Child Care Ad-Hoc Workgroup Meeting 1 : February 3 , 2022 Meeting 2 : March 3 , 2022 Meeting 3 : March 24 , 2022 Meeting 4 : April 7 , 2022 Meeting 5 : July 22 , 2022
Child Care Collaborative Task Force November 17 , 2021 January 11 , 2022 May 6 , 2022 July 11 , 2022 August 12 , 2022 August 18 , 2022
Constituent Meetings Greater Seattle Child Care Business Coalition – December 16 , 2021
Seattle CCAP Providers – Jan 27 , 2022
Washington Communities for Children / First 5 FUNdamentals – February 8 , 2022
Washington Federation of Independent Schools – February 24 , 2022
Washington Child Care Association – February 22 , 2022
Child Care Aware of Washington , Team Leads Meeting – March 2 , 2022
Imagine Institute – March 18 , 2022
ELAC Provider Supports – April 6 , 2022
FCC Focus Groups April 25 , 2022 , 1pm – English April 27 , 2022 , 6pm – English May 3 , 2022 , 1pm – Spanish May 7 , 2022 , 9am – Somali May 10 , 2022 , 6pm – Spanish May 17 , 2022 , 1pm – English May 19 , 2022 , 1pm – English May 24 , 2022 , 1pm – Spanish
One-on-one Provider Interviews 52 Interviews conducted March – May 2022
Provider Data Collection
Child Care Provider Online Survey
P5FS developed and deployed an online survey to gather data from child care providers about their program type , size , and children served , their staffing model ( including ratios and group sizes ), program expenses ( personnel and non-personnel ), and revenue details . These data were used to inform estimates of the cost per child with variations for program type , location , and age of child served . By conducting a statewide survey , P5FS was able to engage a large number of providers in all parts of the state in a relatively short time period . P5FS used past experience engaging child care providers to develop a survey that minimized burden on providers by focusing on questions that relate to the major cost drivers faced by child care programs . The main content areas covered by the survey were :
1 . Program characteristics , such as size , ages of children served , type of program , and funding streams accessed
2 . Staffing patterns , including number of program staff and number of teaching staff
3 . Compensation , including average salaries for employees currently , and ideal salaries and benefits to attract and keep staff
4 . Occupancy expenses , including rent / lease / mortgage and utilities .
The survey included specific additional questions for different provider types , including number of hours spent providing child care and conducting child care-related work for home-based providers , and an understanding of different expenses for family friend and neighbor providers and schoolage-only child care providers .
The online survey and associated materials were available in seven languages : English , Spanish ,
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