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Child Care Data Center & State Fact Sheets
We all know that 2020 was an extremely difficult year for the child care system. The COVID-19 pandemic intensified the already familiar strains on child care providers and families. Our previous work found that providers were leaving the field prior to the pandemic. When child care providers had to close or experienced massive drops in attendance due to COVID-19, their ability to stay in business was further threatened.
In our 2020 annual survey, Child Care Aware® of America (CCAoA) included questions to gauge the effects of COVID-19 on states’ child care systems. This year, we offer the state-level data in two different formats. You can see dynamic visualizations by clicking on states in the map below or view simplified tables in our PDF.
Please note that some states were unable to meet our original survey deadline and requested extensions. These states appear dark and unclickable on the map below. We will add their information as soon as we receive and verify it. The additional responses may also change some of the information summarized in the overview below.
We also released our highly anticipated Child Care Data Center (CCDC) in late 2020. The CCDC focuses on state and county-level data about child care affordability, accessibility and environmental risk within our six pilot states: Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin. Click the Child Care Data Center tab at the top of the map to explore this project data.
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