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Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing

School of Social Work

The University of Texas at Austin

2017 TEXAS CHILD CARE MARKET RATE SURVEY FINAL REPORT

Conducted for:

The Texas Workforce Commission

By:

Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources

LBJ School of Public Affairs

The University of Texas at Austin

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Introduction and Overview ...................................................................................................... iii

1.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 Overview of Study Design ....................................................................................................... 5

Sample of Child Care Facilities .............................................................................................. 5

Data Collection ...................................................................................................................... 6

Final Call Disposition ............................................................................................................. 7

Measures ............................................................................................................................... 8

Analytic Approach ................................................................................................................. 9

Analysis and Trends: Market Rates and Other Statistical Descriptions .............................. 10

2. Child Care Daily Market Rates ................................................................................................. 15

2.1 Child Care Daily Market Rates — State of Texas ................................................................... 17 2.2 Child Care Daily Market Rates by LWDA ............................................................................... 21 2.3 Child Care Daily Market Rates: Summary Tables by LWDA by Age Group ........................... 51 2.4 Child Care Daily Market Rates: Summary Tables by LWDA by Facility Type ......................... 67

3. Child Care Daily Market Rates and LWDA Established Rates: Percentile Analysis ...................... 83

3.1 Percentile Analysis ................................................................................................................ 85

4. Special Analyses ................................................................................................................... 101

4.1 Special Analyses — Services and Enrollment ...................................................................... 103 4.2 Special Analyses — Administrative Categories ................................................................... 119

Appendix A. Data Analysis ........................................................................................................ A-1

Appendix B. Questionnaires: Licensed Child Care Centers ......................................................... B-1

Appendix C. Questionnaire: Registered and Licensed Child Care Homes ..................................... C-1

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List of Figures

Figure 1.2.1 Share of Centers Offering Part-Day Care over Time ................................................. 12

Figure 1.2.2 Share of Licensed Homes Offering Part-Day Care over Time ..................................... 13

Figure 1.2.3 Share of Registered Homes Offering Part-Day Care over Time ................................. 14

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List of Tables

Table 1.1.1 Overview of Sample and Response Rate by Child Care Facility Type ........................... 3

Table 1.2.1 Eligibility Status of Child Care Facilities...................................................................... 7

Table 1.2.2 Final Call Disposition of Eligible Child Care Facilities .................................................. 8

Table 1.2.3 Summary of Survey Data Collected by Facility Type ................................................... 9

Table 2.1 Texas Child Care Daily Market Rates — State of Texas ................................................. 19

Table 2.1.1 Child Care Daily Market Rates by Age Group — State of Texas .................................. 20

Table 2.1.2 Child Care Daily Market Rates by Facility Type — State of Texas ............................... 20

Table 2.2.1 Child Care Daily Market Rates by LWDA ................................................................... 23

LWDA 1 Panhandle ................................................................................................................ 23

LWDA 2 South Plains .............................................................................................................. 24

LWDA 3 North Texas .............................................................................................................. 25

LWDA 4 North Central Texas ................................................................................................. 26

LWDA 5 Tarrant County ......................................................................................................... 27

LWDA 6 Dallas ........................................................................................................................ 28

LWDA 7 North East Texas ...................................................................................................... 29

LWDA 8 East Texas ................................................................................................................. 30

LWDA 9 West Central Texas .................................................................................................. 31

LWDA 10 Borderplex .............................................................................................................. 32

LWDA 11 Permian Basin ........................................................................................................ 33

LWDA 12 Concho Valley ......................................................................................................... 34

LWDA 13 Heart of Texas ........................................................................................................ 35

LWDA 14 Capital Area ............................................................................................................ 36

LWDA 15 Rural Capital ........................................................................................................... 37

LWDA 16 Brazos Valley .......................................................................................................... 38

LWDA 17 Deep East Texas ..................................................................................................... 39

LWDA 18 South East Texas .................................................................................................... 40

LWDA 19 Golden Crescent ..................................................................................................... 41

LWDA 20 Alamo ..................................................................................................................... 42

LWDA 21 South Texas ............................................................................................................ 43

LWDA 22 Coastal Bend .......................................................................................................... 44

LWDA 23 Lower Rio Grande Valley ........................................................................................ 45

LWDA 24 Cameron County .................................................................................................... 46

LWDA 25 Texoma ................................................................................................................... 47

LWDA 26 Central Texas .......................................................................................................... 48

LWDA 27 Middle Rio Grande ................................................................................................. 49

LWDA 28 Gulf Coast ............................................................................................................... 50

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Table 2.3.1 Child Care Daily Market Rates: Summary Tables by LWDA by Age Group .................. 53

LWDA 1 Panhandle ................................................................................................................ 53


LWDA 3 North Texas .............................................................................................................. 54



LWDA 6 Dallas ........................................................................................................................ 55


LWDA 8 East Texas ................................................................................................................. 56


LWDA 10 Borderplex .............................................................................................................. 57










LWDA 20 Alamo ..................................................................................................................... 62

LWDA 21 South Texas ............................................................................................................ 63




LWDA 25 Texoma ................................................................................................................... 65



LWDA 28 Gulf Coast ............................................................................................................... 66

Table 2.4.1 Child Care Daily Market Rates: Summary Tables by LWDA by Facility Type ................ 69

LWDA 1 Panhandle ................................................................................................................ 69


LWDA 3 North Texas .............................................................................................................. 70



LWDA 6 Dallas ........................................................................................................................ 71


LWDA 8 East Texas ................................................................................................................. 72


LWDA 10 Borderplex .............................................................................................................. 73



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LWDA 20 Alamo ..................................................................................................................... 78

LWDA 21 South Texas ............................................................................................................ 79




LWDA 25 Texoma ................................................................................................................... 81



LWDA 28 Gulf Coast ............................................................................................................... 82

Table 3.1.1 Percentile Analyses by Facility Type ......................................................................... 86

Table 3.1.2 Percentile Analyses by Rate Type ............................................................................. 86

Table 3.1.3 Percentile Analyses by Age Group ............................................................................ 86

Table 3.1.4 Percentile Analyses by LWDA ................................................................................... 88

Table 3.1.5 Board Maximum Rates ............................................................................................ 89

Licensed Centers: Board Maximum Rate by Age Group ........................................................ 89

Licensed Centers: Percentile of Board Maximum Rate by Age Group .................................. 90

Licensed Homes: Board Maximum Rate by Age Group ......................................................... 91

Licensed Homes: Percentile of Board Maximum Rate by Age Group .................................... 92

Registered Homes: Board Maximum Rate ............................................................................. 93

Registered Homes: Percentile of Board Maximum Rate ....................................................... 94

Table 3.1.6 Board Maximum Enhanced Rates............................................................................. 95

Licensed Centers: Board Maximum Enhanced Rate .............................................................. 95

Licensed Centers: Percentile of Board Maximum Enhanced Rate......................................... 96

Licensed Homes: Board Maximum Enhanced Rate ............................................................... 97

Licensed Homes: Percentile of Board Maximum Enhanced Rate .......................................... 98

Registered Homes: Board Maximum Enhanced Rate ............................................................ 99

Registered Homes: Percentile of Board Maximum Enhanced Rate .................................... 100

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Table 4.1.1 Special Analyses: Texas Services and Enrollment .................................................... 103

Table 4.1.2 Special Analyses: Services and Enrollment by LWDA ............................................... 104

LWDA 1 Panhandle .............................................................................................................. 104

LWDA 2 South Plains ............................................................................................................ 104

LWDA 3 North Texas ............................................................................................................ 105

LWDA 4 North Central Texas ............................................................................................... 105

LWDA 5 Tarrant County ....................................................................................................... 106

LWDA 6 Dallas ...................................................................................................................... 106

LWDA 7 North East Texas .................................................................................................... 107

LWDA 8 East Texas ............................................................................................................... 107

LWDA 9 West Central Texas ................................................................................................ 108

LWDA 10 Borderplex ............................................................................................................ 108

LWDA 11 Permian Basin ...................................................................................................... 109

LWDA 12 Concho Valley ....................................................................................................... 109

LWDA 13 Heart of Texas ...................................................................................................... 110

LWDA 14 Capital Area .......................................................................................................... 110

LWDA 15 Rural Capital ......................................................................................................... 111

LWDA 16 Brazos Valley ........................................................................................................ 111

LWDA 17 Deep East Texas ................................................................................................... 112

LWDA 18 South East Texas .................................................................................................. 112

LWDA 19 Golden Crescent ................................................................................................... 113

LWDA 20 Alamo ................................................................................................................... 113

LWDA 21 South Texas .......................................................................................................... 114

LWDA 22 Coastal Bend ........................................................................................................ 114

LWDA 23 Lower Rio Grande Valley ...................................................................................... 115

LWDA 24 Cameron County .................................................................................................. 115

LWDA 25 Texoma ................................................................................................................. 116

LWDA 26 Central Texas ........................................................................................................ 116

LWDA 27 Middle Rio Grande ............................................................................................... 117

LWDA 28 Gulf Coast ............................................................................................................. 117

Table 4.2.1 Special Analyses: Texas Administrative Categories........................................................ 121

Table 4.2.2 Special Analyses: Administrative Categories by LWDA .................................................. 122

LWDA 1 Panhandle .............................................................................................................. 122

LWDA 2 South Plains ............................................................................................................ 122

LWDA 3 North Texas ............................................................................................................ 123

LWDA 4 North Central Texas ............................................................................................... 123

LWDA 5 Tarrant County ....................................................................................................... 124

LWDA 6 Dallas ...................................................................................................................... 124

LWDA 7 North East Texas .................................................................................................... 125

LWDA 8 East Texas ............................................................................................................... 125

LWDA 9 West Central Texas ................................................................................................ 126

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LWDA 10 Borderplex ............................................................................................................ 126

LWDA 11 Permian Basin ...................................................................................................... 127

LWDA 12 Concho Valley ....................................................................................................... 127

LWDA 13 Heart of Texas ...................................................................................................... 128

LWDA 14 Capital Area .......................................................................................................... 128

LWDA 15 Rural Capital ......................................................................................................... 129

LWDA 16 Brazos Valley ........................................................................................................ 129

LWDA 17 Deep East Texas ................................................................................................... 130

LWDA 18 South East Texas .................................................................................................. 130

LWDA 19 Golden Crescent ................................................................................................... 131

LWDA 20 Alamo ................................................................................................................... 131

LWDA 21 South Texas .......................................................................................................... 132

LWDA 22 Coastal Bend ........................................................................................................ 132

LWDA 23 Lower Rio Grande Valley ...................................................................................... 133

LWDA 24 Cameron County .................................................................................................. 133

LWDA 25 Texoma ................................................................................................................. 134

LWDA 26 Central Texas ........................................................................................................ 134

LWDA 27 Middle Rio Grande ............................................................................................... 135

LWDA 28 Gulf Coast ............................................................................................................. 135

Table A-1. Area Effects, Untransformed Rates ......................................................................... A-5

Table A-2. Rate Type Effects ................................................................................................... A-6

1. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW

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1.1 INTRODUCTION

The Texas Institute for Child and Family Wellbeing (TXICFW), in partnership with the Ray Marshall

Center for the Study of Human Resources (RMC), has undertaken the 2017 Texas Child Care Market Rate

Survey as contracted by the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) via Purchase Order number 320AD 17-

0000307.

This report summarizes child care market rate data for the entire state of Texas and for each of

its 28 local workforce development areas (LWDAs). Three types of child care facilities were surveyed

between September 2016 and April 2017: licensed child care centers, registered homes and licensed

homes. In the survey, licensed and registered homes are grouped together, but separated for analysis.

Table 1.1 below details the sample for the survey.

Table 1.1.1 Overview of Sample and Response Rate by Child Care Facility Type

Facility Type Total

Sampled Total

Eligible Total

Respondents Response

Rate*

Licensed child care centers 2600 2353 1677 79.8%

Registered and licensed child care homes 1859 1567 782 49.9%

Total 4459 3920 2659 67.8%

*Response rate is calculated by taking the number of respondents who completed the survey and dividing it by the number of facilities determined to be eligible to take the survey.

The report includes four sections, followed by several technical appendices. The first section, this

introduction, briefly describes the research methods used for this survey and provides an analytic

overview of key findings.

The second section is comprised of four sub-sections: first, statistics describing the distributions

of statewide market rates for child care are presented. Second, daily market rates for child care are

presented for each LWDA by: type of facility, age group, and full-day vs. part-day status. In addition to

the mean daily rates, the following percentiles are provided: 30th, 40th, 50th (median), 60th, 70th, and 75th.

Third, tables for each LWDA include a summary of rate data by age group (collapsed across facility types).

Finally, tables for each LWDA summarize rate data by facility type (collapsed across age groups).

The third section consists of a percentile analysis that compares data on local areas’ maximum

allowable reimbursement rates with actual market rate distributions. This section first includes a

presentation of maximum allowable reimbursement rates by LWDA by type of facility, age group, and

part- or full-day care, followed by an analysis of the percentiles at which such rates will allow

reimbursement. These analyses are presented in two groups: one for regular maximum reimbursement

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rates, and another for maximum ‘enhanced’ reimbursement rates that may be available to certain

providers, depending on local rules.

The fourth section contains two sub-sections. The first sub section reports the percentages of

respondents offering care at non-traditional hours, and transportation services offered by LWDA and

facility type. Also included in this sub section are percentages of facilities with national accreditation and

Texas Rising Star status, as well as two similar but distinct measures of the percentage of facilities serving

any subsidized children, and the proportion of the enrolled children receiving a child care subsidy. The

second sub-section includes percentages of non-sectarian providers (non-profit and for-profit), sectarian

providers (non-profit and for-profit), and community-based organizations (non-profit and for-profit).

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1.2 OVERVIEW OF STUDY DESIGN

This discussion of the study design briefly describes the sampling technique, the interview

process, and the analysis for the 2017 Child Care Market Rate Survey. A more detailed technical

description of the analytic approach for the project is supplied in Appendix A. This section concludes with

a brief analysis of trends by comparing results of this market rate survey to those of the prior year’s survey,

which was based on 2015-2016 data and completed in early 2016.

Sample of Child Care Facilities

The population of interest in this study is the priced child care market in Texas. Licensed and

registered facilities that charge families directly and do not discount rates based on prior relationships

with families are included in this study to determine child care market rates. The 2017 study sample was

drawn from a list of all 15,731 licensed and registered child care facilities provided by the Texas

Department of Family and Protective Services (TDFPS) on September 1st, 2016. The list included three

types of child care facilities in each of the 28 local workforce development areas (LWDAs):

● Licensed Child Care Centers (LCCCs)

● Licensed Child Care Homes (LCCHs)

● Registered Child Care Homes (RCCHs)

Head Start facilities were removed from the list prior to sampling because they do not charge

families directly. Next, a small statewide representative sample of 1,000 facilities was randomly selected

in order to 1) provide greater statistical power for estimating statewide rates and trends and 2) increase

the precision of rate estimates for the largest local boards that provide the bulk of care in the state. A

second random sample was drawn from the remaining facilities to estimate rates at the LWDA level. For

this latter sample, we chose a target number of centers and a separate target for homes from every LWDA

based on projections of the number needed to yield an average of 35 independent rate observations in

center and home full-day rate categories.1 Projections based on detailed response rates to the last three

annual surveys indicated that, on average, 75 LCCCs, 10 LCCHs, and 59 RCCHs per LWDA were needed to

reach this goal. These target numbers were then increased by between 7 percent and 12 percent for

LWDA and facility type combinations that showed low response rates in recent surveys. The target

number of facilities was then randomly selected from each LWDA, or if fewer providers were available in

any given combination of LWDA and facility type, the entire population was selected (a complete census).

Implementation of this sampling scheme resulted in all facilities of any type being selected from three

1 Starting with the 2013 survey, licensed and registered homes were combined for sampling projection and selection purposes, thus resulting in a higher proportion of registered homes being targeted, but also more in line with their greater representation among home providers statewide.

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LWDAs: 12, 17, and 27. In addition to these three, a complete census of LCCCs was necessary in four more

LWDAs, and a complete census of RCCHs was necessary in fourteen more LWDAs.

Before final local rates were estimated, data from the statewide sample were added to that from

the local samples in their respective areas, and the weighting schemes (for estimating statewide rates)

were adjusted accordingly. Due to changes in the estimation procedures, originally implemented in the

2010 survey and described in the small area estimation section of Appendix A, the number of rate

observations collected by this design was adequate to provide stable rate estimates for all LWDAs, without

needing to rely on rates from adjacent areas or any other kinds of estimates or approximations.

Data Collection

Detailed training and supervision was provided to research staff members on survey

methodology, interviewing protocols, data entry and collection, and tracking procedures by advanced

graduate students and the project manager.

Prior to interviews, the research staff mailed introductory letters to all facilities in the sample

explaining the survey purpose, goals and objectives, confidentiality policies, and the voluntary nature of

participation. Information was presented in both English and Spanish unless providers’ surnames

suggested they were of Vietnamese origin, in which case information was presented in both English and

Vietnamese.

A seven-station call center at TXICFW operated Monday through Friday between 8:00 AM to 7:00

PM. Research staff members maintained a tracking database containing basic provider information

(facility name, LWDA, phone number, facility identification number) and call history (number of attempts,

date and time of attempt, preferred calling times, appointments, call results, final status). A minimum of

two morning and two afternoon/evening calls were made to contact each provider beginning in

September 2016 and ending in April 2017. The research staff administered calls at least one week apart

unless an appointment or preferred calling time was established with a provider. In these cases, the staff

made up to three additional attempts to complete the survey.

In order to prevent any delay in data collection and increase participation, bilingual research staff

members (five English/Spanish and one English/Vietnamese) conducted interviews with centers and

homes. Two additional research staff member conducted interviews with all identified multi-site facilities.

A website was also constructed to present further information about the survey to providers. Finally, a

toll free number was available for providers to return missed calls, return a message, or ask further

questions about the survey.

If research staff were unable to complete the survey after all attempts had been made to reach a

provider, the facility was marked as ‘overdialed’ and no more attempts to contact that facility were made.

In cases where the phone number provided was disconnected or no longer in service, the research staff

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attempted to contact the facility three times at least one week apart. If the number was still not working

and no additional information was available online, the staff determined the facility to be ineligible.

During an interview, research staff members screened out facilities that did not represent the

true price market for child care in Texas. These facilities include those that only offered drop-in care, part-

day care with no after-school care, summer camps, care provided to specific populations only (i.e. children

with special needs, children of teen moms, children of staff at a company, etc.), and free/family-

discounted child care services. School and kindergarten programs that did not offer regular afterschool

care and Head Start programs were also excluded. Finally, facilities that had closed or no longer had

children enrolled were determined to be ineligible.

Final Call Disposition

A total of 4,459 child care facilities (2,600 centers and 1,859 homes) were included in the sample

this year. Of these facilities, 539 (12.1%) did not meet study eligibility criteria and were dropped from the

response rate calculations. For centers, the top reasons for not meeting eligibility criteria included:

1) No full-day, part-day, or after school care offered on a regular basis (29.4%);

2) Disconnected number or non-working number (22.4%);

3) Care to specific population only (17.1%).

For homes, top reasons for ineligibility included:

1) Disconnected number or non-working number (43.8%);

2) Closed or not providing care (33.9%);

3) Free/Family-discounted child care (10.9%).

Table 1.2.1 below details the eligibility of child care providers who were contacted.

Table 1.2.1 Eligibility Status of Child Care Facilities

Homes Centers Total

Not Eligible 292 (15.7%) 247 (9.5%) 539 (12.1%)

Eligible 1567 (84.3%) 2353 (90.5%) 3920 (87.9%)

Total 1859 (100.0%) 2600 (100%) 4459 (100.0%)

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The number of eligible providers is used to calculate the overall response rate. Of the 3,920

eligible child care providers, 2,659 (67.8%) completed the survey. This overall response rate is consistent

with the 2016 survey, and reflects the same pattern in which homes have lower response rates than

centers. The overall response rate for homes was 49.9% and the overall response rate for centers was

79.8%. Table 1.2.2 below details the final call disposition of all eligible child care facilities.

Table 1.2.2 Final Call Disposition of Eligible Child Care Facilities

Homes Centers Total

Completed 782 (49.9%) 1877 (79.8%) 2659 (67.8%)

Refused 30 (1.9%) 24 (1.0%) 54 (1.4%)

Overdialed 749 (47.8%) 443 (18.8%) 1192 (30.4%)

Withdrew 4 (0.3%) 3 (0.1%) 7 (0.2%)

Partial 2 (0.1%) 6 (0.3%) 8 (0.2%)

Total 1567 (100.0%) 2353 (100.0%) 3920 (100.0%)

HOMES: Both licensed and registered homes were combined into a single sample of 1,859 homes.

Of these homes, 1,567 were determined to be eligible. A total of 782 (49.9%) providers completed

interviews, 30 (1.9%) refused to complete interviews, and four (0.3%) withdrew. An additional two

providers (0.1%) completed only a portion of the interview. Finally, 749 (47.8%) providers were

overdialed.

CENTERS: A total of 2,600 centers were sampled. Of these centers, 1,567 were determined to be

eligible. A total 1,877 (79.8%) providers completed interviews, 24 (1.0%) refused to complete interviews,

and three (0.1%) withdrew. An additional six providers (0.3%) completed only a portion of the interview.

Finally, 443 (18.8%) providers were overdialed.

Measures

The Market Rate Surveys for home-based and center-based facilities covered similar topics.

However, home-based facilities provided detailed information concerning each child under their care

(age, exact schedule of care, and rate charged), whereas center-based facilities provided rates by age

group and by whether care was full-day or part-day (less than six hours per day). See Table 1.2.3 for a

summary of information collected on home-based and center-based surveys.

