Child care in Kansas is more than a half billion dollar industry. Care must be ... Kansas Child Care Workforce Profile.
Who Cares for Kansas Children?
Early Education Workforce Study 2010 State Child Care Profile
About this study In 2010, the Who Cares for Kansas Children? Early Education Workforce Study was conducted. Early childhood professionals were surveyed about their employment. Their responses were used to develop the 2010 Kansas Child Care Workforce Profile. Families were surveyed about the service they received after utilizing a child care resource and referral agency. Their responses, combined with other statistical resources, were used to create state, regional, and county profiles. The result is a collection of reports (pictured above) that provides a detailed picture of the child care workforce and the familes who need child care in Kansas.
Child care affects us all... Child care in Kansas is more than a half billion dollar industry. Care must be affordable, accessible and of high quality so that families can work and businesses can grow — stengthening our economy and ensuring strong leaders for our future. Research shows that when children attend high-quality care, they are more successful in school. What is the reality? Working families need care for their children and must stretch their budgets to meet the rising cost of care. Average child care for one infant and one preschooler is a staggering 20% of a Kansas family’s median income. As a key component of the child care infrastructure, child care resource and referral (CCR&R) agencies improve the field of early education by providing critical services to Kansans which include: Helping families find high-quality child care ■■ Educating families, early childhood professionals, and the community about what quality child care looks like ■■ Supporting early childhood professionals through training and technical assistance ■■
Affordability of Child Care
$10,000
Birth to 11 Months 12 to 17 Months
2010 Children under 18 living in poverty
16%
2006 Children under 18 living in poverty
14%
2010 Families with working parents
76%
2006 Families with working parents
63%
9% $2,500
2% 17%
Note: “Families with working parents” equals a single parent home with one parent in labor force or a two-parent home with both parents in labor force.
0
Child Care Center
Family Child Care
Average Annual Income
Unemployment Rate
$70,000
7%
$60,000
6
$50,000 $40,000 $30,000
5 4 3
$20,000
2
$10,000
1
$0
2
$4,437
225,51 7
$4,623
2006 Children under 5 years
2006
2010
7%
205,492
$5,000
$4,741
2010 Children under 5 years
4%
$5,083
2,735,502
5.5%
2006 Population
$52,898
2,853, 1 1 8
$56, 650
2010 Population
60 Months and Older
$5,142
Trends from the 2006 Workforce Study
30-59 Months
$5,450
$7,500
18-29 Months
$5,695
under the age of 6 live in poverty
$6,345
22%
While the average cost of family child care in Kansas is typically less than the average cost of care in a center, child care continues to represent a substantial cost for families. The average annual cost of full-time care for an infant in a family child care home represents 9% of the state median family income. Annual cost of full-time infant care in a child care center represents 11% of the state median family income. The table below indicates the average annual cost of full-time care for one child by age and type of care.
$6,697
16% of children under age 18 live in poverty. ■■ Children ages 0-9 make up 14% of the total population of Kansas. ■■ 20% of family households with children under age 18 are headed by females. ■■ The majority of people are Caucasian (86%). ■■ The median family income is $52,898. ■■ The average high school graduation rate is 91%. ■■ 13% of adults hold a Bachelor or higher degree. ■■ The average unemployment rate is 7%. ■■
$7,438
Kansas Demographics
0
2006
2010
2010 State Child Care Profile
Financial Support
Choosing Child Care
In an average month, infants and toddlers represent 40-45% of children receiving child care benefits from the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services (SRS).
Thirty-one percent of families (impacting 4,663 children), contacting Child Care Aware® of Kansas requested facilities offering care outside of the typical Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. hours.
In 2010, the SRS income eligibility limit for a family of 3 in Kansas was $33,876 (185% of the federal poverty level).
What Families Want Percentage of families rating the following criteria as very important when choosing child care:
SRS Benefit Participation Average Number of Children served monthly
20,900
Average Number of Families served monthly
10,741
Children served in Center
36%
Children served in Family Child Care Home
47%
Children served In Licensed/Regulated Care
83%
Average co-payment as a share of monthly income
42%
45%
49%
indicated quality as very important
indicated cost as very important
indicated hours as very important
6%
What Families Need Percent of Low-Income Children by Ethnicity
Of the children needing care, 80% are under the age of 5. 0
Caucasian African-American Asian Hispanic American Indian
100%
68%
67%
50
71%
75
32%
30%
Under Age 1
Hispanic
Age 1
Asian
16% 14% Age 2
African American
21%
Age 3 & 4 6% Age 5
0%
0
20
29%
Americ ??
White 25
10
9% Age 6 to 8
Children by Ethnicity
5% Age 9 & older
Quality Initiatives Participation
55% Family Child Care Homes with SRS agreement
10%
Child Care Centers with SRS agreement
2006
2010
Early Childhood Associate Apprenticeship Program Apprentices
NA
84
T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® Kansas participants
202
117
Child Care WAGE$® KANSAS participants
642
280
Kansas Quality Rating and Improvement System participants
NA
128
Family Child Care (NAFCC) accredited
35
24
Child Care Centers (NAEYC) accredited
124
37
School-Age Programs (NAA) accredited
6
3
3
Availability of Care Over the past five years, Kansas has experienced a decrease of approximately 13% in family child care homes. While child care center facilities have increased by only 0.7%, the overall center capacity has increased by 7% showing a trend that centers are growing in size (not number of facilities).
Child care centers account for 8% of licensed facilities and hold 34% of the capacity.
in Child Care Centers
in Family Child Care Homes
9%
Resources: Child Care Aware® of Kansas
Number of Facilities 10,000
Capacity decreased by
7%
Family child care homes account for 83% of licensed facilities and hold 44% of the child care capacity available.
2000
Capacity increased by
CLASP Data Finder 2001
2003
2002
9,309
9,200
9,200
2004
2005
2010
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
9,298
Kansas Department of Labor
8,801
Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services Kansas Department of Education
8,000
National Association for Family Child Care
7,068
National Association for the Education of Young Children 6,119 6,000
Family Child Care Homes
National Center for Children in Poverty
Child Care Centers
National Women’s Law Center
School-Age Programs
U.S. Census Bureau
Preschools 1,200
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Child Care and Development Fund Program Data Statistics
Head Start/Early Head Start Centers 1,078
1,073
U.S. Department of Housing Preschools and Urban Development
1,000 800
681
652
614
600
Head Start/Early HS Centers
400 200 0
School-Age Programs U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
600
596
319
299 301
10,180
280
10,553
322
271
262
250
228
87
84
84
88
10,647
10,615
10,590
359
314
8,294
Child Care Centers
192 79 7,347
PO Box 2294, Salina, KS 67402-2294 877-678-2548 • www.ks.childcareaware.org
Total Number of Facilities
Capacity of Facilities 2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Family Child Care
64,377
62,275
63,049
62,401
61,220
63,601
57,982
9%
Child Care Centers
59,520
59,840
42,219
41,331
40,630
41,445
44,535
7%
School-Age Programs
—
—
16,304
18,859
18,366
20,218
25,558
Preschools
—
5,882
5,708
5,576
4,957
2,156
26 57%
Head Start/EHS*
—
2,640
2,706
2,652
2,676
2,582
9%
131,005 128,444 132,897
132,813
Total Capacity
123,897
6,200 —
128,315 130,094
*EHS equals Early Head Start
2010
%
915 S.W. Harrison St.,Topeka, KS 66612 888-369-4777 • www.srs.ks.gov Produced by Child Care Aware® of Kansas. Funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) as administered by the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services. Publication Date: September 2011.
