Prior Value
higher than the previous measurement period;
lower than the previous measurement period;
no statistically different change from previous measurement period.
Significantly better than the overall value
Significantly worse than the overall value
No significant difference with the overall value
No data on significance available
Child Care Spaces in Licensed Facilities
State: California
Measurement Period: 2021
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The number of child care spaces in licensed facilities.
Why is this important?
Research findings firmly establish that 90% of a child's brain development occurs before age five and that a quality early education sets the foundation for future success. Quality early education in a child's life promotes educational success, reduces crime, and fosters workforce productivity. School readiness investments result in higher percentages of children reading at grade level, higher graduation rates, fewer remedial services, and higher percentages of young adults prepared to be successful members of the workforce. In addition, there are direct and immediate benefits related to early learning investment - parents are able to work and maintain employment, are less reliant on government resources and overall are more economically self-sufficient. The school readiness program not only reduces public assistance payments and state unemployment and underemployment, but also increases state tax collections and economic productivity.
State: California
958,094
number of spaces
Source:
California Child Care Resource & Referral Network
Measurement period: 2021
Maintained by: Conduent Healthy Communities Institute
Last update: July 2022
Measurement period: 2021
Maintained by: Conduent Healthy Communities Institute
Last update: July 2022
Compared to
More details:
In some facilities, the number of child care spaces is greater than the number of children who can be cared for and, as a result, this number may overestimate the quantity of child care that is available.
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Data Source
- California Child Care Resource & Referral Network
Maintained By: Conduent Healthy Communities Institute (Methodology)
Filed under: Education / Childcare & Early Childhood Education, Children