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Table 1.2.3 Summary of Survey Data Collected by Facility Type

Topics Home-based survey Center-based survey

Hours of operation Yes Yes

Vacation schedules Yes Yes

Child age and enrollment Individual age and schedule for each child in care

*Facility-determined age groups and enrollment by age group

Rates Rate Type (CCS/Non-CCS) and individual rate charged per child

Full-day and part-day rates by age group

Additional Fees

Yes Yes Registration

Enrollment

Activity

Administrative Categories

Yes Yes Non-profit/for-profit

Associations

Transportation

National Accreditations Yes Yes

Texas Rising Star Program Yes Yes

*Center rate data were gathered for children in various age groups, using the facility-determined age group cutoffs to set rates. These data were then collapsed into the following standard age groups for reporting: Infants (0-17 months); toddlers (18-35 months); preschoolers (36-71 months); and school age children (72 months and over).

Analytic Approach

The technical appendix provides a detailed account of the analytic approach taken in producing

the rates in this report. It is particularly important to note, however, that virtually all of the daily market

rate percentiles and other statistics presented in this report are based on large and statistically reliable

sample sizes. Even in the scarcest categories of care, such as part-day infant and toddler care in LCCHs,

and part-day infant care in RCCHs, the numbers of rates gathered were sufficient for estimating stable

rates.

Because different types of facilities tend to set their rates differently, analysis of center rates was

based on the rates for a category of care (for example, full-day care for toddlers), while the rates for home-

based care (LCCH and RCCH) were determined by the amounts charged for individual children. That is, as

mentioned earlier, in interviews with centers the researchers asked for the rates charged for a particular

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age group following a particular schedule. In contrast, researchers asked home-based facilities for the

age and rate charged for each individual child.

After the data were collected, all rates that appeared extremely high or low (known as outliers)

were identified, and researchers individually checked each rate report and corrected any errors they

found. Subsequent to these corrections, a small portion of the most extreme outliers remaining in the

sample were corrected to remove their excessive influence on statistical measures of the rates

distributions. In addition, similar procedures were implemented to detect instances in which the number

of slots reported for a given rate was too extreme, whether too high or too low, and to correct these

extremes to more reasonable values. In general, as one might expect in a large and diverse state, extreme

rates, whether at the low or high end of the scale, were typically the result of unusual services provided

by an individual facility and/or variations in subsidies and financing rather than research error.

Analysis and Trends: Market Rates and Other Statistical Descriptions

The basic outcomes for this report are presented in two sections: the first provides the child care

rates; the second describes the prevalence of services and financial and organizational arrangements

among child care facilities. Several interesting trends emerge from this analysis.

The data and analysis in this report are voluminous. The primary tables of daily child care market

rates that form the next section of this report give seven statistics for each of four age groups in each of

two schedule types (part-day and full-day) in three types of facilities for each of the 28 LWDA Boards.

These data yield a total of 4704 statistics. It is likely that in such a massive report, some anomalies will

emerge in the numbers. A systematic analysis was done of all possible comparisons looking for common

rate anomalies, such as when an older child rate significantly exceeds the corresponding rate for a younger

child, or a part-day rate exceeds the corresponding full-day rate. However, with the changes to the

estimation method beginning with the 2010 survey (see small area estimation, Appendix A), none of these

types of anomalies are present.

A comparison of the daily market rates reported in this 2017 survey to those observed in 2016

reveal several interesting trends that are evident on a statewide level.2 Overall, across facility types and

age groups, median daily rates increased by about 4.5 percent during this period, or about $0.91 per day,

when compared to 2016 median daily rates. This rate of increase is toward the high end of increases seen

in recent history, as rates often increase from around two to five percent per year.

2 Median rates are compared over time as the better measure of central tendency, though higher percentiles may be deemed more appropriate for rate-setting. Comparisons were made of all 672 median rates (28 areas multiplied by 24 rate categories) reported in this survey versus the same rates from the prior annual survey, and are weighted to be representative of care provided on a statewide basis.

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This increasing trend in rates from the prior year’s report to this report is the result of combining

significant increases among Licensed Homes with lesser increases among other facility types:

In Licensed Child Care Centers, median rates increased by an average of 2.1 percent, or about $0.48 per day.

In Licensed Child Care Homes, median rates increased by an average of 6.9 percent, or about $1.33 per day.

In Registered Child Care Homes, median rates increased by an average of 3.1 percent, or about $0.62 per day.

Changes in the market rates varied slightly by age groups of the children served:

Median rates for infants increased by an average of 7.7 percent, or about $1.69 per day.

Median rates for toddlers increased by an average of 2.7 percent, or about $0.60 per day.

Median rates for preschoolers increased by an average of 5.4 percent, or about $1.02 per day.

Median rates for school aged children increased by an average of 2 percent, or about $0.34 per day.

Daily rates for full-day care did not increase as much as rates for part-day:

Median full-day rates increased by an average of 3.7 percent, or about $0.82 per day.

Median part-day rates increased by an average of 5.6 percent, or about $1.00 per day.

Finally, comparing rates across regions, continuing a trend seen in prior years, parts of the DFW

area (including North Central Texas, LWDA 4; and Tarrant County, LWDA 5) and the Austin region

(including Capital Area, LWDA 14; and Rural Capital, LWDA 15) have the most expensive child care in the

state. Rounding out the fairly expensive care group, local boards covering most of the remaining large

metro areas of the state, including Alamo (LWDA 20), Gulf Coast (LWDA 28), and Dallas (LWDA 6), are not

far behind in terms of high rates. The least expensive care in the state is in the middle to lower Rio Grande

Valley, including Middle Rio Grande (LWDA 27), Lower Rio Grande Valley (LWDA 23) and Cameron County

(LWDA 24).

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Other trends noted in previous surveys were again evident in 2017. For a number of years now a

short supply of part-day infant care, as well as part-day care in general, has been noted in most areas of

the state.3 As an illustration of this trend, the following figures show percentages of facilities surveyed

that offer part-day care for each of four age groups. These are shown for each of the last eleven annual

market rate surveys.4

Figure 1.2.1 Share of Centers Offering Part-Day Care over Time

Figure 1.2.1 illustrates these trends for Licensed Centers. This figure makes it clear that part-day

infant and toddler care are the most difficult to find. Furthermore, as will be seen below, these low rates

of availability are the best the market offers to those needing part-day care, as availability among homes

is worse. Shares of centers offering part-day preschool or school age care have fluctuated over time, but

since 2009 a clear trend toward greater availability of part time care for these older children is seen in

centers, and this trend continues into 2017.

3 Part-day rates are considered care that is less than 6 hours per day. Part-day rates are not the same as part-time rates. For example, a child attending part-time may attend for two days a week for 8 hours a day, which would be considered a full-day rate.

4 Survey was not conducted in 2008. No other years were skipped, but a change in the naming convention in 2015 to reflect the year the survey was completed, rather than begun, makes it appear that 2014 was skipped.

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Figure 1.2.2 shows these trends over time for Licensed Homes. Part-day care in licensed homes was scarce even at its peak in 2005, with fewer than ten percent of facilities offering such care to children of any age. After continuing a more or less downward trend since then, availability of part day care in licensed homes is still quite low as of 2017, at less than five percent of facilities.

Figure 1.2.2 Share of Licensed Homes Offering Part-Day Care over Time

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Figure 1.2.3 illustrates trends in availability of part day care in registered homes, which is quite

low but slightly better than licensed homes. As with the other facility types, greater shares of registered

homes have been offering part-day care for older children in the last few years. Aside from this slight

bump, the generally low availability of part-day care seen across the market persists among registered

homes as well.

Figure 1.2.3 Share of Registered Homes Offering Part-Day Care over Time

Due to this generally low availability of part-day care, it is difficult to gather sufficient rate data to

estimate stable part-day rates for all areas. Appendix A describes efforts to estimate part-day rates in

some categories of care in licensed and registered homes with the least availability of part-day care.

2. CHILD CARE DAILY MARKET RATES

2.1 CHILD CARE DAILY MARKET RATES — STATE OF TEXAS

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Table 2.1 Texas Child Care Daily Market Rates — State of Texas

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Infant Full-day $37.54 $29.59 $33.13 $37.68 $42.99 $46.97 $47.92

Part-day $28.36 $21.54 $21.79 $25.54 $35.00 $36.41 $36.41

Toddler Full-day $33.86 $26.15 $29.38 $33.51 $37.51 $42.30 $43.09

Part-day $26.91 $20.82 $21.62 $27.48 $32.31 $35.19 $35.86

Preschool Full-day $30.97 $24.23 $27.14 $30.06 $34.41 $37.67 $39.37

Part-day $18.35 $13.33 $14.23 $16.08 $17.86 $21.46 $23.44

School age Full-day $29.94 $23.08 $25.23 $29.19 $33.80 $37.33 $39.29

Part-day $15.38 $12.59 $13.19 $14.66 $16.00 $17.19 $17.89

Licensed Child Care Homes

Infant Full-day $28.31 $25.00 $26.00 $28.00 $30.19 $32.00 $34.00

Part-day $21.03 $16.50 $17.87 $17.87 $17.87 $31.50 $31.50

Toddler Full-day $24.73 $20.01 $22.33 $25.00 $25.60 $28.00 $30.00

Part-day $23.22 $16.50 $17.51 $20.01 $27.81 $30.40 $30.40


Part-day $14.29 $12.00 $12.87 $15.06 $15.33 $17.00 $17.51


Part-day $12.04 $10.10 $10.13 $12.00 $13.00 $15.00 $16.00

Registered Child Care Homes

Infant Full-day $26.95 $24.00 $25.00 $26.92 $30.00 $30.00 $31.18

Part-day $22.80 $18.00 $20.58 $20.58 $25.19 $30.95 $30.95

Toddler Full-day $23.37 $20.00 $20.00 $22.50 $25.00 $26.00 $27.71

Part-day $21.97 $15.69 $17.78 $21.02 $26.28 $28.75 $28.86


Part-day $13.34 $10.00 $10.10 $12.19 $12.50 $15.00 $15.00


Part-day $12.36 $10.00 $10.00 $12.00 $13.00 $15.00 $15.00

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Table 2.1.1 Child Care Daily Market Rates by Age Group — State of Texas

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Infant Full-day $36.82 $29.13 $32.15 $36.00 $41.32 $46.04 $47.92

Part-day $28.00 $21.54 $21.62 $25.19 $34.00 $36.41 $36.41

Toddler Full-day $32.78 $25.15 $28.13 $30.86 $35.62 $41.06 $42.76

Part-day $26.60 $20.77 $21.62 $27.33 $31.10 $34.54 $35.58


Part-day $18.23 $13.33 $14.19 $16.00 $17.64 $21.33 $23.38


Part-day $15.30 $12.41 $13.19 $14.66 $16.00 $17.19 $17.89

Table 2.1.2 Child Care Daily Market Rates by Facility Type — State of Texas

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Full-day $32.93 $25.86 $28.53 $32.15 $36.35 $40.04 $41.97

Part-day $16.55 $12.68 $14.00 $15.13 $16.46 $18.12 $19.38


Full-day $25.20 $20.15 $23.10 $25.00 $26.00 $29.00 $30.02

Part-day $14.84 $12.00 $12.00 $14.15 $16.00 $16.50 $17.51


Full-day $23.80 $20.00 $20.00 $24.00 $25.00 $27.12 $30.00

Part-day $13.41 $10.00 $10.10 $12.50 $13.10 $15.00 $15.69

2.2 CHILD CARE DAILY MARKET RATES BY LWDA

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Table 2.2.1 Child Care Daily Market Rates by LWDA

LWDA 1 Panhandle

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Licensed Child Care Centers (rates from 59 of 94 facilities in area)

Infant Full-day $24.30 $21.72 $22.89 $24.02 $25.18 $26.43 $27.14

Part-day $20.55 $18.16 $19.23 $20.26 $21.33 $22.49 $23.14

Toddler Full-day $22.91 $20.40 $21.53 $22.63 $23.75 $24.97 $25.66

Part-day $19.75 $17.40 $18.45 $19.47 $20.51 $21.64 $22.29


Part-day $16.52 $14.35 $15.31 $16.23 $17.19 $18.23 $18.82


Part-day $15.93 $13.80 $14.74 $15.65 $16.59 $17.61 $18.19

Licensed Child Care Homes (rates from 4 of 16 facilities in area)

Infant Full-day $22.12 $19.65 $20.76 $21.84 $22.94 $24.14 $24.82

Part-day $19.03 $16.72 $17.75 $18.74 $19.77 $20.88 $21.51

Toddler Full-day $20.86 $18.45 $19.53 $20.57 $21.65 $22.81 $23.47

Part-day $19.83 $17.48 $18.53 $19.54 $20.59 $21.73 $22.37


Part-day $16.43 $14.27 $15.22 $16.14 $17.09 $18.13 $18.72


Part-day $14.96 $12.89 $13.79 $14.67 $15.58 $16.57 $17.14

Registered Child Care Homes (rates from 28 of 60 facilities in area)

Infant Full-day $21.46 $19.02 $20.11 $21.17 $22.26 $23.44 $24.11

Part-day $19.70 $17.35 $18.40 $19.41 $20.45 $21.59 $22.23

Toddler Full-day $20.29 $17.91 $18.98 $20.01 $21.06 $22.21 $22.87

Part-day $18.63 $16.34 $17.36 $18.35 $19.36 $20.46 $21.09


Part-day $15.28 $13.19 $14.10 $14.99 $15.91 $16.91 $17.48


Part-day $14.24 $12.21 $13.09 $13.95 $14.84 $15.80 $16.35

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LWDA 2 South Plains

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Infant Full-day $24.94 $21.96 $23.29 $24.57 $25.89 $27.33 $28.14

Part-day $20.68 $17.95 $19.15 $20.32 $21.52 $22.83 $23.58

Toddler Full-day $23.35 $20.47 $21.75 $22.99 $24.27 $25.66 $26.45

Part-day $19.78 $17.11 $18.28 $19.42 $20.59 $21.88 $22.61


Part-day $16.17 $13.72 $14.77 $15.80 $16.87 $18.03 $18.69


Part-day $15.52 $13.12 $14.15 $15.15 $16.20 $17.34 $17.99


Infant Full-day $22.46 $19.62 $20.87 $22.09 $23.35 $24.71 $25.49

Part-day $18.97 $16.34 $17.49 $18.61 $19.76 $21.02 $21.73

Toddler Full-day $21.03 $18.28 $19.49 $20.67 $21.88 $23.20 $23.95

Part-day $19.87 $17.19 $18.36 $19.51 $20.69 $21.97 $22.70


Part-day $16.07 $13.63 $14.68 $15.70 $16.76 $17.92 $18.58


Part-day $14.44 $12.12 $13.11 $14.08 $15.08 $16.18 $16.81


Infant Full-day $21.70 $18.91 $20.14 $21.34 $22.57 $23.92 $24.68

Part-day $19.72 $17.05 $18.22 $19.36 $20.53 $21.81 $22.54

Toddler Full-day $20.39 $17.68 $18.87 $20.03 $21.22 $22.52 $23.26

Part-day $18.52 $15.93 $17.06 $18.16 $19.30 $20.54 $21.25


Part-day $14.79 $12.44 $13.44 $14.42 $15.44 $16.55 $17.19


Part-day $13.64 $11.38 $12.34 $13.28 $14.26 $15.33 $15.94

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LWDA 3 North Texas

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Infant Full-day $21.90 $19.18 $20.38 $21.55 $22.76 $24.07 $24.81

Part-day $18.03 $15.54 $16.62 $17.68 $18.78 $19.97 $20.65

Toddler Full-day $20.46 $17.82 $18.98 $20.11 $21.28 $22.55 $23.27

Part-day $17.21 $14.77 $15.83 $16.87 $17.93 $19.10 $19.76


Part-day $13.94 $11.72 $12.67 $13.60 $14.56 $15.61 $16.21


Part-day $13.35 $11.18 $12.10 $13.01 $13.95 $14.98 $15.57


Infant Full-day $19.64 $17.05 $18.19 $19.30 $20.44 $21.68 $22.39

Part-day $16.48 $14.08 $15.12 $16.13 $17.18 $18.32 $18.97

Toddler Full-day $18.34 $15.83 $16.93 $18.00 $19.10 $20.31 $20.99

Part-day $17.29 $14.85 $15.91 $16.95 $18.02 $19.19 $19.85


Part-day $13.85 $11.64 $12.58 $13.51 $14.46 $15.51 $16.11


Part-day $12.38 $10.28 $11.17 $12.04 $12.94 $13.94 $14.50


Infant Full-day $18.96 $16.41 $17.52 $18.61 $19.73 $20.96 $21.65

Part-day $17.16 $14.72 $15.78 $16.81 $17.88 $19.04 $19.70

Toddler Full-day $17.76 $15.29 $16.37 $17.42 $18.50 $19.69 $20.36

Part-day $16.07 $13.71 $14.73 $15.73 $16.76 $17.89 $18.53


Part-day $12.70 $10.57 $11.47 $12.35 $13.27 $14.27 $14.85


Part-day $11.67 $9.62 $10.48 $11.32 $12.20 $13.17 $13.72

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Infant Full-day $36.43 $31.86 $33.88 $35.85 $37.87 $40.07 $41.32

Part-day $29.94 $25.76 $27.58 $29.36 $31.19 $33.19 $34.33

Toddler Full-day $34.02 $29.59 $31.53 $33.43 $35.39 $37.51 $38.72

Part-day $28.57 $24.48 $26.25 $27.99 $29.78 $31.73 $32.85


Part-day $23.09 $19.37 $20.95 $22.51 $24.11 $25.88 $26.88


Part-day $22.11 $18.46 $20.01 $21.53 $23.10 $24.83 $25.81


Infant Full-day $32.65 $28.30 $30.20 $32.06 $33.98 $36.06 $37.25

Part-day $27.34 $23.32 $25.06 $26.75 $28.50 $30.42 $31.51

Toddler Full-day $30.47 $26.26 $28.09 $29.89 $31.74 $33.75 $34.90

Part-day $28.71 $24.60 $26.38 $28.12 $29.92 $31.88 $32.99


Part-day $22.94 $19.23 $20.81 $22.36 $23.96 $25.72 $26.72


Part-day $20.48 $16.96 $18.44 $19.90 $21.41 $23.08 $24.03


Infant Full-day $31.50 $27.22 $29.09 $30.91 $32.79 $34.84 $36.01

Part-day $28.48 $24.39 $26.16 $27.89 $29.68 $31.63 $32.74

Toddler Full-day $29.50 $25.34 $27.15 $28.91 $30.73 $32.72 $33.85

Part-day $26.66 $22.69 $24.40 $26.08 $27.81 $29.70 $30.77


Part-day $21.01 $17.44 $18.95 $20.43 $21.96 $23.64 $24.60


Part-day $19.29 $15.86 $17.29 $18.70 $20.17 $21.79 $22.71

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Infant Full-day $33.75 $29.46 $31.36 $33.20 $35.10 $37.16 $38.33

Part-day $27.67 $23.74 $25.45 $27.11 $28.83 $30.70 $31.77

Toddler Full-day $31.49 $27.33 $29.15 $30.93 $32.76 $34.76 $35.90

Part-day $26.38 $22.55 $24.21 $25.83 $27.51 $29.34 $30.38


Part-day $21.26 $17.77 $19.25 $20.70 $22.21 $23.86 $24.80


Part-day $20.34 $16.93 $18.37 $19.79 $21.26 $22.87 $23.79


Infant Full-day $30.20 $26.12 $27.91 $29.65 $31.44 $33.40 $34.51

Part-day $25.23 $21.47 $23.09 $24.68 $26.31 $28.11 $29.13

Toddler Full-day $28.16 $24.21 $25.93 $27.61 $29.34 $31.23 $32.31

Part-day $26.51 $22.66 $24.33 $25.96 $27.64 $29.47 $30.52


Part-day $21.12 $17.64 $19.12 $20.56 $22.06 $23.70 $24.64


Part-day $18.82 $15.52 $16.91 $18.27 $19.68 $21.24 $22.13


Infant Full-day $29.13 $25.11 $26.86 $28.57 $30.33 $32.26 $33.35

Part-day $26.30 $22.46 $24.12 $25.74 $27.42 $29.25 $30.29

Toddler Full-day $27.25 $23.36 $25.05 $26.70 $28.40 $30.26 $31.32

Part-day $24.60 $20.88 $22.48 $24.04 $25.66 $27.43 $28.44


Part-day $19.31 $15.98 $17.38 $18.76 $20.19 $21.76 $22.66


Part-day $17.70 $14.50 $15.83 $17.15 $18.52 $20.03 $20.89

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Infant Full-day $32.02 $27.21 $29.28 $31.31 $33.40 $35.69 $37.00

Part-day $25.37 $21.04 $22.87 $24.66 $26.52 $28.57 $29.74

Toddler Full-day $29.53 $24.89 $26.88 $28.82 $30.83 $33.03 $34.29

Part-day $23.99 $19.77 $21.54 $23.28 $25.09 $27.08 $28.22


Part-day $18.53 $14.76 $16.30 $17.82 $19.40 $21.16 $22.17


Part-day $17.57 $13.89 $15.38 $16.86 $18.40 $20.11 $21.09


Infant Full-day $28.13 $23.59 $25.52 $27.42 $29.38 $31.53 $32.76

Part-day $22.75 $18.62 $20.34 $22.04 $23.80 $25.74 $26.85

Toddler Full-day $25.91 $21.54 $23.39 $25.20 $27.08 $29.15 $30.33

Part-day $24.13 $19.89 $21.67 $23.41 $25.23 $27.23 $28.37


Part-day $18.38 $14.63 $16.16 $17.67 $19.25 $21.00 $22.00


Part-day $15.99 $12.46 $13.87 $15.27 $16.75 $18.38 $19.32


Infant Full-day $26.96 $22.51 $24.39 $26.24 $28.16 $30.27 $31.47

Part-day $23.90 $19.68 $21.45 $23.18 $24.99 $26.98 $28.11

Toddler Full-day $24.93 $20.63 $22.44 $24.21 $26.06 $28.09 $29.25

Part-day $22.07 $18.00 $19.69 $21.36 $23.10 $25.01 $26.10


Part-day $16.49 $12.92 $14.35 $15.78 $17.28 $18.94 $19.89


Part-day $14.83 $11.42 $12.77 $14.12 $15.54 $17.11 $18.02

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Infant Full-day $21.47 $19.18 $20.21 $21.22 $22.24 $23.36 $23.99

