Responses were received from across the state , covering all subsidy regions . P5FS used geomapping to track survey responses relative to concentrations of licensed providers in the state to guide additional outreach efforts to ensure that providers from all
geographic regions were included . Figure 4 illustrates the geographic spread of responses across the state , with areas in green indicating where responses were received from all licensed providers in that area .
Figure 4 : Geographic distribution of responses
The Task Force and Workgroup provided guidance to P5FS regarding geographic groupings across the state . Currently , DCYF sets rates for eight subsidy regions based on groupings of child care prices . However , as the cost study looks beyond tuition prices and considers cost , constituents indicated a preference for using the Child Care Aware of Washington regional groupings instead . This allows for some additional comparisons of cost data with other data that are already grouped by the Child Care Aware of Washington regions . These regions are shown in Figure 5 .
Figure 5 : Child Care Aware of Washington , Regional Map
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