Part-day $18.14 $16.02 $16.96 $17.88 $18.83 $19.86 $20.44

Toddler Full-day $20.24 $18.00 $19.01 $19.98 $20.98 $22.06 $22.68

Part-day $17.43 $15.35 $16.27 $17.18 $18.10 $19.11 $19.68


Part-day $14.56 $12.64 $13.49 $14.31 $15.16 $16.08 $16.60


Part-day $14.05 $12.16 $12.98 $13.79 $14.62 $15.53 $16.04


Infant Full-day $19.53 $17.34 $18.32 $19.28 $20.26 $21.32 $21.93

Part-day $16.79 $14.74 $15.65 $16.53 $17.44 $18.43 $18.99

Toddler Full-day $18.41 $16.28 $17.23 $18.16 $19.11 $20.15 $20.73

Part-day $17.50 $15.41 $16.34 $17.25 $18.17 $19.18 $19.75


Part-day $14.48 $12.57 $13.41 $14.23 $15.07 $15.99 $16.52


Part-day $13.18 $11.35 $12.15 $12.93 $13.73 $14.61 $15.11


Infant Full-day $18.94 $16.78 $17.75 $18.69 $19.65 $20.70 $21.30

Part-day $17.38 $15.30 $16.23 $17.13 $18.05 $19.06 $19.63

Toddler Full-day $17.91 $15.80 $16.74 $17.66 $18.59 $19.62 $20.19

Part-day $16.44 $14.41 $15.31 $16.18 $17.08 $18.06 $18.62


Part-day $13.46 $11.61 $12.42 $13.21 $14.02 $14.91 $15.41


Part-day $12.54 $10.75 $11.52 $12.29 $13.07 $13.93 $14.42

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Infant Full-day $22.38 $20.04 $21.10 $22.12 $23.17 $24.31 $24.95

Part-day $18.98 $16.81 $17.78 $18.72 $19.69 $20.74 $21.33

Toddler Full-day $21.12 $18.84 $19.87 $20.86 $21.88 $22.99 $23.61

Part-day $18.25 $16.13 $17.08 $18.00 $18.94 $19.97 $20.56


Part-day $15.32 $13.35 $14.22 $15.06 $15.93 $16.87 $17.41


Part-day $14.79 $12.85 $13.70 $14.53 $15.38 $16.31 $16.84


Infant Full-day $20.40 $18.16 $19.17 $20.15 $21.15 $22.23 $22.85

Part-day $17.60 $15.51 $16.44 $17.34 $18.27 $19.28 $19.86

Toddler Full-day $19.26 $17.08 $18.05 $19.00 $19.98 $21.03 $21.63

Part-day $18.32 $16.19 $17.15 $18.07 $19.02 $20.05 $20.63


Part-day $15.24 $13.28 $14.14 $14.98 $15.85 $16.79 $17.32


Part-day $13.90 $12.02 $12.84 $13.64 $14.47 $15.37 $15.88


Infant Full-day $19.80 $17.59 $18.58 $19.54 $20.53 $21.60 $22.21

Part-day $18.20 $16.08 $17.03 $17.95 $18.89 $19.92 $20.50

Toddler Full-day $18.74 $16.59 $17.55 $18.49 $19.45 $20.49 $21.08

Part-day $17.24 $15.16 $16.09 $16.98 $17.90 $18.90 $19.47


Part-day $14.19 $12.29 $13.12 $13.93 $14.77 $15.68 $16.19


Part-day $13.24 $11.40 $12.21 $12.99 $13.79 $14.67 $15.17

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Infant Full-day $22.44 $19.49 $20.79 $22.05 $23.35 $24.77 $25.57

Part-day $18.28 $15.59 $16.75 $17.88 $19.06 $20.34 $21.07

Toddler Full-day $20.89 $18.03 $19.28 $20.50 $21.75 $23.12 $23.90

Part-day $17.40 $14.77 $15.90 $17.01 $18.15 $19.41 $20.12


Part-day $13.91 $11.53 $12.53 $13.52 $14.54 $15.66 $16.30


Part-day $13.29 $10.96 $11.93 $12.89 $13.89 $14.99 $15.62


Infant Full-day $20.01 $17.21 $18.43 $19.62 $20.84 $22.19 $22.95

Part-day $16.61 $14.04 $15.14 $16.22 $17.34 $18.56 $19.26

Toddler Full-day $18.62 $15.90 $17.08 $18.22 $19.41 $20.70 $21.44

Part-day $17.49 $14.85 $15.99 $17.09 $18.24 $19.50 $20.21


Part-day $13.81 $11.44 $12.44 $13.42 $14.44 $15.56 $16.20


Part-day $12.26 $10.01 $10.94 $11.87 $12.82 $13.88 $14.48


Infant Full-day $19.27 $16.52 $17.71 $18.88 $20.09 $21.40 $22.15

Part-day $17.34 $14.71 $15.84 $16.95 $18.09 $19.34 $20.05

Toddler Full-day $17.99 $15.32 $16.47 $17.60 $18.77 $20.04 $20.76

Part-day $16.18 $13.64 $14.72 $15.79 $16.89 $18.10 $18.79


Part-day $12.59 $10.31 $11.26 $12.20 $13.17 $14.24 $14.85


Part-day $11.50 $9.31 $10.22 $11.11 $12.04 $13.06 $13.65

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le

75

th p

erce

nti

le


Infant Full-day $24.74 $21.06 $22.64 $24.20 $25.80 $27.55 $28.55

Part-day $19.64 $16.33 $17.73 $19.10 $20.53 $22.10 $22.99

Toddler Full-day $22.83 $19.28 $20.80 $22.29 $23.83 $25.52 $26.48

Part-day $18.58 $15.35 $16.71 $18.04 $19.43 $20.96 $21.83


Part-day $14.39 $11.51 $12.69 $13.85 $15.07 $16.42 $17.19


Part-day $13.66 $10.83 $11.98 $13.12 $14.30 $15.62 $16.37


Infant Full-day $21.76 $18.28 $19.76 $21.22 $22.72 $24.36 $25.30

Part-day $17.63 $14.47 $15.79 $17.09 $18.44 $19.93 $20.78

Toddler Full-day $20.06 $16.71 $18.13 $19.52 $20.96 $22.54 $23.45

Part-day $18.69 $15.45 $16.81 $18.15 $19.54 $21.07 $21.94


Part-day $14.28 $11.40 $12.58 $13.74 $14.95 $16.30 $17.07


Part-day $12.44 $9.73 $10.82 $11.90 $13.03 $14.29 $15.01


Infant Full-day $20.86 $17.45 $18.90 $20.32 $21.79 $23.40 $24.32

Part-day $18.51 $15.28 $16.64 $17.97 $19.36 $20.88 $21.75

Toddler Full-day $19.30 $16.01 $17.40 $18.76 $20.18 $21.73 $22.62

Part-day $17.11 $14.00 $15.29 $16.57 $17.90 $19.37 $20.21


Part-day $12.83 $10.09 $11.19 $12.29 $13.44 $14.71 $15.45


Part-day $11.55 $8.93 $9.97 $11.01 $12.10 $13.31 $14.01

33

LWDA 11 Permian Basin

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le


Infant Full-day $24.95 $22.33 $23.52 $24.66 $25.83 $27.10 $27.82

Part-day $21.15 $18.72 $19.81 $20.86 $21.94 $23.11 $23.78

Toddler Full-day $23.54 $21.00 $22.14 $23.25 $24.39 $25.63 $26.33

Part-day $20.34 $17.96 $19.02 $20.05 $21.11 $22.26 $22.91


Part-day $17.06 $14.86 $15.83 $16.77 $17.74 $18.80 $19.39


Part-day $16.46 $14.30 $15.25 $16.18 $17.13 $18.17 $18.76


Infant Full-day $22.74 $20.23 $21.36 $22.45 $23.57 $24.78 $25.47

Part-day $19.60 $17.27 $18.31 $19.32 $20.36 $21.49 $22.13

Toddler Full-day $21.46 $19.02 $20.11 $21.17 $22.26 $23.44 $24.11

Part-day $20.42 $18.03 $19.10 $20.13 $21.19 $22.34 $23.00


Part-day $16.97 $14.78 $15.74 $16.68 $17.65 $18.70 $19.30


Part-day $15.47 $13.37 $14.29 $15.19 $16.11 $17.12 $17.69


Infant Full-day $22.06 $19.60 $20.70 $21.78 $22.88 $24.08 $24.75

Part-day $20.28 $17.91 $18.97 $20.00 $21.05 $22.20 $22.85

Toddler Full-day $20.89 $18.48 $19.55 $20.60 $21.67 $22.84 $23.50

Part-day $19.20 $16.88 $17.91 $18.92 $19.94 $21.06 $21.70


Part-day $15.79 $13.67 $14.60 $15.51 $16.44 $17.46 $18.03


Part-day $14.74 $12.69 $13.58 $14.45 $15.35 $16.34 $16.90

34

LWDA 12 Concho Valley

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le


Infant Full-day $23.20 $21.00 $22.01 $22.98 $23.98 $25.05 $25.66

Part-day $19.96 $17.90 $18.84 $19.74 $20.66 $21.66 $22.23

Toddler Full-day $22.00 $19.85 $20.83 $21.78 $22.75 $23.80 $24.40

Part-day $19.26 $17.24 $18.16 $19.04 $19.95 $20.93 $21.49


Part-day $16.44 $14.56 $15.40 $16.22 $17.05 $17.96 $18.48


Part-day $15.92 $14.07 $14.90 $15.70 $16.53 $17.42 $17.93


Infant Full-day $21.32 $19.20 $20.17 $21.10 $22.05 $23.09 $23.67

Part-day $18.64 $16.64 $17.54 $18.41 $19.31 $20.27 $20.82

Toddler Full-day $20.23 $18.16 $19.10 $20.01 $20.94 $21.94 $22.51

Part-day $19.33 $17.31 $18.22 $19.11 $20.02 $21.01 $21.56


Part-day $16.36 $14.48 $15.32 $16.14 $16.97 $17.88 $18.40


Part-day $15.06 $13.26 $14.06 $14.84 $15.64 $16.51 $17.01


Infant Full-day $20.75 $18.65 $19.60 $20.52 $21.46 $22.48 $23.06

Part-day $19.22 $17.20 $18.11 $19.00 $19.90 $20.88 $21.44

Toddler Full-day $19.74 $17.69 $18.62 $19.51 $20.43 $21.43 $21.99

Part-day $18.29 $16.31 $17.20 $18.07 $18.95 $19.91 $20.45


Part-day $15.34 $13.52 $14.33 $15.12 $15.93 $16.81 $17.31


Part-day $14.42 $12.65 $13.44 $14.20 $14.98 $15.84 $16.32

35

LWDA 13 Heart of Texas

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le


Infant Full-day $21.75 $19.30 $20.40 $21.46 $22.56 $23.74 $24.42

Part-day $18.22 $15.96 $16.96 $17.93 $18.93 $20.02 $20.64

Toddler Full-day $20.44 $18.06 $19.12 $20.15 $21.21 $22.36 $23.02

Part-day $17.47 $15.25 $16.23 $17.18 $18.16 $19.23 $19.83


Part-day $14.44 $12.41 $13.29 $14.16 $15.05 $16.02 $16.57


Part-day $13.90 $11.90 $12.77 $13.61 $14.49 $15.44 $15.99


Infant Full-day $19.69 $17.35 $18.39 $19.41 $20.45 $21.58 $22.22

Part-day $16.79 $14.61 $15.57 $16.50 $17.46 $18.51 $19.11

Toddler Full-day $18.51 $16.23 $17.24 $18.22 $19.23 $20.33 $20.95

Part-day $17.54 $15.32 $16.30 $17.25 $18.24 $19.31 $19.91


Part-day $14.36 $12.33 $13.21 $14.07 $14.96 $15.93 $16.48


Part-day $12.99 $11.05 $11.89 $12.71 $13.55 $14.48 $15.00


Infant Full-day $19.07 $16.76 $17.79 $18.78 $19.81 $20.92 $21.55

Part-day $17.42 $15.20 $16.18 $17.13 $18.11 $19.17 $19.78

Toddler Full-day $17.97 $15.73 $16.72 $17.69 $18.68 $19.76 $20.38

Part-day $16.42 $14.26 $15.21 $16.13 $17.08 $18.12 $18.70


Part-day $13.29 $11.33 $12.17 $13.00 $13.85 $14.79 $15.32


Part-day $12.32 $10.43 $11.24 $12.04 $12.86 $13.76 $14.27

36

LWDA 14 Capital Area

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le


Infant Full-day $36.44 $31.77 $33.83 $35.83 $37.89 $40.14 $41.41

Part-day $29.83 $25.57 $27.42 $29.23 $31.09 $33.12 $34.28

Toddler Full-day $33.98 $29.46 $31.44 $33.37 $35.36 $37.53 $38.76

Part-day $28.44 $24.27 $26.07 $27.84 $29.65 $31.64 $32.78


Part-day $22.88 $19.10 $20.70 $22.27 $23.90 $25.69 $26.71


Part-day $21.89 $18.18 $19.75 $21.28 $22.88 $24.63 $25.63


Infant Full-day $32.58 $28.15 $30.09 $31.98 $33.93 $36.05 $37.26

Part-day $27.19 $23.10 $24.86 $26.58 $28.36 $30.31 $31.41

Toddler Full-day $30.37 $26.08 $27.95 $29.77 $31.65 $33.70 $34.87

Part-day $28.58 $24.40 $26.21 $27.97 $29.80 $31.79 $32.92


Part-day $22.73 $18.96 $20.55 $22.12 $23.75 $25.53 $26.55


Part-day $20.24 $16.66 $18.16 $19.64 $21.17 $22.85 $23.82


Infant Full-day $31.42 $27.06 $28.96 $30.81 $32.72 $34.81 $36.00

Part-day $28.35 $24.18 $25.98 $27.74 $29.56 $31.54 $32.67

Toddler Full-day $29.38 $25.15 $26.99 $28.78 $30.63 $32.65 $33.80

Part-day $26.50 $22.46 $24.20 $25.90 $27.65 $29.57 $30.67


Part-day $20.77 $17.15 $18.67 $20.17 $21.72 $23.43 $24.40


Part-day $19.03 $15.55 $17.00 $18.43 $19.91 $21.55 $22.48

37

LWDA 15 Rural Capital

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le


Infant Full-day $37.02 $31.97 $34.18 $36.33 $38.54 $40.96 $42.34

Part-day $29.93 $25.35 $27.31 $29.24 $31.23 $33.42 $34.66

Toddler Full-day $34.37 $29.49 $31.61 $33.68 $35.82 $38.15 $39.48

Part-day $28.45 $23.96 $25.88 $27.76 $29.70 $31.83 $33.04


Part-day $22.54 $18.50 $20.18 $21.85 $23.57 $25.47 $26.56


Part-day $21.49 $17.53 $19.18 $20.80 $22.48 $24.34 $25.40


Infant Full-day $32.88 $28.09 $30.16 $32.19 $34.28 $36.56 $37.86

Part-day $27.11 $22.72 $24.59 $26.42 $28.32 $30.40 $31.58

Toddler Full-day $30.51 $25.88 $27.87 $29.82 $31.83 $34.03 $35.29

Part-day $28.59 $24.10 $26.02 $27.90 $29.85 $31.98 $33.20


Part-day $22.37 $18.35 $20.03 $21.68 $23.41 $25.30 $26.38


Part-day $19.75 $15.94 $17.51 $19.06 $20.68 $22.46 $23.48


Infant Full-day $31.63 $26.93 $28.95 $30.94 $32.99 $35.23 $36.50

Part-day $28.35 $23.87 $25.78 $27.66 $29.59 $31.72 $32.93

Toddler Full-day $29.45 $24.90 $26.85 $28.76 $30.74 $32.90 $34.14

Part-day $26.38 $22.05 $23.89 $25.69 $27.56 $29.61 $30.78


Part-day $20.31 $16.45 $18.05 $19.62 $21.26 $23.07 $24.10


Part-day $18.48 $14.78 $16.29 $17.79 $19.35 $21.08 $22.07

38

LWDA 16 Brazos Valley

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le


Infant Full-day $29.51 $25.25 $27.10 $28.90 $30.76 $32.79 $33.94

Part-day $23.59 $19.74 $21.38 $22.98 $24.64 $26.46 $27.50

Toddler Full-day $27.29 $23.19 $24.95 $26.68 $28.47 $30.43 $31.54

Part-day $22.35 $18.60 $20.19 $21.74 $23.36 $25.13 $26.15


Part-day $17.46 $14.09 $15.48 $16.85 $18.27 $19.85 $20.75


Part-day $16.59 $13.30 $14.65 $15.98 $17.37 $18.91 $19.79


Infant Full-day $26.04 $22.02 $23.75 $25.44 $27.18 $29.09 $30.18

Part-day $21.24 $17.57 $19.12 $20.63 $22.21 $23.94 $24.93

Toddler Full-day $24.07 $20.19 $21.84 $23.46 $25.14 $26.98 $28.03

Part-day $22.47 $18.71 $20.30 $21.87 $23.49 $25.27 $26.28


Part-day $17.32 $13.97 $15.35 $16.72 $18.14 $19.70 $20.60


Part-day $15.17 $12.01 $13.29 $14.56 $15.89 $17.35 $18.20


Infant Full-day $25.00 $21.05 $22.74 $24.39 $26.10 $27.98 $29.04

Part-day $22.27 $18.52 $20.10 $21.66 $23.27 $25.04 $26.06

Toddler Full-day $23.19 $19.37 $20.99 $22.58 $24.23 $26.03 $27.06

Part-day $20.64 $17.01 $18.53 $20.03 $21.58 $23.29 $24.26


Part-day $15.63 $12.42 $13.73 $15.02 $16.36 $17.86 $18.71


Part-day $14.12 $11.06 $12.29 $13.51 $14.79 $16.21 $17.03

39

LWDA 17 Deep East Texas

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le


Infant Full-day $22.24 $19.45 $20.69 $21.89 $23.12 $24.47 $25.23

Part-day $18.28 $15.73 $16.84 $17.92 $19.04 $20.26 $20.96

Toddler Full-day $20.77 $18.06 $19.25 $20.41 $21.61 $22.91 $23.64

Part-day $17.44 $14.95 $16.03 $17.09 $18.18 $19.37 $20.05


Part-day $14.10 $11.83 $12.79 $13.74 $14.72 $15.80 $16.41


Part-day $13.50 $11.27 $12.22 $13.14 $14.10 $15.16 $15.76


Infant Full-day $19.93 $17.28 $18.44 $19.58 $20.74 $22.02 $22.74

Part-day $16.69 $14.24 $15.30 $16.34 $17.40 $18.57 $19.24

Toddler Full-day $18.60 $16.03 $17.15 $18.25 $19.38 $20.61 $21.31

Part-day $17.53 $15.02 $16.11 $17.17 $18.27 $19.46 $20.14


Part-day $14.01 $11.74 $12.71 $13.65 $14.63 $15.70 $16.31


Part-day $12.51 $10.36 $11.26 $12.15 $13.08 $14.09 $14.67


Infant Full-day $19.23 $16.62 $17.76 $18.88 $20.02 $21.28 $21.99

Part-day $17.39 $14.89 $15.97 $17.03 $18.12 $19.31 $19.99

Toddler Full-day $18.01 $15.48 $16.58 $17.65 $18.76 $19.98 $20.67

Part-day $16.28 $13.86 $14.90 $15.92 $16.98 $18.13 $18.79


Part-day $12.83 $10.65 $11.57 $12.47 $13.41 $14.44 $15.02


Part-day $11.78 $9.68 $10.56 $11.42 $12.32 $13.30 $13.87

40

LWDA 18 South East Texas

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le


Infant Full-day $23.03 $20.20 $21.46 $22.67 $23.92 $25.29 $26.06

Part-day $19.00 $16.42 $17.55 $18.65 $19.79 $21.03 $21.73

Toddler Full-day $21.53 $18.79 $20.00 $21.18 $22.39 $23.70 $24.45

Part-day $18.15 $15.62 $16.72 $17.80 $18.91 $20.12 $20.81


Part-day $14.75 $12.44 $13.43 $14.39 $15.39 $16.49 $17.11


Part-day $14.14 $11.87 $12.84 $13.78 $14.76 $15.84 $16.45


Infant Full-day $20.68 $17.99 $19.18 $20.33 $21.51 $22.81 $23.54

Part-day $17.39 $14.90 $15.98 $17.03 $18.12 $19.31 $19.98

Toddler Full-day $19.33 $16.73 $17.87 $18.98 $20.13 $21.38 $22.09

Part-day $18.24 $15.70 $16.80 $17.88 $19.00 $20.21 $20.90


Part-day $14.65 $12.35 $13.34 $14.30 $15.30 $16.39 $17.01


Part-day $13.12 $10.93 $11.86 $12.77 $13.71 $14.75 $15.34


Infant Full-day $19.97 $17.32 $18.48 $19.62 $20.78 $22.05 $22.77

Part-day $18.10 $15.56 $16.67 $17.74 $18.85 $20.06 $20.75

Toddler Full-day $18.73 $16.16 $17.28 $18.38 $19.50 $20.73 $21.43

Part-day $16.97 $14.51 $15.57 $16.61 $17.69 $18.86 $19.53


Part-day $13.45 $11.24 $12.18 $13.10 $14.05 $15.10 $15.70


Part-day $12.38 $10.24 $11.14 $12.02 $12.94 $13.94 $14.52

41

LWDA 19 Golden Crescent

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le


Infant Full-day $23.84 $21.36 $22.48 $23.57 $24.68 $25.89 $26.57

Part-day $20.23 $17.94 $18.97 $19.96 $20.99 $22.10 $22.73

Toddler Full-day $22.50 $20.09 $21.18 $22.23 $23.31 $24.49 $25.15

Part-day $19.46 $17.21 $18.22 $19.20 $20.20 $21.29 $21.91


Part-day $16.35 $14.27 $15.19 $16.08 $17.00 $18.00 $18.57


Part-day $15.79 $13.74 $14.64 $15.52 $16.42 $17.41 $17.97


Infant Full-day $21.74 $19.37 $20.44 $21.47 $22.54 $23.69 $24.34

Part-day $18.77 $16.55 $17.54 $18.50 $19.49 $20.56 $21.17

Toddler Full-day $20.53 $18.22 $19.26 $20.26 $21.29 $22.41 $23.05

Part-day $19.54 $17.28 $18.29 $19.27 $20.28 $21.37 $21.99


Part-day $16.26 $14.19 $15.10 $15.99 $16.91 $17.91 $18.48


Part-day $14.85 $12.85 $13.73 $14.58 $15.45 $16.41 $16.95


Infant Full-day $21.10 $18.76 $19.82 $20.84 $21.88 $23.02 $23.66

Part-day $19.41 $17.16 $18.17 $19.14 $20.15 $21.24 $21.85

Toddler Full-day $19.99 $17.70 $18.72 $19.72 $20.73 $21.84 $22.47

Part-day $18.39 $16.19 $17.17 $18.12 $19.09 $20.15 $20.76


Part-day $15.15 $13.14 $14.02 $14.88 $15.77 $16.73 $17.28


Part-day $14.15 $12.20 $13.05 $13.88 $14.73 $15.67 $16.20

42

LWDA 20 Alamo

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le


Infant Full-day $30.66 $26.63 $28.40 $30.13 $31.91 $33.85 $34.95

Part-day $24.97 $21.29 $22.88 $24.43 $26.03 $27.79 $28.79

Toddler Full-day $28.54 $24.63 $26.34 $28.00 $29.72 $31.59 $32.66

Part-day $23.77 $20.17 $21.72 $23.23 $24.80 $26.51 $27.49


Part-day $18.99 $15.74 $17.11 $18.46 $19.85 $21.39 $22.27


Part-day $18.14 $14.95 $16.29 $17.60 $18.97 $20.47 $21.33


Infant Full-day $27.34 $23.50 $25.17 $26.80 $28.48 $30.32 $31.36

Part-day $22.69 $19.17 $20.68 $22.16 $23.68 $25.36 $26.32

Toddler Full-day $25.43 $21.72 $23.33 $24.90 $26.52 $28.29 $29.29

Part-day $23.89 $20.28 $21.83 $23.35 $24.92 $26.64 $27.62


Part-day $18.86 $15.62 $16.98 $18.32 $19.72 $21.25 $22.12


Part-day $16.73 $13.66 $14.94 $16.20 $17.51 $18.95 $19.78


Infant Full-day $26.33 $22.56 $24.20 $25.80 $27.44 $29.24 $30.27

Part-day $23.69 $20.09 $21.64 $23.15 $24.71 $26.42 $27.40

Toddler Full-day $24.58 $20.93 $22.50 $24.04 $25.64 $27.38 $28.37

Part-day $22.10 $18.62 $20.11 $21.56 $23.07 $24.73 $25.67


Part-day $17.19 $14.07 $15.37 $16.65 $17.98 $19.44 $20.28


Part-day $15.70 $12.71 $13.94 $15.16 $16.43 $17.83 $18.63

43

LWDA 21 South Texas

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le


Infant Full-day $23.57 $20.69 $21.97 $23.21 $24.49 $25.88 $26.67

Part-day $19.46 $16.82 $17.97 $19.10 $20.26 $21.53 $22.25

Toddler Full-day $22.04 $19.25 $20.48 $21.68 $22.92 $24.27 $25.03

Part-day $18.59 $16.00 $17.13 $18.23 $19.37 $20.61 $21.31


Part-day $15.11 $12.75 $13.76 $14.75 $15.77 $16.89 $17.53


Part-day $14.49 $12.17 $13.16 $14.13 $15.13 $16.23 $16.85


Infant Full-day $21.18 $18.43 $19.64 $20.82 $22.03 $23.35 $24.10

Part-day $17.81 $15.27 $16.37 $17.45 $18.56 $19.77 $20.47

Toddler Full-day $19.80 $17.14 $18.30 $19.44 $20.61 $21.89 $22.61

Part-day $18.68 $16.08 $17.22 $18.32 $19.46 $20.70 $21.41


Part-day $15.02 $12.66 $13.67 $14.66 $15.67 $16.79 $17.43


Part-day $13.45 $11.21 $12.16 $13.09 $14.06 $15.11 $15.72


Infant Full-day $20.45 $17.75 $18.93 $20.09 $21.28 $22.58 $23.32

Part-day $18.53 $15.95 $17.08 $18.17 $19.31 $20.54 $21.25

Toddler Full-day $19.18 $16.56 $17.70 $18.82 $19.97 $21.23 $21.95

Part-day $17.38 $14.87 $15.96 $17.02 $18.12 $19.32 $20.00


Part-day $13.79 $11.52 $12.48 $13.43 $14.40 $15.47 $16.09


Part-day $12.69 $10.51 $11.43 $12.33 $13.26 $14.29 $14.88

44

LWDA 22 Coastal Bend

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le


Infant Full-day $27.69 $23.37 $25.22 $27.03 $28.90 $30.95 $32.12

Part-day $21.76 $17.88 $19.50 $21.10 $22.76 $24.58 $25.63

Toddler Full-day $25.47 $21.31 $23.07 $24.81 $26.60 $28.57 $29.70

Part-day $20.53 $16.75 $18.32 $19.87 $21.48 $23.25 $24.27


Part-day $15.69 $12.34 $13.69 $15.03 $16.43 $17.99 $18.88


Part-day $14.84 $11.57 $12.88 $14.18 $15.55 $17.06 $17.93


Infant Full-day $24.21 $20.15 $21.87 $23.55 $25.30 $27.23 $28.32

Part-day $19.43 $15.74 $17.27 $18.77 $20.33 $22.06 $23.05

Toddler Full-day $22.24 $18.33 $19.97 $21.58 $23.26 $25.10 $26.16

Part-day $20.65 $16.86 $18.44 $19.99 $21.61 $23.38 $24.40


Part-day $15.56 $12.22 $13.56 $14.90 $16.30 $17.85 $18.74


Part-day $13.45 $10.31 $11.55 $12.79 $14.08 $15.53 $16.36


Infant Full-day $23.17 $19.18 $20.86 $22.51 $24.22 $26.10 $27.18

Part-day $20.45 $16.68 $18.24 $19.79 $21.39 $23.16 $24.18

Toddler Full-day $21.36 $17.52 $19.12 $20.70 $22.35 $24.15 $25.19

Part-day $18.83 $15.19 $16.69 $18.17 $19.71 $21.41 $22.38


Part-day $13.89 $10.71 $11.98 $13.23 $14.55 $16.02 $16.86


Part-day $12.43 $9.40 $10.59 $11.77 $13.02 $14.41 $15.21

45

LWDA 23 Lower Rio Grande Valley

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le


Infant Full-day $22.38 $19.00 $20.45 $21.88 $23.35 $24.96 $25.88

Part-day $17.71 $14.67 $15.95 $17.21 $18.52 $19.95 $20.77

Toddler Full-day $20.63 $17.37 $18.77 $20.13 $21.54 $23.09 $23.97

Part-day $16.74 $13.77 $15.01 $16.24 $17.51 $18.91 $19.71


Part-day $12.91 $10.26 $11.34 $12.40 $13.52 $14.75 $15.46


Part-day $12.23 $9.65 $10.69 $11.73 $12.81 $14.01 $14.70


Infant Full-day $19.65 $16.46 $17.81 $19.14 $20.52 $22.03 $22.90

Part-day $15.87 $12.97 $14.18 $15.37 $16.60 $17.97 $18.75

Toddler Full-day $18.09 $15.02 $16.31 $17.59 $18.91 $20.36 $21.19

Part-day $16.84 $13.86 $15.11 $16.33 $17.61 $19.01 $19.81


Part-day $12.80 $10.17 $11.24 $12.30 $13.41 $14.64 $15.34


Part-day $11.12 $8.65 $9.64 $10.62 $11.65 $12.80 $13.46


Infant Full-day $18.82 $15.70 $17.02 $18.32 $19.67 $21.15 $22.00

Part-day $16.67 $13.71 $14.95 $16.17 $17.44 $18.84 $19.63

Toddler Full-day $17.40 $14.38 $15.65 $16.90 $18.19 $19.62 $20.43

Part-day $15.39 $12.53 $13.72 $14.89 $16.11 $17.45 $18.22


Part-day $11.48 $8.97 $9.98 $10.98 $12.03 $13.19 $13.86


Part-day $10.32 $7.92 $8.87 $9.81 $10.81 $11.91 $12.55

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LWDA 24 Cameron County

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le


Infant Full-day $21.97 $18.84 $20.20 $21.53 $22.90 $24.40 $25.25

Part-day $17.60 $14.76 $15.97 $17.16 $18.38 $19.73 $20.50

Toddler Full-day $20.34 $17.31 $18.62 $19.89 $21.21 $22.66 $23.48

Part-day $16.69 $13.92 $15.09 $16.24 $17.44 $18.75 $19.50


Part-day $13.07 $10.58 $11.61 $12.62 $13.68 $14.84 $15.51


Part-day $12.43 $10.00 $11.00 $11.98 $13.01 $14.15 $14.80


Infant Full-day $19.42 $16.45 $17.72 $18.97 $20.26 $21.67 $22.48

Part-day $15.87 $13.16 $14.30 $15.42 $16.59 $17.87 $18.60

Toddler Full-day $17.96 $15.09 $16.32 $17.51 $18.75 $20.11 $20.88

Part-day $16.78 $14.00 $15.18 $16.33 $17.53 $18.85 $19.60


Part-day $12.97 $10.49 $11.52 $12.52 $13.58 $14.74 $15.40


Part-day $11.37 $9.04 $9.99 $10.93 $11.91 $13.00 $13.62


Infant Full-day $18.65 $15.73 $16.98 $18.20 $19.46 $20.85 $21.64

Part-day $16.63 $13.86 $15.03 $16.18 $17.37 $18.68 $19.43

Toddler Full-day $17.31 $14.49 $15.69 $16.86 $18.08 $19.41 $20.17

Part-day $15.42 $12.75 $13.87 $14.98 $16.12 $17.38 $18.11


Part-day $11.71 $9.35 $10.31 $11.27 $12.27 $13.37 $14.00


Part-day $10.60 $8.33 $9.25 $10.15 $11.10 $12.15 $12.76

47

LWDA 25 Texoma

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le


Infant Full-day $25.39 $22.60 $23.85 $25.07 $26.32 $27.67 $28.44

Part-day $21.35 $18.78 $19.92 $21.04 $22.18 $23.42 $24.13

Toddler Full-day $23.89 $21.18 $22.39 $23.57 $24.78 $26.10 $26.84

Part-day $20.50 $17.97 $19.09 $20.18 $21.30 $22.52 $23.21


Part-day $17.03 $14.71 $15.73 $16.72 $17.74 $18.85 $19.48


Part-day $16.41 $14.12 $15.12 $16.09 $17.09 $18.19 $18.81


Infant Full-day $23.04 $20.37 $21.57 $22.72 $23.91 $25.20 $25.93

Part-day $19.72 $17.24 $18.33 $19.40 $20.50 $21.70 $22.38

Toddler Full-day $21.69 $19.09 $20.25 $21.37 $22.52 $23.77 $24.48

Part-day $20.58 $18.05 $19.17 $20.26 $21.39 $22.61 $23.30


Part-day $16.94 $14.62 $15.63 $16.62 $17.64 $18.75 $19.38


Part-day $15.37 $13.15 $14.11 $15.05 $16.02 $17.08 $17.68


Infant Full-day $22.33 $19.70 $20.87 $22.01 $23.18 $24.45 $25.17

Part-day $20.44 $17.91 $19.03 $20.12 $21.24 $22.46 $23.15

Toddler Full-day $21.08 $18.52 $19.65 $20.76 $21.89 $23.13 $23.83

Part-day $19.30 $16.84 $17.92 $18.98 $20.06 $21.25 $21.92


Part-day $15.70 $13.46 $14.44 $15.39 $16.37 $17.44 $18.05


Part-day $14.60 $12.43 $13.36 $14.28 $15.22 $16.26 $16.85

48

LWDA 26 Central Texas

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le


Infant Full-day $22.40 $20.03 $21.10 $22.13 $23.20 $24.35 $25.00

Part-day $18.96 $16.76 $17.74 $18.70 $19.67 $20.73 $21.33

Toddler Full-day $21.12 $18.82 $19.86 $20.86 $21.89 $23.01 $23.64

Part-day $18.22 $16.07 $17.03 $17.96 $18.92 $19.96 $20.55


Part-day $15.26 $13.27 $14.15 $15.00 $15.87 $16.83 $17.37


Part-day $14.72 $12.77 $13.63 $14.46 $15.32 $16.26 $16.79


Infant Full-day $20.40 $18.13 $19.15 $20.14 $21.15 $22.25 $22.87

Part-day $17.56 $15.44 $16.39 $17.30 $18.24 $19.26 $19.84

Toddler Full-day $19.24 $17.03 $18.02 $18.98 $19.96 $21.03 $21.64

Part-day $18.30 $16.14 $17.10 $18.04 $18.99 $20.04 $20.63


Part-day $15.18 $13.20 $14.07 $14.92 $15.79 $16.74 $17.28


Part-day $13.83 $11.93 $12.76 $13.57 $14.40 $15.31 $15.83


Infant Full-day $19.79 $17.55 $18.55 $19.53 $20.52 $21.61 $22.22

Part-day $18.17 $16.02 $16.98 $17.91 $18.87 $19.91 $20.50

Toddler Full-day $18.72 $16.54 $17.51 $18.46 $19.43 $20.48 $21.08

Part-day $17.20 $15.10 $16.03 $16.94 $17.87 $18.88 $19.45


Part-day $14.12 $12.20 $13.04 $13.86 $14.70 $15.62 $16.14


Part-day $13.17 $11.31 $12.12 $12.90 $13.72 $14.60 $15.11

49

LWDA 27 Middle Rio Grande

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le


Infant Full-day $21.54 $18.65 $19.91 $21.15 $22.42 $23.80 $24.59

Part-day $17.47 $14.84 $15.97 $17.08 $18.22 $19.48 $20.19

Toddler Full-day $20.02 $17.22 $18.44 $19.63 $20.85 $22.19 $22.95

Part-day $16.62 $14.05 $15.15 $16.23 $17.34 $18.56 $19.26


Part-day $13.22 $10.90 $11.87 $12.83 $13.82 $14.91 $15.54


Part-day $12.61 $10.34 $11.29 $12.22 $13.19 $14.26 $14.87


Infant Full-day $19.16 $16.42 $17.61 $18.77 $19.97 $21.28 $22.03

Part-day $15.85 $13.33 $14.41 $15.46 $16.55 $17.74 $18.42

Toddler Full-day $17.80 $15.15 $16.29 $17.41 $18.57 $19.83 $20.55

Part-day $16.70 $14.12 $15.23 $16.31 $17.43 $18.65 $19.35


Part-day $13.12 $10.81 $11.78 $12.73 $13.72 $14.81 $15.44


Part-day $11.61 $9.42 $10.33 $11.22 $12.15 $13.18 $13.77


Infant Full-day $18.44 $15.75 $16.91 $18.05 $19.23 $20.51 $21.25

Part-day $16.56 $13.99 $15.09 $16.17 $17.28 $18.50 $19.20

Toddler Full-day $17.19 $14.58 $15.71 $16.80 $17.94 $19.18 $19.89

Part-day $15.43 $12.94 $14.00 $15.04 $16.11 $17.29 $17.96


Part-day $11.93 $9.72 $10.64 $11.54 $12.49 $13.53 $14.12


Part-day $10.88 $8.75 $9.62 $10.49 $11.39 $12.38 $12.95

50

LWDA 28 Gulf Coast

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le


Infant Full-day $32.71 $28.01 $30.05 $32.04 $34.10 $36.34 $37.62

Part-day $26.16 $21.91 $23.72 $25.49 $27.33 $29.34 $30.50

Toddler Full-day $30.26 $25.72 $27.68 $29.59 $31.57 $33.73 $34.97

Part-day $24.80 $20.64 $22.40 $24.12 $25.91 $27.88 $29.00


Part-day $19.38 $15.66 $17.19 $18.70 $20.28 $22.03 $23.02


Part-day $18.42 $14.78 $16.27 $17.75 $19.29 $20.99 $21.96


Infant Full-day $28.88 $24.43 $26.34 $28.21 $30.14 $32.26 $33.46

Part-day $23.57 $19.51 $21.22 $22.90 $24.64 $26.56 $27.65

Toddler Full-day $26.70 $22.40 $24.23 $26.02 $27.88 $29.92 $31.08

Part-day $24.93 $20.77 $22.53 $24.26 $26.05 $28.02 $29.15


Part-day $19.23 $15.52 $17.05 $18.56 $20.13 $21.87 $22.86


Part-day $16.84 $13.34 $14.76 $16.17 $17.64 $19.26 $20.20


Infant Full-day $27.73 $23.36 $25.23 $27.05 $28.95 $31.02 $32.20

Part-day $24.70 $20.56 $22.31 $24.03 $25.82 $27.78 $28.90

Toddler Full-day $25.72 $21.50 $23.29 $25.05 $26.87 $28.87 $30.01

Part-day $22.90 $18.89 $20.57 $22.22 $23.94 $25.83 $26.91


Part-day $17.35 $13.80 $15.25 $16.68 $18.17 $19.82 $20.77


Part-day $15.68 $12.29 $13.66 $15.01 $16.43 $18.00 $18.90

2.3 CHILD CARE DAILY MARKET RATES:

SUMMARY TABLES BY LWDA BY AGE GROUP

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Table 2.3.1 Child Care Daily Market Rates: Summary Tables by LWDA by Age Group

LWDA 1 Panhandle

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-day $22.34 $19.85 $20.97 $22.05 $23.16 $24.37 $25.05

Part-day $19.53 $17.19 $18.23 $19.24 $20.28 $21.41 $22.05

Toddler Full-day $21.08 $18.66 $19.74 $20.80 $21.87 $23.05 $23.71

Part-day $19.44 $17.11 $18.15 $19.16 $20.19 $21.32 $21.96


Part-day $16.09 $13.95 $14.89 $15.80 $16.74 $17.77 $18.36


Part-day $14.93 $12.86 $13.76 $14.64 $15.55 $16.54 $17.10

LWDA 2 South Plains

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-day $22.62 $19.78 $21.04 $22.26 $23.52 $24.89 $25.67

Part-day $19.47 $16.81 $17.97 $19.11 $20.27 $21.55 $22.27

Toddler Full-day $21.21 $18.45 $19.66 $20.84 $22.06 $23.39 $24.14

Part-day $19.45 $16.79 $17.95 $19.08 $20.25 $21.52 $22.25


Part-day $15.69 $13.28 $14.32 $15.33 $16.38 $17.52 $18.18


Part-day $14.37 $12.05 $13.04 $14.01 $15.01 $16.11 $16.73

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LWDA 3 North Texas

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-day $19.85 $17.25 $18.39 $19.51 $20.65 $21.90 $22.61

Part-day $17.05 $14.62 $15.67 $16.70 $17.76 $18.92 $19.58

Toddler Full-day $18.56 $16.04 $17.14 $18.22 $19.33 $20.54 $21.22

Part-day $16.82 $14.41 $15.46 $16.48 $17.53 $18.69 $19.34


Part-day $13.44 $11.26 $12.19 $13.10 $14.04 $15.07 $15.66


Part-day $12.32 $10.22 $11.10 $11.97 $12.87 $13.87 $14.43


Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-day $33.31 $28.92 $30.85 $32.73 $34.66 $36.77 $37.97

Part-day $28.25 $24.18 $25.94 $27.67 $29.45 $31.39 $32.50

Toddler Full-day $31.12 $26.86 $28.72 $30.53 $32.40 $34.44 $35.60

Part-day $28.19 $24.12 $25.88 $27.61 $29.38 $31.33 $32.43


Part-day $22.52 $18.84 $20.41 $21.94 $23.52 $25.27 $26.26


Part-day $20.60 $17.07 $18.56 $20.02 $21.54 $23.21 $24.16

55


Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-day $30.39 $26.30 $28.09 $29.84 $31.63 $33.60 $34.71

Part-day $26.11 $22.29 $23.94 $25.56 $27.22 $29.05 $30.08

Toddler Full-day $28.38 $24.41 $26.14 $27.83 $29.56 $31.46 $32.54

Part-day $25.69 $21.90 $23.54 $25.14 $26.79 $28.60 $29.63


Part-day $20.39 $16.97 $18.42 $19.83 $21.31 $22.92 $23.85


Part-day $18.63 $15.35 $16.72 $18.08 $19.48 $21.03 $21.91

LWDA 6 Dallas

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-day $28.66 $24.09 $26.04 $27.95 $29.93 $32.10 $33.34

Part-day $23.80 $19.59 $21.36 $23.09 $24.89 $26.88 $28.01

Toddler Full-day $26.45 $22.03 $23.90 $25.73 $27.64 $29.72 $30.91

Part-day $23.36 $19.18 $20.93 $22.65 $24.43 $26.40 $27.52


Part-day $17.74 $14.05 $15.55 $17.03 $18.58 $20.30 $21.29


Part-day $15.96 $12.43 $13.85 $15.25 $16.72 $18.35 $19.29

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Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-day $19.63 $17.43 $18.42 $19.38 $20.36 $21.43 $22.03

Part-day $17.11 $15.04 $15.96 $16.86 $17.77 $18.77 $19.34

Toddler Full-day $18.52 $16.38 $17.34 $18.27 $19.22 $20.26 $20.85

Part-day $17.22 $15.15 $16.07 $16.97 $17.89 $18.89 $19.46


Part-day $14.24 $12.33 $13.17 $13.98 $14.82 $15.73 $16.25


Part-day $13.13 $11.30 $12.10 $12.88 $13.68 $14.56 $15.06

LWDA 8 East Texas

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-day $20.80 $18.54 $19.55 $20.54 $21.55 $22.65 $23.27

Part-day $18.13 $16.01 $16.95 $17.87 $18.82 $19.84 $20.42

Toddler Full-day $19.64 $17.44 $18.43 $19.39 $20.37 $21.44 $22.04

Part-day $18.03 $15.92 $16.86 $17.78 $18.72 $19.74 $20.32


Part-day $15.00 $13.05 $13.91 $14.74 $15.60 $16.53 $17.07


Part-day $13.98 $12.10 $12.92 $13.73 $14.55 $15.46 $15.97

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Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-day $20.18 $17.37 $18.59 $19.79 $21.02 $22.36 $23.13

Part-day $17.18 $14.56 $15.69 $16.79 $17.92 $19.17 $19.88

Toddler Full-day $18.80 $16.07 $17.25 $18.41 $19.60 $20.90 $21.64

Part-day $16.99 $14.39 $15.51 $16.60 $17.73 $18.97 $19.67


Part-day $13.38 $11.04 $12.02 $12.99 $13.99 $15.09 $15.72


Part-day $12.16 $9.92 $10.86 $11.77 $12.73 $13.78 $14.38

LWDA 10 Borderplex

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an

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Me

dia

n

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-day $22.17 $18.67 $20.17 $21.63 $23.15 $24.81 $25.76

Part-day $18.10 $14.91 $16.25 $17.56 $18.93 $20.44 $21.30

Toddler Full-day $20.45 $17.08 $18.51 $19.91 $21.37 $22.97 $23.88

Part-day $18.47 $15.24 $16.59 $17.93 $19.31 $20.83 $21.70


Part-day $14.11 $11.25 $12.42 $13.57 $14.78 $16.11 $16.88


Part-day $12.54 $9.83 $10.92 $12.00 $13.14 $14.40 $15.12

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Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-day $23.14 $20.61 $21.75 $22.85 $23.98 $25.21 $25.90

Part-day $20.17 $17.80 $18.85 $19.88 $20.93 $22.08 $22.73

Toddler Full-day $21.85 $19.39 $20.50 $21.57 $22.66 $23.85 $24.53

Part-day $20.10 $17.73 $18.79 $19.81 $20.86 $22.01 $22.65


Part-day $16.70 $14.53 $15.48 $16.42 $17.37 $18.42 $19.01


Part-day $15.55 $13.44 $14.36 $15.26 $16.19 $17.19 $17.77


Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-day $21.46 $19.33 $20.30 $21.24 $22.20 $23.23 $23.82

Part-day $18.99 $16.98 $17.89 $18.77 $19.67 $20.65 $21.20

Toddler Full-day $20.37 $18.30 $19.24 $20.15 $21.08 $22.10 $22.67

Part-day $19.05 $17.04 $17.95 $18.83 $19.73 $20.71 $21.26


Part-day $16.10 $14.24 $15.07 $15.88 $16.71 $17.61 $18.12


Part-day $15.03 $13.22 $14.03 $14.81 $15.61 $16.48 $16.97

59


Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-day $19.85 $17.50 $18.55 $19.57 $20.61 $21.75 $22.39

Part-day $17.09 $14.90 $15.87 $16.81 $17.78 $18.83 $19.43

Toddler Full-day $18.67 $16.38 $17.40 $18.38 $19.40 $20.50 $21.12

Part-day $17.33 $15.12 $16.09 $17.04 $18.02 $19.08 $19.68


Part-day $14.18 $12.16 $13.04 $13.89 $14.77 $15.74 $16.28


Part-day $12.99 $11.05 $11.89 $12.71 $13.55 $14.48 $15.00


Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-day $33.52 $29.03 $31.00 $32.92 $34.89 $37.05 $38.27

Part-day $28.37 $24.21 $26.01 $27.77 $29.59 $31.57 $32.70

Toddler Full-day $31.28 $26.93 $28.82 $30.67 $32.58 $34.66 $35.85

Part-day $27.96 $23.83 $25.61 $27.36 $29.16 $31.13 $32.25


Part-day $22.24 $18.51 $20.08 $21.63 $23.24 $25.00 $26.01


Part-day $20.45 $16.85 $18.36 $19.84 $21.38 $23.07 $24.04

60


Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-day $33.74 $28.89 $30.99 $33.05 $35.16 $37.47 $38.79

Part-day $28.29 $23.82 $25.73 $27.60 $29.54 $31.66 $32.87

Toddler Full-day $31.34 $26.66 $28.68 $30.65 $32.69 $34.92 $36.19

Part-day $27.92 $23.48 $25.37 $27.23 $29.16 $31.27 $32.47


Part-day $21.84 $17.85 $19.51 $21.15 $22.85 $24.72 $25.79


Part-day $19.90 $16.08 $17.65 $19.21 $20.83 $22.62 $23.65


Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-day $26.41 $22.36 $24.10 $25.80 $27.56 $29.48 $30.58

Part-day $21.99 $18.27 $19.84 $21.39 $22.99 $24.75 $25.76

Toddler Full-day $24.44 $20.53 $22.19 $23.83 $25.52 $27.37 $28.43

Part-day $21.92 $18.19 $19.76 $21.31 $22.91 $24.66 $25.67


Part-day $16.85 $13.54 $14.90 $16.24 $17.65 $19.19 $20.08


Part-day $15.14 $11.98 $13.26 $14.53 $15.86 $17.32 $18.17

61


Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-day $20.09 $17.43 $18.59 $19.73 $20.91 $22.18 $22.91

Part-day $17.33 $14.84 $15.92 $16.98 $18.06 $19.25 $19.93

Toddler Full-day $18.78 $16.20 $17.32 $18.42 $19.56 $20.79 $21.50

Part-day $16.95 $14.48 $15.55 $16.59 $17.67 $18.84 $19.51


Part-day $13.49 $11.27 $12.21 $13.14 $14.10 $15.15 $15.75


Part-day $12.38 $10.24 $11.14 $12.03 $12.94 $13.95 $14.53


Me

an

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Me

dia

n

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-day $20.90 $18.20 $19.39 $20.55 $21.74 $23.04 $23.77

Part-day $18.07 $15.54 $16.65 $17.72 $18.83 $20.04 $20.73

Toddler Full-day $19.56 $16.94 $18.09 $19.21 $20.36 $21.62 $22.34

Part-day $17.65 $15.15 $16.24 $17.30 $18.39 $19.59 $20.27


Part-day $14.14 $11.87 $12.84 $13.78 $14.76 $15.84 $16.45


Part-day $13.02 $10.84 $11.76 $12.67 $13.61 $14.64 $15.23

62


Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-day $21.76 $19.38 $20.45 $21.49 $22.55 $23.70 $24.35

Part-day $19.17 $16.93 $17.93 $18.90 $19.90 $20.98 $21.60

Toddler Full-day $20.56 $18.25 $19.29 $20.29 $21.33 $22.45 $23.08

Part-day $19.11 $16.88 $17.88 $18.84 $19.84 $20.92 $21.53


Part-day $15.87 $13.82 $14.72 $15.60 $16.51 $17.50 $18.06


Part-day $14.70 $12.72 $13.59 $14.43 $15.31 $16.26 $16.80

LWDA 20 Alamo

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-day $27.89 $24.02 $25.71 $27.35 $29.05 $30.90 $31.96

Part-day $23.73 $20.14 $21.68 $23.20 $24.76 $26.47 $27.45

Toddler Full-day $25.98 $22.24 $23.86 $25.45 $27.08 $28.87 $29.89

Part-day $23.15 $19.60 $21.12 $22.62 $24.16 $25.85 $26.82


Part-day $18.24 $15.04 $16.38 $17.70 $19.07 $20.58 $21.44


Part-day $16.73 $13.65 $14.93 $16.19 $17.50 $18.95 $19.77

63

LWDA 21 South Texas

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-day $21.34 $18.58 $19.79 $20.98 $22.19 $23.52 $24.27

Part-day $18.26 $15.69 $16.81 $17.90 $19.02 $20.25 $20.95

Toddler Full-day $19.97 $17.29 $18.46 $19.61 $20.78 $22.06 $22.79

Part-day $18.31 $15.74 $16.86 $17.95 $19.08 $20.31 $21.01


Part-day $14.69 $12.36 $13.36 $14.33 $15.34 $16.44 $17.07


Part-day $13.40 $11.16 $12.11 $13.04 $14.00 $15.06 $15.66


Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-day $24.87 $20.76 $22.50 $24.22 $25.99 $27.94 $29.05

Part-day $20.23 $16.48 $18.04 $19.57 $21.17 $22.93 $23.94

Toddler Full-day $22.87 $18.91 $20.58 $22.21 $23.91 $25.78 $26.85

Part-day $20.24 $16.49 $18.04 $19.58 $21.18 $22.94 $23.95


Part-day $15.24 $11.93 $13.26 $14.58 $15.97 $17.50 $18.38


Part-day $13.59 $10.44 $11.69 $12.93 $14.23 $15.68 $16.52

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n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-day $20.22 $16.99 $18.36 $19.71 $21.11 $22.64 $23.52

Part-day $16.48 $13.53 $14.76 $15.98 $17.24 $18.62 $19.42

Toddler Full-day $18.63 $15.52 $16.84 $18.13 $19.47 $20.94 $21.78

Part-day $16.57 $13.62 $14.85 $16.07 $17.33 $18.73 $19.52


Part-day $12.61 $9.99 $11.06 $12.11 $13.21 $14.43 $15.13


Part-day $11.28 $8.79 $9.78 $10.77 $11.81 $12.97 $13.63


Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-day $20.08 $17.07 $18.37 $19.64 $20.95 $22.38 $23.20

Part-day $16.67 $13.90 $15.07 $16.23 $17.42 $18.73 $19.48

Toddler Full-day $18.59 $15.69 $16.93 $18.15 $19.41 $20.79 $21.58

Part-day $16.38 $13.63 $14.79 $15.93 $17.12 $18.41 $19.16


Part-day $12.66 $10.21 $11.22 $12.22 $13.25 $14.40 $15.06


Part-day $11.52 $9.17 $10.13 $11.08 $12.07 $13.16 $13.79

65

LWDA 25 Texoma

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-day $23.23 $20.55 $21.75 $22.91 $24.10 $25.40 $26.13

Part-day $20.23 $17.71 $18.83 $19.91 $21.02 $22.23 $22.92

Toddler Full-day $21.88 $19.27 $20.43 $21.56 $22.72 $23.98 $24.69

Part-day $20.16 $17.65 $18.77 $19.85 $20.96 $22.17 $22.85


Part-day $16.57 $14.27 $15.27 $16.25 $17.26 $18.36 $18.98


Part-day $15.31 $13.09 $14.05 $14.99 $15.96 $17.02 $17.62


Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-day $20.56 $18.29 $19.31 $20.30 $21.32 $22.42 $23.05

Part-day $17.98 $15.84 $16.79 $17.72 $18.67 $19.70 $20.29

Toddler Full-day $19.41 $17.20 $18.19 $19.15 $20.14 $21.21 $21.82

Part-day $17.97 $15.83 $16.78 $17.70 $18.65 $19.69 $20.27


Part-day $14.88 $12.92 $13.78 $14.62 $15.49 $16.43 $16.97


Part-day $13.79 $11.90 $12.72 $13.53 $14.36 $15.27 $15.79

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n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-day $19.51 $16.74 $17.95 $19.12 $20.33 $21.65 $22.40

Part-day $16.49 $13.93 $15.03 $16.10 $17.21 $18.43 $19.12

Toddler Full-day $18.15 $15.47 $16.63 $17.76 $18.92 $20.20 $20.93

Part-day $16.25 $13.71 $14.80 $15.86 $16.97 $18.17 $18.86


Part-day $12.75 $10.46 $11.42 $12.36 $13.33 $14.41 $15.02


Part-day $11.61 $9.42 $10.33 $11.22 $12.15 $13.18 $13.77

LWDA 28 Gulf Coast

Me

an

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Me

dia

n

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le

Infant Full-day $29.22 $24.75 $26.67 $28.55 $30.50 $32.62 $33.84

Part-day $24.71 $20.56 $22.31 $24.03 $25.82 $27.78 $28.90

Toddler Full-day $27.06 $22.74 $24.59 $26.39 $28.26 $30.31 $31.48

Part-day $23.94 $19.85 $21.58 $23.27 $25.03 $26.96 $28.06


Part-day $18.38 $14.74 $16.23 $17.70 $19.24 $20.94 $21.91


Part-day $16.66 $13.18 $14.59 $15.99 $17.45 $19.07 $20.00

2.4 CHILD CARE DAILY MARKET RATES: SUMMARY TABLES BY LWDA BY FACILITY TYPE

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Table 2.4.1 Child Care Daily Market Rates: Summary Tables by LWDA by Facility Type

LWDA 1 Panhandle

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30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le


Full-day $22.24 $19.76 $20.87 $21.95 $23.06 $24.26 $24.94

Part-day $17.50 $15.28 $16.26 $17.22 $18.20 $19.27 $19.88


Full-day $20.17 $17.80 $18.86 $19.89 $20.94 $22.09 $22.74

Part-day $17.03 $14.84 $15.81 $16.75 $17.72 $18.77 $19.37


Full-day $19.35 $17.03 $18.06 $19.07 $20.10 $21.22 $21.86

Part-day $16.19 $14.05 $14.99 $15.91 $16.85 $17.88 $18.47

LWDA 2 South Plains

Me

an

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Me

dia

n

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le


Full-day $22.59 $19.75 $21.00 $22.23 $23.48 $24.85 $25.63

Part-day $17.26 $14.75 $15.84 $16.90 $18.00 $19.20 $19.88


Full-day $20.26 $17.55 $18.74 $19.89 $21.08 $22.38 $23.12

Part-day $16.74 $14.26 $15.33 $16.38 $17.46 $18.64 $19.31


Full-day $19.33 $16.69 $17.84 $18.97 $20.13 $21.40 $22.12

Part-day $15.81 $13.39 $14.43 $15.44 $16.49 $17.64 $18.30

70

LWDA 3 North Texas

Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le


Full-day $19.76 $17.17 $18.31 $19.42 $20.56 $21.81 $22.52

Part-day $14.93 $12.64 $13.63 $14.59 $15.58 $16.67 $17.29


Full-day $17.64 $15.18 $16.25 $17.30 $18.38 $19.56 $20.23

Part-day $14.46 $12.20 $13.17 $14.11 $15.09 $16.16 $16.77


Full-day $16.81 $14.39 $15.44 $16.46 $17.52 $18.67 $19.32

Part-day $13.61 $11.42 $12.35 $13.27 $14.22 $15.26 $15.85


Me

an

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Me

dia

n

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le


Full-day $32.85 $28.49 $30.40 $32.27 $34.19 $36.28 $37.47

Part-day $24.75 $20.91 $22.56 $24.17 $25.83 $27.66 $28.70


Full-day $29.29 $25.15 $26.95 $28.71 $30.52 $32.50 $33.63

Part-day $23.96 $20.18 $21.79 $23.37 $25.01 $26.81 $27.83


Full-day $27.89 $23.84 $25.59 $27.31 $29.08 $31.01 $32.11

Part-day $22.54 $18.86 $20.43 $21.96 $23.55 $25.29 $26.29

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Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le


Full-day $30.39 $26.30 $28.09 $29.84 $31.64 $33.60 $34.72

Part-day $22.81 $19.21 $20.75 $22.26 $23.81 $25.52 $26.49


Full-day $27.06 $23.18 $24.86 $26.51 $28.21 $30.06 $31.12

Part-day $22.07 $18.53 $20.03 $21.51 $23.05 $24.72 $25.68


Full-day $25.75 $21.95 $23.59 $25.19 $26.85 $28.66 $29.69

Part-day $20.75 $17.30 $18.76 $20.19 $21.68 $23.31 $24.24

LWDA 6 Dallas

Me

an

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Me

dia

n

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le


Full-day $28.34 $23.78 $25.72 $27.62 $29.59 $31.75 $32.98

Part-day $20.17 $16.26 $17.87 $19.46 $21.11 $22.94 $23.99


Full-day $24.72 $20.44 $22.24 $24.01 $25.85 $27.87 $29.02

Part-day $19.38 $15.54 $17.12 $18.67 $20.30 $22.09 $23.12


Full-day $23.31 $19.13 $20.88 $22.59 $24.38 $26.34 $27.46

Part-day $17.99 $14.27 $15.78 $17.28 $18.85 $20.58 $21.57

72


Mea

n

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Med

ian

60

th p

erce

nti

le

70

th p

erce

nti

le

75

th p

erce

nti

le


Full-day $19.64 $17.44 $18.42 $19.38 $20.37 $21.43 $22.04

Part-day $15.44 $13.47 $14.34 $15.18 $16.05 $17.00 $17.54


Full-day $17.81 $15.70 $16.64 $17.55 $18.49 $19.50 $20.08

Part-day $15.02 $13.07 $13.93 $14.77 $15.63 $16.56 $17.09


Full-day $17.08 $15.01 $15.93 $16.82 $17.74 $18.74 $19.30

Part-day $14.28 $12.37 $13.21 $14.02 $14.86 $15.77 $16.29

LWDA 8 East Texas

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an

30

th p

erce

nti

le

40

th p

erce

nti

le

Me

dia

n

60

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Full-day $20.51 $18.26 $19.27 $20.25 $21.26 $22.35 $22.96

Part-day $16.21 $14.20 $15.09 $15.96 $16.85 $17.82 $18.37


Full-day $18.64 $16.49 $17.45 $18.38 $19.34 $20.38 $20.97

Part-day $15.79 $13.80 $14.68 $15.53 $16.41 $17.37 $17.91


Full-day $17.89 $15.78 $16.72 $17.64 $18.57 $19.59 $20.17

Part-day $15.02 $13.08 $13.93 $14.77 $15.63 $16.56 $17.09

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Full-day $20.14 $17.33 $18.55 $19.75 $20.98 $22.32 $23.09

Part-day $14.96 $12.51 $13.55 $14.57 $15.63 $16.80 $17.46


Full-day $17.86 $15.20 $16.35 $17.47 $18.63 $19.90 $20.62

Part-day $14.46 $12.04 $13.06 $14.07 $15.11 $16.25 $16.91


Full-day $16.97 $14.37 $15.48 $16.57 $17.70 $18.94 $19.65

Part-day $13.56 $11.21 $12.20 $13.17 $14.18 $15.29 $15.92

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Full-day $21.91 $18.43 $19.92 $21.37 $22.88 $24.53 $25.48

Part-day $15.65 $12.66 $13.89 $15.11 $16.39 $17.79 $18.59


Full-day $19.14 $15.87 $17.25 $18.60 $20.01 $21.56 $22.44

Part-day $15.05 $12.11 $13.32 $14.51 $15.76 $17.13 $17.92


Full-day $18.06 $14.87 $16.20 $17.52 $18.89 $20.39 $21.25

Part-day $13.98 $11.13 $12.29 $13.44 $14.64 $15.97 $16.73

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Full-day $22.86 $20.35 $21.48 $22.57 $23.69 $24.91 $25.60

Part-day $18.06 $15.81 $16.80 $17.77 $18.77 $19.85 $20.47


Full-day $20.76 $18.36 $19.44 $20.48 $21.55 $22.71 $23.37

Part-day $17.58 $15.36 $16.34 $17.29 $18.28 $19.35 $19.96


Full-day $19.93 $17.58 $18.63 $19.65 $20.69 $21.83 $22.48

Part-day $16.73 $14.55 $15.51 $16.44 $17.40 $18.45 $19.04


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Full-day $21.42 $19.30 $20.27 $21.20 $22.16 $23.19 $23.78

Part-day $17.30 $15.38 $16.24 $17.08 $17.94 $18.87 $19.40


Full-day $19.63 $17.59 $18.52 $19.41 $20.33 $21.32 $21.88

Part-day $16.89 $14.99 $15.84 $16.67 $17.52 $18.44 $18.96


Full-day $18.92 $16.91 $17.82 $18.70 $19.60 $20.57 $21.12

Part-day $16.15 $14.29 $15.12 $15.93 $16.76 $17.66 $18.17

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Full-day $19.80 $17.46 $18.50 $19.52 $20.56 $21.70 $22.34

Part-day $15.36 $13.27 $14.19 $15.08 $16.00 $17.00 $17.57


Full-day $17.86 $15.62 $16.61 $17.58 $18.57 $19.65 $20.26

Part-day $14.92 $12.86 $13.76 $14.64 $15.54 $16.53 $17.09


Full-day $17.09 $14.90 $15.87 $16.81 $17.78 $18.83 $19.43

Part-day $14.14 $12.13 $13.00 $13.86 $14.74 $15.70 $16.25


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Full-day $32.79 $28.35 $30.29 $32.19 $34.14 $36.27 $37.48

Part-day $24.56 $20.66 $22.33 $23.96 $25.65 $27.50 $28.55


Full-day $29.18 $24.96 $26.79 $28.57 $30.41 $32.43 $33.57

Part-day $23.76 $19.91 $21.55 $23.15 $24.81 $26.64 $27.68


Full-day $27.75 $23.63 $25.41 $27.15 $28.94 $30.91 $32.03

Part-day $22.33 $18.59 $20.17 $21.72 $23.33 $25.10 $26.11

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Full-day $33.10 $28.30 $30.38 $32.41 $34.51 $36.80 $38.10

Part-day $24.32 $20.14 $21.90 $23.63 $25.42 $27.40 $28.52


Full-day $29.23 $24.69 $26.64 $28.54 $30.51 $32.67 $33.90

Part-day $23.47 $19.35 $21.08 $22.78 $24.54 $26.48 $27.59


Full-day $27.71 $23.28 $25.17 $27.02 $28.94 $31.04 $32.24

Part-day $21.95 $17.96 $19.62 $21.26 $22.97 $24.84 $25.92


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Full-day $26.23 $22.20 $23.93 $25.62 $27.37 $29.29 $30.38

Part-day $18.93 $15.44 $16.89 $18.32 $19.81 $21.44 $22.38


Full-day $23.01 $19.20 $20.81 $22.40 $24.04 $25.84 $26.86

Part-day $18.23 $14.80 $16.22 $17.62 $19.07 $20.68 $21.60


Full-day $21.74 $18.03 $19.60 $21.13 $22.73 $24.48 $25.48

Part-day $16.98 $13.65 $15.02 $16.37 $17.77 $19.32 $20.21

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Full-day $20.06 $17.39 $18.56 $19.70 $20.87 $22.15 $22.88

Part-day $15.11 $12.77 $13.77 $14.76 $15.77 $16.89 $17.52


Full-day $17.89 $15.36 $16.46 $17.53 $18.64 $19.85 $20.53

Part-day $14.63 $12.32 $13.31 $14.27 $15.27 $16.37 $16.99


Full-day $17.03 $14.56 $15.63 $16.67 $17.75 $18.93 $19.60

Part-day $13.76 $11.52 $12.47 $13.41 $14.38 $15.44 $16.05


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Full-day $20.81 $18.11 $19.30 $20.45 $21.64 $22.94 $23.67

Part-day $15.78 $13.40 $14.42 $15.43 $16.46 $17.59 $18.24


Full-day $18.60 $16.04 $17.16 $18.25 $19.37 $20.60 $21.30

Part-day $15.29 $12.94 $13.95 $14.93 $15.95 $17.07 $17.70


Full-day $17.73 $15.22 $16.31 $17.38 $18.47 $19.67 $20.36

Part-day $14.41 $12.12 $13.10 $14.05 $15.04 $16.12 $16.74

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Full-day $21.86 $19.48 $20.55 $21.59 $22.65 $23.81 $24.46

Part-day $17.30 $15.16 $16.11 $17.03 $17.98 $19.01 $19.59


Full-day $19.87 $17.59 $18.61 $19.60 $20.62 $21.72 $22.34

Part-day $16.85 $14.74 $15.67 $16.58 $17.51 $18.53 $19.11


Full-day $19.08 $16.85 $17.84 $18.81 $19.81 $20.89 $21.50

Part-day $16.04 $13.97 $14.88 $15.77 $16.68 $17.67 $18.24

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Full-day $27.52 $23.67 $25.35 $26.98 $28.67 $30.51 $31.55

Part-day $20.44 $17.07 $18.50 $19.90 $21.35 $22.94 $23.85


Full-day $24.40 $20.76 $22.33 $23.87 $25.45 $27.19 $28.18

Part-day $19.75 $16.43 $17.83 $19.21 $20.64 $22.20 $23.10


Full-day $23.17 $19.62 $21.14 $22.64 $24.18 $25.88 $26.84

Part-day $18.52 $15.30 $16.65 $17.98 $19.36 $20.88 $21.75

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Full-day $21.31 $18.55 $19.76 $20.95 $22.16 $23.49 $24.24

Part-day $16.17 $13.74 $14.78 $15.81 $16.87 $18.02 $18.68


Full-day $19.05 $16.43 $17.58 $18.69 $19.84 $21.10 $21.81

Part-day $15.66 $13.27 $14.30 $15.30 $16.34 $17.48 $18.13


Full-day $18.16 $15.60 $16.71 $17.80 $18.92 $20.15 $20.85

Part-day $14.76 $12.43 $13.43 $14.40 $15.41 $16.52 $17.15


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Full-day $24.40 $20.32 $22.05 $23.74 $25.50 $27.43 $28.53

Part-day $17.14 $13.65 $15.07 $16.48 $17.95 $19.57 $20.51


Full-day $21.18 $17.35 $18.95 $20.52 $22.16 $23.96 $24.99

Part-day $16.44 $13.02 $14.41 $15.78 $17.22 $18.81 $19.73


Full-day $19.92 $16.19 $17.74 $19.26 $20.85 $22.59 $23.60

Part-day $15.21 $11.91 $13.24 $14.56 $15.94 $17.47 $18.35

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Full-day $19.79 $16.59 $17.95 $19.29 $20.67 $22.19 $23.06

Part-day $14.06 $11.31 $12.44 $13.56 $14.72 $16.00 $16.74


Full-day $17.25 $14.24 $15.51 $16.75 $18.04 $19.46 $20.27

Part-day $13.51 $10.81 $11.91 $13.00 $14.14 $15.40 $16.13


Full-day $16.26 $13.33 $14.55 $15.76 $17.01 $18.39 $19.18

Part-day $12.53 $9.92 $10.98 $12.03 $13.13 $14.34 $15.04


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Full-day $19.55 $16.58 $17.86 $19.11 $20.40 $21.82 $22.62

Part-day $14.16 $11.58 $12.66 $13.71 $14.81 $16.02 $16.72


Full-day $17.17 $14.37 $15.56 $16.73 $17.94 $19.27 $20.03

Part-day $13.64 $11.11 $12.16 $13.19 $14.27 $15.46 $16.14


Full-day $16.24 $13.50 $14.66 $15.79 $16.97 $18.26 $19.00

Part-day $12.71 $10.26 $11.27 $12.27 $13.31 $14.46 $15.11

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Full-day $23.17 $20.49 $21.69 $22.85 $24.04 $25.33 $26.07

Part-day $18.09 $15.70 $16.75 $17.77 $18.82 $19.97 $20.62


Full-day $20.95 $18.40 $19.53 $20.63 $21.76 $23.00 $23.70

Part-day $17.59 $15.23 $16.26 $17.27 $18.30 $19.44 $20.08


Full-day $20.07 $17.56 $18.67 $19.75 $20.86 $22.07 $22.75

Part-day $16.69 $14.38 $15.39 $16.37 $17.38 $18.48 $19.11


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Full-day $20.50 $18.23 $19.25 $20.24 $21.26 $22.36 $22.98

Part-day $16.16 $14.13 $15.03 $15.90 $16.80 $17.78 $18.34


Full-day $18.61 $16.44 $17.41 $18.35 $19.32 $20.37 $20.96

Part-day $15.73 $13.72 $14.61 $15.47 $16.36 $17.33 $17.88


Full-day $17.86 $15.73 $16.68 $17.60 $18.55 $19.58 $20.16

Part-day $14.96 $12.99 $13.86 $14.70 $15.57 $16.51 $17.05

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Full-day $19.29 $16.54 $17.73 $18.90 $20.10 $21.42 $22.16

Part-day $14.24 $11.84 $12.86 $13.85 $14.89 $16.02 $16.67


Full-day $17.07 $14.47 $15.58 $16.68 $17.81 $19.05 $19.75

Part-day $13.75 $11.39 $12.39 $13.36 $14.38 $15.49 $16.13


Full-day $16.19 $13.65 $14.74 $15.80 $16.90 $18.11 $18.80

Part-day $12.88 $10.59 $11.55 $12.49 $13.47 $14.55 $15.17

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Full-day $29.09 $24.62 $26.54 $28.41 $30.35 $32.48 $33.69

Part-day $21.01 $17.15 $18.75 $20.34 $21.98 $23.79 $24.83


Full-day $25.52 $21.31 $23.09 $24.85 $26.66 $28.65 $29.79

Part-day $20.23 $16.43 $18.01 $19.55 $21.17 $22.95 $23.97


Full-day $24.12 $20.02 $21.75 $23.45 $25.21 $27.15 $28.25

Part-day $18.84 $15.17 $16.68 $18.17 $19.73 $21.45 $22.43

3. CHILD CARE DAILY MARKET RATES AND LWDA ESTABLISHED RATES:

PERCENTILE ANALYSIS

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3.1 PERCENTILE ANALYSIS

Maximum reimbursement rates in effect for Local Workforce Development Areas (LWDAs) in May

2017 for the various categories of child care were compared to the distributions of daily market rates

gathered in this 2017 survey to determine at what percentile of the market such maximum rates would

provide access. Similar comparisons were made for maximum enhanced rates, or the highest rate a local

board will reimburse for care in facilities that, for example, receive more stars on the Texas Rising Star

scale, or whatever other criteria are used locally to assign enhanced rates. Exact percentiles at which

access is provided, whether for regular reimbursement or maximum enhanced rates, are listed for all

categories of care in the tables below.

Several clarifications are in order. First, it should be noted that these percentiles at which access

to care is potentially available should not be confused with percentiles at which care is reimbursed.5

Second, it is possible that confusion could arise regarding the interpretation of several instances in these

tables in which access to care is listed as the zero percentile. In these instances, the maximum

reimbursement rate was found to be the same as or below the lowest rate gathered in the survey for that

type of care.

General trends in the level of access potentially provided are presented below. Overall, across

care types, facility types, age groups, and local boards, maximum reimbursement rates were found to

provide access to the 30th percentile of market rates, while maximum enhanced rates provide access to

the 45th percentile.6 These market access numbers indicate slightly reduced market access, as compared

to the same figures documented in the last annual survey.

As shown in the following table, access is fairly uniform across facility types when examining

maximum regular rates, ranging from the 28th to the 31st percentiles. Among maximum enhanced rates,

access is slightly better for licensed centers, at the 46th percentile, than for licensed or registered homes,

for whom maximum enhanced rates allow access at the 41st to 42nd percentiles of the market.

5 To estimate the percentile at which care is reimbursed, corrections would need to be made for reimbursement below the maximum, as well as differential weighting of more common and rarer forms of care.

6 Note that in statewide and other comparisons that estimate trends across rate categories, averages are taken with all categories weighted equally, rather than according to how frequently such care is utilized.

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Table 3.1.1 Percentile Analyses by Facility Type

Facility Type Average

maximum rate Percentile of

maximum rate

Average maximum

enhanced rate

Percentile of maximum

enhanced rate

Licensed Child Care Centers $21.73 31 $24.27 46

Licensed Child Care Homes $19.15 30 $21.25 42

Registered Child Care Homes $17.95 28 $19.96 41

Part-day care and full-day care are potentially reimbursed at about the same percentiles,

indicating roughly equal market access, as shown in the table below. It should be noted, however, that

there is greater uncertainty surrounding market rates for part-day care. As shown previously, many

facilities do not offer part-day care at all, and in most areas it can be difficult to find.

Table 3.1.2 Percentile Analyses by Rate Type

Rate Type Average


maximum rate

Average maximum

enhanced rate


enhanced rate

Full-day $21.76 28 $24.22 43

Part-day $16.93 31 $18.95 44

Percentiles of the market to which maximum reimbursement rates potentially provide access also

vary by age groups of the children served. In terms of percentiles at which reimbursement is possible, the

greatest market access is seen for infants, however, as with part time care, infant care can be very difficult

to find.

Table 3.1.3 Percentile Analyses by Age Group

Rate Type Average


maximum rate

Average maximum

enhanced rate


enhanced rate

Infant $24.21 36 $26.92 51

Toddler $21.93 32 $24.38 47

Preschooler $18.93 27 $21.11 41

School age $16.93 26 $18.96 40

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Finally, reimbursement percentiles varied by LWDA. The table below lists the percentiles of the

market to which maximum reimbursement rates potentially provide access by LWDA. Following that,

detailed tables list maximum reimbursement rates and market rate access by facility type, age of child,

and LWDA, for both regular rates and maximum enhanced rates.

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Table 3.1.4 Percentile Analyses by LWDA

LWDA Average


maximum rate

Average maximum

enhanced rate


enhanced rate

1 Panhandle $17.02 25 $18.98 43

2 South Plains $15.28 17 $16.90 27

3 North Texas $15.66 37 $17.42 53

4 North Central Texas $23.78 25 $26.09 37

5 Tarrant County $22.52 28 $25.45 45

6 Dallas $19.65 28 $22.87 45

7 North East Texas $15.97 35 $18.37 60

8 East Texas $18.68 55 $20.42 72

9 West Central Texas $14.44 26 $15.76 36

10 Borderplex $15.17 28 $17.13 41

11 Permian Basin $15.57 12 $17.21 22

12 Concho Valley $17.58 32 $20.22 56

13 Heart of Texas $15.48 31 $18.35 59

14 Capital Area $23.39 24 $25.65 35

15 Rural Capital $22.61 22 $26.45 41

16 Brazos Valley $17.51 22 $19.10 31

17 Deep East Texas $15.43 34 $16.84 45

18 South East Texas $15.49 28 $17.35 43

19 Golden Crescent $15.48 15 $16.95 26

20 Alamo $22.16 40 $24.19 52

21 South Texas $15.86 29 $17.57 42

22 Coastal Bend $18.66 40 $20.65 53

23 Lower Rio Grande Valley $14.52 35 $17.46 57

24 Cameron County $13.31 25 $15.05 38

25 Texoma $21.43 58 $23.59 73

26 Central Texas $15.85 27 $17.29 41

27 Middle Rio Grande $13.49 24 $15.51 41

28 Gulf Coast $21.79 34 $23.85 45

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Table 3.1.5 Board Maximum Rates

Licensed Centers: Board Maximum Rate by Age Group

Board

Infant Toddler Preschooler School age

Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

1 Panhandle $22.00 $19.15 $20.50 $17.85 $18.95 $14.00 $17.55 $12.70

2 South Plains $21.70 $14.95 $19.72 $14.95 $19.28 $13.52 $17.70 $9.00

3 North Texas $20.49 $18.83 $19.11 $15.17 $17.38 $14.03 $17.02 $12.43

4 North Central Texas $30.00 $27.00 $27.50 $26.00 $25.50 $20.00 $24.50 $18.00

5 Tarrant County $29.50 $22.00 $28.50 $18.00 $25.00 $16.50 $23.00 $16.50

6 Dallas $26.15 $22.07 $24.00 $20.53 $22.00 $15.96 $19.57 $14.98

7 North East Texas $21.01 $18.00 $19.64 $16.50 $18.58 $13.40 $16.37 $12.20

8 East Texas $23.73 $19.70 $21.56 $18.69 $20.44 $15.11 $19.79 $14.45

9 West Central Texas $21.47 $12.71 $17.56 $11.56 $16.17 $10.38 $15.40 $8.26

10 Borderplex $19.66 $16.44 $18.23 $15.53 $15.80 $13.63 $14.80 $11.11

11 Permian Basin $19.25 $15.77 $18.60 $13.50 $18.25 $12.40 $16.70 $13.23

12 Concho Valley $24.70 $24.70 $19.95 $13.30 $18.14 $13.60 $18.16 $10.63

13 Heart of Texas $21.27 $16.77 $18.24 $16.03 $16.80 $13.58 $15.25 $13.40

14 Capital Area $35.67 $26.49 $28.05 $22.00 $26.14 $18.35 $24.15 $16.00

15 Rural Capital $28.97 $25.25 $26.72 $23.66 $24.96 $18.98 $23.72 $17.36

16 Brazos Valley $24.57 $16.87 $21.71 $15.35 $20.23 $12.40 $19.57 $14.39

17 Deep East Texas $20.11 $20.11 $18.59 $18.06 $17.11 $16.33 $16.66 $14.19

18 South East Texas $19.57 $20.30 $17.81 $18.25 $17.36 $16.61 $16.77 $11.53

19 Golden Crescent $19.42 $17.06 $18.55 $14.96 $17.62 $12.67 $16.81 $10.65

20 Alamo $34.25 $27.60 $24.03 $20.10 $22.93 $16.50 $26.16 $15.66

21 South Texas $18.64 $15.89 $17.85 $15.89 $20.92 $15.89 $15.86 $13.94

22 Coastal Bend $24.57 $19.08 $21.84 $18.03 $19.90 $15.29 $19.87 $15.33

23 Lower Rio Grande Valley $18.25 $16.09 $16.75 $14.49 $15.60 $13.93 $14.57 $11.67

24 Cameron County $19.03 $18.00 $14.19 $13.71 $14.60 $13.71 $12.66 $10.55

25 Texoma $26.72 $25.25 $24.61 $22.94 $22.60 $20.64 $21.80 $14.23

26 Central Texas $19.83 $18.08 $17.77 $16.40 $16.66 $13.48 $16.27 $12.48

27 Middle Rio Grande $19.43 $12.63 $17.63 $11.46 $17.63 $11.46 $15.88 $10.32

28 Gulf Coast $32.91 $25.06 $28.31 $23.40 $23.43 $16.22 $20.76 $13.71

90

Licensed Centers: Percentile of Board Maximum Rate by Age Group

Board


Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

1 Panhandle 32 39 31 34 25 27 20 20

2 South Plains 28 11 25 15 29 28 23 4

3 North Texas 41 61 41 34 34 55 37 44

4 North Central Texas 22 37 20 38 18 34 19 27

5 Tarrant County 30 21 36 9 25 22 21 27

6 Dallas 25 36 26 34 24 38 18 37

7 North East Texas 48 51 46 42 44 39 28 30

8 East Texas 65 60 57 57 54 51 55 49

9 West Central Texas 45 11 26 9 23 20 23 9

10 Borderplex 22 31 24 31 17 48 16 32

11 Permian Basin 10 10 13 4 16 10 11 20

12 Concho Valley 67 90 31 4 21 20 27 4

13 Heart Of Texas 48 38 32 38 26 43 19 47

14 Capital Area 49 35 23 19 22 26 18 18

15 Rural Capital 18 30 19 28 18 33 18 29

16 Brazos Valley 27 15 22 13 22 19 24 38

17 Deep East Texas 35 69 34 59 30 74 32 61

18 South East Texas 25 64 23 54 26 71 27 27

19 Golden Crescent 16 22 18 12 17 15 16 6

20 Alamo 72 69 27 30 28 35 55 35

21 South Texas 16 23 20 29 52 61 18 48

22 Coastal Bend 36 37 33 38 30 52 36 59

23 Lower Rio Grande Valley 25 41 26 36 25 64 24 49

24 Cameron County 31 57 11 28 18 60 12 35

25 Texoma 63 82 59 73 50 83 50 31

26 Central Texas 28 43 21 33 19 32 20 27

27 Middle Rio Grande 36 14 33 11 41 36 33 30

28 Gulf Coast 54 48 43 46 26 34 19 23

91

Licensed Homes: Board Maximum Rate by Age Group

Board


Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

1 Panhandle $18.60 $15.50 $17.50 $14.65 $16.70 $12.15 $15.05 $11.30

2 South Plains $16.30 $13.50 $15.40 $13.00 $15.40 $13.00 $15.40 $11.41

3 North Texas $15.73 $15.37 $15.17 $14.09 $14.49 $12.29 $13.65 $12.29


5 Tarrant County $27.00 $22.50 $25.50 $19.00 $23.00 $14.00 $20.00 $11.50

6 Dallas $23.00 $18.75 $21.00 $17.30 $19.85 $14.76 $17.00 $13.00

7 North East Texas $18.09 $13.25 $17.45 $12.25 $16.91 $8.00 $14.81 $7.05

8 East Texas $20.32 $17.82 $19.61 $16.42 $19.03 $15.66 $17.45 $15.29


10 Borderplex $17.03 $14.01 $16.36 $13.33 $14.75 $11.50 $12.50 $10.45

11 Permian Basin $16.70 $15.48 $16.65 $14.52 $16.25 $12.40 $14.33 $12.31

12 Concho Valley $24.70 $24.70 $18.37 $16.09 $17.52 $12.27 $15.73 $10.51

13 Heart of Texas $16.69 $16.69 $15.92 $15.92 $14.70 $10.00 $13.43 $9.00

14 Capital Area $29.36 $27.36 $22.20 $21.91 $21.90 $17.60 $18.00 $14.50

15 Rural Capital $24.66 $20.73 $23.37 $19.67 $22.94 $17.68 $20.55 $15.62

16 Brazos Valley $18.67 $14.63 $18.37 $14.04 $17.32 $13.46 $15.38 $11.11

17 Deep East Texas $18.06 $15.17 $15.74 $14.58 $15.74 $14.58 $14.58 $13.43

18 South East Texas $17.20 $17.20 $14.79 $13.24 $13.24 $10.68 $13.43 $8.77

19 Golden Crescent $17.43 $16.82 $17.32 $15.83 $17.32 $15.35 $15.22 $9.86

20 Alamo $30.00 $22.15 $24.21 $20.00 $23.88 $17.30 $22.76 $16.75

21 South Texas $16.17 $13.82 $15.12 $13.82 $15.12 $13.82 $14.12 $12.04

22 Coastal Bend $19.75 $19.95 $18.99 $18.25 $18.35 $16.05 $16.62 $19.95


24 Cameron County $16.00 $16.00 $13.71 $13.71 $12.66 $12.66 $11.60 $10.55

25 Texoma $25.82 $24.59 $23.41 $21.42 $21.56 $19.63 $20.45 $12.58

26 Central Texas $16.95 $14.56 $16.14 $13.11 $15.54 $12.05 $13.78 $12.25


28 Gulf Coast $26.13 $20.67 $24.91 $19.48 $18.54 $16.22 $15.67 $11.03

92

Licensed Homes: Percentile of Board Maximum Rate by Age Group

Board


Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

1 Panhandle 22 20 22 10 18 12 22 15

2 South Plains 10 11 11 6 13 24 29 23

3 North Texas 20 42 24 23 21 37 33 53


5 Tarrant County 35 36 37 12 25 11 28 8

6 Dallas 27 31 27 17 23 31 28 34

7 North East Texas 38 16 42 7 39 1 38 1

8 East Texas 52 55 56 32 53 58 59 69


10 Borderplex 22 27 28 17 19 31 23 36

11 Permian Basin 8 16 13 7 12 11 13 20

12 Concho Valley 83 95 32 19 26 10 27 6

13 Heart of Texas 24 52 27 36 19 10 25 11

14 Capital Area 36 54 13 18 13 22 12 17

15 Rural Capital 16 20 19 12 19 26 26 28

16 Brazos Valley 14 14 20 8 17 26 23 23

17 Deep East Texas 37 39 28 26 30 60 41 64

18 South East Texas 24 52 16 12 9 16 24 11

19 Golden Crescent 15 33 22 18 24 43 24 6

20 Alamo 68 50 46 28 46 42 62 54

21 South Texas 15 19 16 14 17 41 27 39

22 Coastal Bend 28 58 34 39 32 58 44 90


24 Cameron County 27 55 20 28 15 51 24 46

25 Texoma 74 87 67 60 54 77 67 25

26 Central Texas 20 22 22 8 19 19 21 34


28 Gulf Coast 39 37 44 23 14 34 17 16

93

Registered Homes: Board Maximum Rate

Board


Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

1 Panhandle $18.60 $15.50 $17.50 $14.65 $16.70 $12.15 $15.05 $11.30

2 South Plains $14.30 $11.50 $14.30 $11.50 $14.30 $8.50 $14.30 $8.25

3 North Texas $15.73 $14.73 $15.17 $13.66 $14.01 $12.01 $13.06 $12.01


5 Tarrant County $25.50 $17.00 $24.00 $15.00 $23.00 $13.00 $19.50 $12.00

6 Dallas $21.22 $18.46 $19.72 $17.22 $18.52 $13.36 $15.52 $11.47

7 North East Texas $17.14 $12.25 $16.33 $12.25 $15.50 $8.00 $13.15 $7.05

8 East Texas $20.11 $16.30 $19.18 $17.44 $18.23 $13.57 $15.45 $12.93


10 Borderplex $16.83 $14.58 $15.95 $14.29 $13.90 $10.24 $11.33 $10.12

11 Permian Basin $15.50 $15.44 $15.50 $13.23 $15.00 $11.03 $13.23 $9.27

12 Concho Valley $24.70 $24.70 $18.37 $16.09 $17.52 $12.27 $15.73 $10.51

13 Heart of Texas $16.68 $16.68 $15.92 $14.49 $13.95 $10.00 $12.00 $8.49

14 Capital Area $24.21 $23.95 $24.86 $22.09 $21.74 $20.64 $18.64 $13.55

15 Rural Capital $24.55 $19.79 $23.15 $19.85 $21.28 $18.24 $18.24 $14.22

16 Brazos Valley $18.67 $16.32 $18.55 $15.81 $17.32 $10.02 $15.38 $6.43

17 Deep East Texas $14.19 $14.19 $12.38 $12.38 $12.90 $9.02 $12.90 $7.72

18 South East Texas $15.15 $14.48 $14.78 $14.27 $14.47 $13.24 $13.68 $10.48

19 Golden Crescent $16.38 $14.72 $15.42 $14.72 $15.22 $13.67 $14.70 $8.03

20 Alamo $25.08 $17.97 $20.70 $19.22 $19.86 $14.79 $15.18 $13.36

21 South Texas $16.06 $13.03 $15.05 $13.81 $14.40 $10.52 $12.00 $9.45

22 Coastal Bend $19.52 $15.75 $18.52 $16.61 $17.48 $15.75 $15.75 $13.23


24 Cameron County $14.00 $11.00 $12.12 $10.55 $11.60 $10.55 $10.55 $8.44

25 Texoma $24.41 $23.44 $22.27 $20.29 $20.58 $18.58 $19.29 $11.51

26 Central Texas $17.15 $15.50 $16.50 $14.50 $16.50 $13.50 $15.98 $12.00


28 Gulf Coast $25.76 $19.28 $24.16 $21.18 $17.51 $12.36 $14.50 $10.30

94

Registered Homes: Percentile of Board Maximum Rate

Board


Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

1 Panhandle 26 15 26 16 24 20 30 21

2 South Plains 5 3 9 5 11 4 29 7

3 North Texas 24 30 29 30 23 46 37 58


5 Tarrant County 32 7 34 5 33 13 35 14

6 Dallas 24 24 25 26 23 33 28 30

7 North East Texas 34 7 35 11 31 3 29 2

8 East Texas 56 32 57 55 52 46 47 49


10 Borderplex 26 25 30 32 20 31 23 41

11 Permian Basin 6 12 9 6 9 9 12 5

12 Concho Valley 86 94 37 28 33 17 37 10

13 Heart of Texas 29 45 32 32 18 17 20 11

14 Capital Area 17 29 28 28 18 53 22 18

15 Rural Capital 20 13 22 19 18 41 23 26

16 Brazos Valley 18 18 25 23 23 14 32 4

17 Deep East Texas 13 24 9 18 14 15 34 12

18 South East Texas 15 21 19 28 21 52 36 33

19 Golden Crescent 12 11 12 17 14 36 28 2

20 Alamo 45 18 29 34 28 35 21 35

21 South Texas 18 10 19 21 18 21 18 20

22 Coastal Bend 32 24 36 39 34 68 48 62


24 Cameron County 18 11 14 14 14 42 24 31

25 Texoma 70 77 63 62 54 79 67 21

26 Central Texas 26 25 30 24 34 46 54 38


28 Gulf Coast 43 23 45 44 15 21 18 17

95

Table 3.1.6 Board Maximum Enhanced Rates

Licensed Centers: Board Maximum Enhanced Rate

Board


Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

1 Panhandle $24.64 $21.46 $22.96 $20.00 $21.23 $15.68 $19.67 $14.24

2 South Plains $24.51 $17.15 $21.51 $17.15 $21.03 $15.56 $19.36 $10.01

3 North Texas $22.78 $20.93 $21.25 $16.88 $19.32 $15.61 $18.94 $13.83


5 Tarrant County $33.34 $24.86 $32.21 $20.34 $28.25 $18.65 $25.99 $18.65

6 Dallas $31.50 $25.38 $28.50 $24.84 $26.00 $19.23 $24.00 $18.59

7 North East Texas $24.16 $20.70 $22.59 $18.98 $21.37 $15.41 $18.83 $14.03

8 East Texas $25.93 $21.54 $23.57 $20.44 $22.34 $16.52 $21.63 $15.80


10 Borderplex $22.22 $18.58 $20.60 $17.55 $17.80 $15.40 $16.72 $12.55

11 Permian Basin $21.57 $17.39 $20.29 $15.04 $19.92 $14.12 $19.27 $14.44

12 Concho Valley $28.40 $28.40 $22.95 $15.29 $20.86 $15.64 $20.89 $12.22

13 Heart of Texas $24.76 $20.17 $21.66 $19.41 $18.72 $17.06 $16.94 $16.73

14 Capital Area $38.90 $28.88 $30.60 $23.98 $28.51 $20.01 $28.01 $17.44

15 Rural Capital $33.89 $29.54 $31.26 $27.69 $29.20 $22.21 $27.75 $20.31

16 Brazos Valley $26.80 $18.40 $23.68 $16.74 $22.07 $13.52 $21.35 $15.69

17 Deep East Texas $21.95 $21.95 $20.30 $19.72 $18.68 $17.82 $18.19 $15.50

18 South East Texas $21.92 $22.74 $19.95 $20.44 $19.44 $18.60 $18.78 $12.91

19 Golden Crescent $21.18 $18.64 $20.24 $16.32 $19.23 $13.83 $18.34 $11.63

20 Alamo $37.35 $30.11 $26.24 $21.95 $25.04 $18.03 $28.57 $17.11

21 South Texas $20.73 $17.64 $19.82 $17.64 $23.22 $17.64 $17.30 $15.20

22 Coastal Bend $27.29 $21.20 $24.25 $20.03 $22.09 $16.98 $21.67 $16.72


24 Cameron County $21.52 $20.34 $16.05 $15.50 $16.51 $15.50 $14.32 $11.94

25 Texoma $29.40 $27.78 $27.08 $25.24 $24.88 $22.72 $23.98 $15.66

26 Central Texas $21.63 $19.73 $19.38 $17.88 $18.18 $14.70 $17.75 $13.61


28 Gulf Coast $35.97 $27.38 $30.94 $25.57 $25.60 $17.89 $22.69 $14.99

96

Licensed Centers: Percentile of Board Maximum Enhanced Rate

Board


Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

1 Panhandle 55 61 53 55 46 44 38 35

2 South Plains 50 24 38 30 43 48 36 8

3 North Texas 60 77 60 50 52 70 55 59


5 Tarrant County 51 36 57 18 43 36 37 42

6 Dallas 51 54 48 59 44 59 40 61

7 North East Texas 76 77 74 69 72 63 54 53

8 East Texas 82 77 75 74 72 66 72 65


10 Borderplex 37 46 39 46 28 63 27 45

11 Permian Basin 24 19 24 9 29 23 29 31

12 Concho Valley 91 99 62 13 49 43 56 12

13 Heart of Texas 77 71 64 72 45 79 34 81

14 Capital Area 65 48 36 28 33 36 37 26

15 Rural Capital 39 52 38 50 37 52 36 47

16 Brazos Valley 38 23 33 20 31 26 34 48

17 Deep East Texas 51 81 49 73 43 84 46 73

18 South East Texas 44 81 40 72 44 85 45 41

19 Golden Crescent 28 37 31 22 30 26 28 12

20 Alamo 84 81 39 41 40 47 69 46

21 South Texas 30 37 35 45 70 76 28 61

22 Coastal Bend 51 51 47 51 43 64 47 68


24 Cameron County 50 74 21 44 32 75 22 50

25 Texoma 81 92 77 86 69 92 69 46

26 Central Texas 45 61 35 49 32 46 34 40


28 Gulf Coast 68 60 57 58 37 45 29 31

97

Licensed Homes: Board Maximum Enhanced Rate

Board


Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

1 Panhandle $20.85 $17.36 $19.60 $16.42 $18.72 $13.62 $16.87 $12.66

2 South Plains $18.36 $15.49 $16.79 $14.92 $16.79 $14.92 $16.79 $12.88

3 North Texas $17.49 $17.09 $16.88 $15.67 $16.11 $13.68 $15.18 $13.68


5 Tarrant County $30.51 $25.43 $28.82 $21.47 $25.99 $15.82 $22.60 $13.00

6 Dallas $25.07 $20.45 $22.89 $18.87 $21.65 $18.31 $18.53 $14.17

7 North East Texas $20.80 $15.24 $20.07 $14.09 $19.45 $9.20 $17.03 $8.11

8 East Texas $22.21 $19.49 $21.45 $17.96 $20.80 $17.12 $19.08 $16.72


10 Borderplex $19.24 $15.83 $18.49 $15.06 $16.67 $13.00 $14.13 $11.81

11 Permian Basin $18.76 $17.04 $18.17 $16.95 $17.73 $13.65 $15.63 $13.43

12 Concho Valley $28.40 $28.40 $21.13 $18.51 $20.15 $14.10 $18.09 $12.08

13 Heart of Texas $19.69 $19.69 $18.92 $18.92 $17.26 $10.90 $16.43 $10.20

14 Capital Area $32.01 $30.42 $24.21 $23.89 $23.88 $19.20 $19.84 $15.81

15 Rural Capital $28.86 $24.25 $27.34 $23.01 $26.84 $20.69 $24.04 $18.27

16 Brazos Valley $20.37 $15.97 $20.03 $15.33 $18.89 $14.68 $16.77 $12.13

17 Deep East Texas $19.72 $16.57 $17.19 $15.93 $17.19 $15.93 $15.93 $14.65

18 South East Texas $19.26 $19.26 $16.56 $14.83 $14.83 $11.96 $15.04 $9.82

19 Golden Crescent $19.01 $18.37 $19.61 $17.29 $18.89 $16.75 $16.61 $10.76

20 Alamo $32.70 $24.16 $26.44 $21.84 $26.08 $18.89 $24.85 $18.29

21 South Texas $17.99 $15.34 $16.80 $15.34 $16.80 $15.34 $15.70 $13.15

22 Coastal Bend $21.94 $22.15 $21.08 $20.27 $20.38 $17.84 $18.46 $21.75


24 Cameron County $18.08 $18.08 $15.50 $15.50 $14.32 $14.32 $13.12 $11.94

25 Texoma $28.41 $27.06 $25.76 $23.56 $23.74 $21.61 $22.50 $13.86

26 Central Texas $18.48 $15.89 $17.61 $14.31 $16.96 $13.16 $15.03 $13.37


28 Gulf Coast $28.56 $22.59 $27.23 $21.29 $20.46 $17.92 $17.12 $12.06

98

Licensed Homes: Percentile of Board Maximum Enhanced Rate

Board


Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

1 Panhandle 41 36 41 21 35 24 39 28

2 South Plains 21 23 19 14 21 42 42 38

3 North Texas 34 59 39 38 35 52 49 68


5 Tarrant County 55 55 57 23 43 19 45 15

6 Dallas 38 41 37 25 33 54 37 42

7 North East Texas 65 35 69 18 66 4 64 4

8 East Texas 70 72 74 49 70 73 75 82


10 Borderplex 36 40 43 27 32 44 35 49

11 Permian Basin 19 28 23 21 21 20 22 31

12 Concho Valley 97 100 62 43 54 26 54 17

13 Heart of Texas 53 79 57 67 42 16 57 21

14 Capital Area 50 71 21 27 21 31 20 25

15 Rural Capital 34 38 37 25 37 44 45 45

16 Brazos Valley 21 21 29 13 25 35 32 31

17 Deep East Texas 51 52 40 38 43 72 54 75

18 South East Texas 41 70 29 23 17 26 39 19

19 Golden Crescent 27 49 43 30 39 58 38 11

20 Alamo 81 63 60 40 60 54 74 66

21 South Texas 27 31 27 24 29 57 42 51

22 Coastal Bend 40 70 47 52 45 70 56 94


24 Cameron County 43 72 33 43 26 67 37 60

25 Texoma 88 95 83 77 72 88 82 37

26 Central Texas 33 35 36 14 31 30 33 48


28 Gulf Coast 52 48 57 33 22 46 24 22

99

Registered Homes: Board Maximum Enhanced Rate

Board


Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

1 Panhandle $20.48 $17.05 $19.25 $16.13 $18.38 $13.38 $16.57 $12.44

2 South Plains $15.60 $13.46 $15.60 $12.91 $15.60 $9.79 $15.60 $9.24

3 North Texas $17.49 $16.38 $16.88 $15.19 $15.59 $13.36 $14.52 $13.36


5 Tarrant County $28.82 $19.21 $27.12 $16.95 $25.99 $14.69 $22.04 $13.56

6 Dallas $23.66 $22.88 $22.07 $21.36 $20.21 $15.74 $18.89 $13.77

7 North East Texas $19.71 $14.09 $18.78 $14.09 $17.83 $9.20 $15.12 $8.11

8 East Texas $21.99 $17.82 $20.97 $19.07 $19.94 $14.84 $16.90 $14.14


10 Borderplex $19.02 $16.47 $18.02 $16.15 $15.71 $11.57 $12.80 $11.44

11 Permian Basin $17.30 $16.99 $16.90 $14.57 $16.35 $12.16 $14.44 $10.12

12 Concho Valley $28.40 $28.40 $21.13 $18.51 $20.15 $14.10 $18.09 $12.08

13 Heart of Texas $19.68 $19.68 $18.92 $17.59 $15.76 $15.76 $14.59 $11.09

14 Capital Area $26.41 $26.11 $27.11 $24.10 $23.71 $23.57 $20.80 $14.79

15 Rural Capital $28.72 $23.15 $27.09 $23.22 $24.89 $21.34 $21.34 $16.64

16 Brazos Valley $20.37 $17.80 $20.24 $17.25 $18.89 $10.95 $16.77 $7.02

17 Deep East Texas $15.50 $15.50 $13.52 $13.52 $14.08 $9.87 $14.08 $8.44

18 South East Texas $16.97 $16.22 $16.55 $15.98 $16.21 $14.83 $15.32 $11.74

19 Golden Crescent $17.86 $16.07 $16.82 $16.07 $16.61 $14.93 $16.04 $8.78

20 Alamo $27.36 $19.59 $22.60 $20.99 $21.70 $16.17 $16.58 $14.60

21 South Texas $17.87 $14.49 $16.74 $15.36 $16.01 $11.69 $13.35 $10.51

22 Coastal Bend $21.69 $17.49 $20.57 $18.45 $19.41 $17.49 $17.18 $14.44


24 Cameron County $15.82 $12.43 $13.71 $11.94 $13.12 $11.94 $11.94 $9.54

25 Texoma $26.85 $25.78 $24.50 $22.32 $22.65 $20.45 $21.23 $12.68

26 Central Texas $18.71 $16.90 $17.99 $15.81 $17.99 $14.72 $17.42 $13.08


28 Gulf Coast $28.15 $21.07 $26.40 $23.15 $19.33 $13.65 $15.86 $11.37

100

Registered Homes: Percentile of Board Maximum Enhanced Rate

Board


Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

Full- time

Part- time

1 Panhandle 43 27 43 28 39 32 46 32

2 South Plains 10 8 15 10 19 10 41 12

3 North Texas 40 46 45 45 38 61 52 72


5 Tarrant County 51 14 53 11 51 22 52 24

6 Dallas 36 48 38 50 32 50 50 47

7 North East Texas 61 19 62 27 57 8 52 6

8 East Texas 73 49 74 72 70 61 64 64


10 Borderplex 41 39 45 47 32 43 34 54

11 Permian Basin 13 22 17 12 17 16 20 9

12 Concho Valley 98 99 67 55 62 37 65 23

13 Heart of Texas 59 74 62 65 35 79 48 38

14 Capital Area 27 41 41 39 27 71 34 25

15 Rural Capital 39 26 41 36 35 61 40 42

16 Brazos Valley 26 26 35 31 32 20 42 6

17 Deep East Texas 21 35 15 27 23 22 46 18

18 South East Texas 27 36 33 44 35 68 52 47

19 Golden Crescent 22 20 22 29 24 51 42 4

20 Alamo 60 27 41 46 40 46 29 45

21 South Texas 31 19 32 34 30 32 29 30

22 Coastal Bend 45 35 49 52 47 78 58 70


24 Cameron County 31 19 24 23 24 57 36 43

25 Texoma 85 89 79 78 71 89 81 33

26 Central Texas 42 39 45 38 50 60 69 52


28 Gulf Coast 56 33 58 56 23 29 25 24

4. SPECIAL ANALYSES

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4.1 SPECIAL ANALYSES — SERVICES AND ENROLLMENT

Table 4.1.1 Special Analyses: Texas Services and Enrollment

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Licensed Child Care Centers 5% 36% 9% 9% 40% 14% 134908 1882

Licensed Child Care Homes 8% 22% 10% 5% 33% 13% 2397 200

Registered Child Care Homes 13% 11% 1% 1% 10% 5% 4114 602

All facility types 7% 29% 7% 7% 32% 14% 141419 2684

104

Table 4.1.2 Special Analyses: Services and Enrollment by LWDA

LWDA 1 Panhandle

Facility type No

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Licensed Child Care Centers 2.4% 31.0% 1.2% 20.2% 76.3% 29.1% 4377 59

Licensed Child Care Homes 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 25.0% 3.2% 31 4

Registered Child Care Homes 14.3% 14.3% 0.0% 0.0% 14.3% 14.9% 161 28

All facility types 5.2% 26.7% 0.9% 14.7% 54.9% 28.5% 4569 91

LWDA 2 South Plains

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105

LWDA 3 North Texas

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106


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LWDA 6 Dallas

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107


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LWDA 8 East Texas

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108


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LWDA 10 Borderplex

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109


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110


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111


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112


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113


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LWDA 20 Alamo

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114

LWDA 21 South Texas

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115


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116

LWDA 25 Texoma

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117


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LWDA 28 Gulf Coast

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4.2 SPECIAL ANALYSES — ADMINISTRATIVE CATEGORIES

121

Table 4.2.1 Special Analyses: Texas Administrative Categories

Non-Profit For-Profit Community based Number of

Facilities Sectarian Non-

sectarian Sectarian

Non-sectarian

Non-profit

For-profit


11% 16% 1% 72% 1% 0% 1882


0% 5% 1% 94% 0% 1% 200


0% 3% 1% 96% 0% 1% 602

All facility types 7% 12% 1% 80% 1% 1% 2684

122

Table 4.2.2 Special Analyses: Administrative Categories by LWDA

LWDA 1 Panhandle


Facilities

All facilities sampled Sectarian

Non-sectarian

Sectarian Non-

sectarian Non-profit

For-profit


14.3% 22.6% 0.0% 63.1% 4.8% 0.0% 59 N


0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 75.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4 N


0.0% 10.7% 0.0% 89.3% 0.0% 0.0% 28 N

All facility types 10.3% 19.8% 0.0% 69.8% 3.4% 0.0% 91 N

LWDA 2 South Plains


Facilities


Non-sectarian

Sectarian Non-


For-profit


6.8% 22.7% 1.1% 69.3% 2.3% 0.0% 68 N


0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 8 N


0.0% 6.7% 0.0% 93.3% 0.0% 0.0% 15 Y


123

LWDA 3 North Texas


Facilities


Non-sectarian

Sectarian Non-


For-profit


17.1% 17.1% 1.3% 64.5% 1.3% 0.0% 53 Y


0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 9 N


0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 6.3% 16 Y




Facilities


Non-sectarian

Sectarian Non-


For-profit


6.7% 4.7% 0.0% 88.6% 0.7% 0.0% 96 N


0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 13 N


0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 41 N


124



Facilities


Non-sectarian

Sectarian Non-


For-profit


6.7% 22.5% 2.5% 68.3% 2.5% 0.0% 84 N


0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 8 N


0.0% 0.0% 2.9% 97.1% 0.0% 2.9% 34 N


LWDA 6 Dallas


Facilities


Non-sectarian

Sectarian Non-


For-profit


14.3% 12.8% 2.3% 70.7% 2.3% 1.5% 91 N


0.0% 11.1% 0.0% 88.9% 0.0% 0.0% 9 N


0.0% 5.3% 2.6% 92.1% 0.0% 2.6% 38 N


125



Facilities


Non-sectarian

Sectarian Non-


For-profit


16.2% 10.8% 0.0% 73.0% 0.0% 0.0% 55 Y


0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3 N


0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 9 Y


LWDA 8 East Texas


Facilities


Non-sectarian

Sectarian Non-


For-profit


29.2% 14.6% 0.0% 56.2% 1.1% 0.0% 70 N


0.0% 16.7% 0.0% 83.3% 0.0% 0.0% 6 N


0.0% 7.1% 0.0% 92.9% 0.0% 0.0% 14 Y


126



Facilities


Non-sectarian

Sectarian Non-


For-profit


11.8% 38.8% 1.2% 48.2% 17.6% 0.0% 66 N


0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 6 N


0.0% 3.6% 0.0% 96.4% 0.0% 0.0% 28 Y


LWDA 10 Borderplex


Facilities


Non-sectarian

Sectarian Non-


For-profit


11.1% 31.1% 0.0% 57.8% 0.0% 1.1% 76 N


0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 11.1% 9 N


0.0% 8.6% 0.0% 91.4% 0.0% 0.0% 35 N


127



Facilities


Non-sectarian

Sectarian Non-


For-profit


9.9% 30.9% 0.0% 59.3% 11.1% 1.2% 58 N


0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 7 N


0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 10 Y




Facilities


Non-sectarian

Sectarian Non-


For-profit


19.6% 41.2% 2.0% 37.3% 2.0% 0.0% 43 Y


0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 50.0% 50.0% 0.0% 2 Y


0.0% 7.1% 0.0% 92.9% 0.0% 0.0% 14 Y

All facility types 14.9% 34.3% 1.5% 49.3% 3.0% 0.0% 59 Y

128



Facilities


Non-sectarian

Sectarian Non-


For-profit


15.0% 28.8% 2.5% 53.8% 2.5% 0.0% 58 N


0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3 N


0.0% 7.7% 0.0% 92.3% 0.0% 0.0% 13 Y




Facilities


Non-sectarian

Sectarian Non-


For-profit


9.5% 36.2% 1.0% 53.3% 1.9% 0.0% 84 N


0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 10 N


0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 28 N


129



Facilities


Non-sectarian

Sectarian Non-


For-profit


8.5% 22.3% 1.1% 68.1% 0.0% 0.0% 66 N


0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 9 N


0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 24 N




Facilities


Non-sectarian

Sectarian Non-


For-profit


20.5% 8.4% 3.6% 67.5% 0.0% 0.0% 64 N


0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 80.0% 0.0% 0.0% 10 N


0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 18 Y


130



Facilities


Non-sectarian

Sectarian Non-


For-profit


15.9% 11.0% 3.7% 69.5% 1.2% 0.0% 61 Y


0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 5 Y


0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 7 Y




Facilities


Non-sectarian

Sectarian Non-


For-profit


8.1% 23.3% 2.3% 66.3% 0.0% 0.0% 66 N


0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 6 N


0.0% 18.2% 0.0% 81.8% 0.0% 0.0% 11 Y


131



Facilities


Non-sectarian

Sectarian Non-


For-profit


15.0% 31.7% 0.0% 53.3% 0.0% 0.0% 45 Y


0.0% 16.7% 0.0% 83.3% 0.0% 0.0% 6 N


0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4 Y


LWDA 20 Alamo


Facilities


Non-sectarian

Sectarian Non-


For-profit


12.5% 17.9% 0.9% 68.8% 0.0% 0.9% 85 N


0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 9 N


0.0% 2.6% 0.0% 97.4% 0.0% 0.0% 39 N


132

LWDA 21 South Texas


Facilities


Non-sectarian

Sectarian Non-


For-profit


0.0% 6.0% 0.0% 94.0% 0.0% 0.0% 54 N


0.0% 16.7% 0.0% 83.3% 0.0% 0.0% 6 N


0.0% 11.1% 0.0% 88.9% 0.0% 0.0% 9 Y




Facilities


Non-sectarian

Sectarian Non-


For-profit


15.1% 24.4% 0.0% 60.5% 11.6% 1.2% 60 N


0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 7 N


0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 4.3% 23 Y


133



Facilities


Non-sectarian

Sectarian Non-


For-profit


2.0% 9.1% 0.0% 88.9% 0.0% 0.0% 62 N


0.0% 16.7% 0.0% 83.3% 0.0% 0.0% 6 N


4.2% 4.2% 0.0% 91.7% 0.0% 0.0% 24 N




Facilities


Non-sectarian

Sectarian Non-


For-profit


4.7% 11.6% 0.0% 83.7% 0.0% 0.0% 55 N


0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 6 N


0.0% 11.1% 0.0% 88.9% 0.0% 0.0% 9 Y


134

LWDA 25 Texoma


Facilities


Non-sectarian

Sectarian Non-


For-profit


18.0% 10.0% 0.0% 72.0% 0.0% 0.0% 31 Y


0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3 N


0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 10 Y




Facilities


Non-sectarian

Sectarian Non-


For-profit


8.5% 25.5% 3.2% 62.8% 0.0% 0.0% 72 N


0.0% 12.5% 12.5% 75.0% 0.0% 0.0% 8 N


0.0% 3.1% 0.0% 96.9% 0.0% 0.0% 32 N


135



Facilities


Non-sectarian

Sectarian Non-


For-profit


4.3% 19.6% 0.0% 76.1% 0.0% 0.0% 30 Y


0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4 Y


0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 5 Y


LWDA 28 Gulf Coast


Facilities


Non-sectarian

Sectarian Non-


For-profit


12.0% 10.7% 1.7% 75.6% 0.0% 0.9% 170 N


0.0% 5.6% 5.6% 88.9% 0.0% 0.0% 18 N


0.0% 4.7% 0.0% 95.3% 0.0% 0.0% 64 N


APPENDICES

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APPENDIX A. DATA ANALYSIS

It is important to note that all of the daily market rates and percentiles presented in this report

are based on large and statistically reliable sample sizes. Even in the scarcest categories of care, such as

part-day infant and toddler care in Licensed Homes, and part-day infant care in Registered Homes, the

numbers of rates gathered were sufficient for estimating highly stable rates, due to innovations in the

estimation methodology described below.

Levels of Analysis

Project researchers summarized the survey data and conducted analysis at several distinct levels.

The most basic analyses were done at the level of individual providers. These results document the

proportion of providers responding to the survey that offer various services (e.g., non-traditional hours,

transportation), or that fall into different administrative categories (e.g., sectarian, community-based, and

for-profit). The exception to this rule is the item in section four that measures the “percent of enrollment

that is subsidized,” which is analyzed at the level of the individual child. A similar item concerns the

percentage of facilities that serve any subsidized children. When this number is higher than the “percent

of enrollment” number, it indicates that the subsidized children in an area are widely dispersed among

facilities, and when it is lower, it indicates that the subsidized children are relatively concentrated among

a smaller number of facilities in the area.

The remaining analyses were conducted at either the rate observation level or at the level of the

child care slot, as described below. Each center or home-based facility can contribute more than one rate

observation to the analysis, and each rate observation can represent more than one slot. However, the

nature of this relationship depends on the type of facility.

Daily market rates for licensed centers were gathered for all categories of care offered, regardless

of whether any children were currently being served in such categories. The categories consisted of all

possible combinations of age group (gathered for actual age categories in which each center offered rates,

but aggregated to the four standard categories for reporting) by Full-day status (part-day or full-day).

Thus, one center could contribute as many as eight independent rate observations, each representing any

number of children (including zero). These rate observations were then weighted by the number of child

care slots they represent (described below) when calculating market rate percentiles.

In contrast, market rates for home-based facilities, including registered homes and licensed

homes, were gathered at the level of the individual child currently being served. Each child’s age, detailed

weekly schedule, and rates charged were gathered for purposes of calculating daily market rates. In this

case, the individual children were treated as independent rate observations, and each facility could

contribute as many as nine observations (or fewer depending on the facility type and number of children

enrolled). Because of this, there was no need to differentially weight the rate observations when

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calculating the local market rate percentiles for home-based facilities: each child (or rate) received a

weight equal to one.

For the analysis of center rates, the number of child care slots for each rate category was

determined in one of two ways. First, for categories of care in which children were currently being served,

the number of children in each category served as a proxy for the number of slots. Second, rate categories

in which no children were currently being served were also included in the analysis, since they were also

theoretically part of the market. This was done by estimating the number of slots for each of these rate

categories with a formula that multiplies the number of children served at each facility by the average

proportion of children, across all licensed centers, served in each rate category. Thus, for example, a

facility that served 100 children and had an existing part-day infant rate schedule, but did not currently

serve any part-day infants, would have its number of slots for this category of care estimated at two (100

child capacity X 2 percent of children served in the part-day infant category across all licensed centers). If

the same facility served no part-day preschoolers, its number of slots would be estimated at seven (100

child capacity X 7 percent served in this category across all licensed centers). This method allows fuller

use of the rate information gathered, especially for rare forms of care in which rate observations were

otherwise scarce.

Statewide Estimation

For statistics conducted at various levels of analysis, special procedures were necessary in order

to compute statewide versions of the tables. Due to the fact that smaller areas were over-sampled for

this survey (meaning that facilities in these areas were more likely to be selected for the survey), a

correction had to be applied in order to estimate statewide rates without over-representing facilities in

these smaller areas. Similarly, it was also necessary to apply a correction because of over-sampling of

Licensed Homes, which are much less common than centers or Registered Homes. The correction involves

computing weights that, when applied to the statewide analysis, equalize the probability that any given

facility or rate might have been selected at random.

The calculation of weights for statewide estimation varies slightly depending on the level of

analysis: facility level or rate level (see preceding discussion). For facility-level analyses, the weight is the

inverse of the probability of selecting the facility at random. Thus, for small areas in which all facilities

were selected, the weight would equal one. For larger areas in which, for example, 20 percent of facilities

were selected, the weight would equal five (1 divided by 0.20). When these weights are applied to any

given statistical analysis, the facility with a weight of five would count five times as much as the facility

with a weight of one, and the result would be representative of the state as a whole. Similar procedures

are used for the calculation of statewide rates, except in this case it is more complicated because each

rate must be weighted according to its share of the statewide child care slots.

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Small-Area Estimation

In many smaller LWDAs and for some exceptionally rare rate categories (particularly part-day care

in homes) the number of rate observations would have been too small to estimate stable rates using

traditional methods, even for the many areas in which the entire universe of facilities had been sampled.

For this reason, an estimation methodology first developed for the 2010 survey was used. Using this

approach, parameters are estimated that fully characterize the distribution of rates in each category of

care. These parameters are then applied, using an assumption of normality of the rate distributions, to

estimate each rate percentile of interest. The primary advantage of this solution is that a medium to large

sample size of rates is utilized to estimate each parameter, thus the estimates based on this methodology

are more stable over time, and they fall into the expected patterns more frequently.

Prior to any estimation of parameters, the daily rates themselves are first transformed to make

them assume a more normal distribution. This transformation is done by taking the positive square root

of the daily rate. The effect of this is to minimize the effect of high-end outliers on estimates of the

parameters of distributions7. This transformation is reversed later, following all estimation, by squaring

the rates. The next step in the estimation of parameters involves estimating area effects, the average rate

for each LWDA, while statistically controlling for all other features of the rates involved in the estimation

(including facility type, age group, and rate type). The average rates for all 28 LWDAs are listed in Table

A-1. Note that the Capital Area (LWDA 14) has the highest rates, and Middle Rio Grande (LWDA 27) has

the lowest rates in the state.

7 High rates have greater influence on estimates of the distribution of daily rates due to the simple fact that rates cannot go below zero, but there is no effective upper limit. Square root transformation mutes this influence.

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Levels of variation among rates in each area, as indicated by the standard deviation measure, are

also listed for LWDAs in the last column of Table A-1. Note that those areas with the highest average rates

also tended to have greater variation or spread among rates. Note also that the average level and spread

of rates in each LWDA was estimated with 200 or more rate observations. Thus, these parameters are

estimated with a high level of precision.

The next step involves estimating the typical patterns among rates of varying facility type, age

group, and rate type, while holding constant the area effects measured above. This estimation was done

using one model for licensed centers that included independent predictor variables for each of the eight

combinations of age group and full-day vs. part-day rate. A second model was used to estimate these

parameters for all homes combined, but in addition to the eight variables, a ninth variable was included

that coded for whether it was a Licensed or Registered Home. Results of this estimation are shown in

Table A-2. In this case, the typical rates are shown in standard deviation units. Thus, the first row of Table

A-2 can be interpreted to mean that full-day infant rates tend to be roughly a full standard deviation

higher than the average rate.

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Table A-1. Area Effects, Untransformed Rates

LWDA Observations Average8 St. dev.

1 Panhandle 506 20.13 4.08

2 South Plains 452 20.37 4.50

3 North Texas 436 17.54 4.43

4 North Central Texas 791 29.35 7.19

5 Tarrant County 626 27.03 6.68

6 Dallas 628 24.56 7.27

7 North East Texas 373 17.78 3.92

8 East Texas 482 18.71 3.89

9 West Central Texas 484 17.88 4.57

10 Borderplex 686 18.88 5.49

11 Permian Basin 349 20.90 3.91

12 Concho Valley 244 19.75 3.71

13 Heart of Texas 309 18.03 3.96

14 Capital Area 522 29.31 7.31

15 Rural Capital 518 29.35 7.89

16 Brazos Valley 454 22.99 6.22

17 Deep East Texas 426 17.72 4.55

18 South East Texas 424 18.48 4.50

19 Golden Crescent 277 20.03 4.00

20 Alamo 680 24.49 6.11

21 South Texas 440 18.79 4.46

22 Coastal Bend 450 21.12 5.92

23 Lower Rio Grande Valley 587 16.95 4.97

24 Cameron County 393 16.76 5.02

25 Texoma 237 20.97 4.50

26 Central Texas 550 18.52 3.86

27 Middle Rio Grande 228 16.78 4.81

28 Gulf Coast 1224 25.39 7.25

8 For ease of illustration, figures in this table represent the average and standard deviations of untransformed rates, though transformed rates were used in actual calculations.

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Table A-2. Rate Type Effects

Facility Type Age Group Rate type Observations9 Deviation from Average Rate


Infant Full-day 1217 1.024

Part-day 203 0.152

Toddler Full-day 1427 0.709

Part-day 333 -0.044

Preschool Full-day 1618 0.490

Part-day 1526 -0.881

School age Full-day 1198 0.312

Part-day 1495 -1.040



Part-day 6 (2) -0.225


Part-day 33 (19) -0.025

Preschool Full-day 298 0.168

Part-day 54 -0.905

School age Full-day 14 (12) -0.431

Part-day 98 -1.314



Part-day 19 (7) -0.058


Part-day 72 (36) -0.325

Preschool Full-day 476 -0.042

Part-day 161 -1.225

School age Full-day 46 (31) -0.697

Part-day 497 -1.523

9 Figures in bold indicate totals including rates added from the prior year’s survey, as described in the text, while the figures in parentheses are the numbers from the prior year.

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Note that in almost all cases the number of observations in Table A-2 is more than sufficient for

estimating the patterns among rates to a high degree of precision. The exceptions to this are for part-

day care of infants and toddlers in homes, and a new category of rare rates, full-day care for school-age

children in homes. As discussed in the analysis and trends section of the main paper, persistently low

shares of homes offering part-day care are responsible for the low numbers of such rates in the home

categories. And the shortfall in full-day rates for school-age children is likely due to the September to

April survey frame now having less overlap with the summer months, when many children out of school

may be in need of full time care. As a solution to this shortfall, the number of rates in six of these

categories was bolstered by including six rare categories of rare home rates from the 2016 survey,

adjusted with an inflation factor to make them comparable to 2017 rates. These six categories are

shown in Table A-2 with the total number of observations in bold, and the number incorporated as

estimates from 2016 rates in parentheses. With these additions, this should be just enough to estimate

stable rates in most cases.

Finally, the 28 area effects from Table A-1 are recombined with the 24 rate type effects from

Table A-2 to estimate the parameters (mean and standard deviation) of the distributions of all 672

categories of care in the full report. Using these parameters together with known properties of normal

distributions, one can then estimate percentiles of the rate distributions for all categories of care. As

described above, these figures are then squared to undo the transformation described above. Overall,

the resulting percentile estimates were found to be much more stable over time, in comparison to

estimates made for small areas using the methodology of market rate surveys prior to 2010.

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APPENDIX B. QUESTIONNAIRES: LICENSED CHILD CARE CENTERS

1. Date:_________________________

2. Interviewer:______________________________

3. Hi, Can I please speak to the director of (CENTER NAME). Hi, my name is ___________and I’m calling from the University of Texas at Austin on behalf of the Texas Workforce Commission. We are conducting the annual childcare market rate study. Do you have about 3-5 minutes to answer questions about your center?

Accept - Continue with survey

Refusal

Overdial

Not eligible

Wrong number - New number is available ____________________

Withdrew

4. Does your facility offer Full-day child care at least 6 hours per day and five days a week?

5. If no, does your facility offer school care or part-day child care (<6 hours) five days a week?

6. Is your facility any of the following?

Only a drop-in care center (no regular rates; i.e., gym, hospital, mall)

A Head Start program

A free child care service

A facility not open to the public/only serves specific groups

A facility offering only summer camps

A kindergarten or school not offering regular child care or after-school care

None of the above- Continue Survey

7. What are your hours of operation (M-F)?

Weekday Open Close

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

8. What are your hours of operation on Saturday and Sunday, if any?

Weekday Open Close

Saturday

Sunday

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9. How many days out of the year do you close for national, state, or religious holidays?

10. Outside of weekends and holidays, how many days out of the year do you close for personal vacation, summer, or any other reasons?

11. Do you regularly offer drop-in care?

Yes

No

Don't know

12. Altogether, how many children are enrolled at your center?

Number of Children Enrolled:_____________________

Number of Age Groups:____________________

13. What are the age groups on which your rate structure is based?

Group Age Range in Months Number Enrolled by Age Group

Comments Min Max Full-day Part-Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

14. Full Time Rates: Ask about each age group

a. What are your standard full time rates (6+hrs per day/5 days per week) for children in Age Group__?

b. Is that rate per hour, day, week, month, or year?

c. How many days of care per week does this rate cover?

d. Do you currently have a full time waitlist for this group?

15. Part-Day Rates: Ask about each age group

a. What are your standard part day rates (Less than 6 hrs per day/5 days per week) for children in Age Group__?


c. How many days of care per week does this rate cover?

d. Do you currently have a part day waitlist for this group?

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16. Additional Weekend Rates

a. What are your standard Additional weekend rates for children in Age Group ___?


17. Rate Comments:

18. Fees: Do you charge a ____________________ (in addition to the regular rate)?

Yes No Unsure Amount

One time registration fee

Yearly or semester enrollment fee

Additional activity or supply fee

If enrollment fee is Yes: Is your enrollment fee per _____________?

Semester

Academic Year

Calendar Year

If activity fee is Yes: Is your activity fee per _____________?

Month

Semester

Academic Year

Calendar Year

19. Comments about additional rates

20. Does your center offer regular transportation? (Excludes field trips)

Yes

No

Don’t know

21. Is your child care center a for-profit or non-profit facility (501.C3 status)?

Non-Profit

For-Profit

Don't Know

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22. Do you provide any discounts in the form of a sliding scale? (Note: If offer scholarships to some children, count as sliding scale)

Yes

No

Don’t know

23. Do you accept CCS children (children receiving subsidies)?

Do not accept CCS children

Accept CCS children, do NOT allocate a specific number of slots

Accept CCS children, allocate specific number of slots: ____________________

Don't Know

24. Is your child care facility __________?

Part of a local or regional chain

Part of a national chain

Independently owned

Other ____________________

None of the above

Don't know

25. Is your child care associated with any of the following?

Church or religious organization

Community-based organization

YMCA/ YWCA

Public school

Private or parochial school

Military institution

Other ____________________

No associations

Don't know

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26. Does your facility receive any of the following services for free or at a reduced cost?

Building use

Utilities

Volunteer work

Furniture or equipment

Supplies

Other ____________________

None

Don't know

27. Does your facility receive any donations?

Federal Child Care Food Program

CCMS (other than subsidies)

United Way

Religious institutions

Local, state or federal government funding

Private or individual donations

YMCA / YWCA

School district

Foundations

Other ____________________

No donations

Don't know

28. In addition to your state operating license, does your center have any of the following national accreditation or certifications?:

NAEYC - National Association for the Education of Young Children

NAFCC - National Association for Family Child Care

NACC - National Association of Child Care Professionals

Montessori Accreditation

Other: ____________________

No accreditations

Don't Know

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29. Is your service certified as a Texas Rising Star provider?

Yes, number of stars: ____________________

No

Don't know

30. Do you offer after-school care during the school year?

Yes

No

Don't know

31. Do you offer full or part day care for school-age children during the summer?

Yes

No

Don't know

32. Do you have access to the Internet?

Yes

No

Don't know

33. General comments:

Thank you for your time.

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APPENDIX C. QUESTIONNAIRE: REGISTERED AND LICENSED CHILD CARE HOMES

1. Date:_________________________

2. Interviewer:______________________________

3. Hi, Can I please speak to the director of (CENTER NAME). Hi, my name is ___________and I’m calling from the University of Texas at Austin on behalf of the Texas Workforce Commission. We are conducting the annual childcare market rate study. Do you have about 3-5 minutes to answer questions about your center?

Accept - Continue with survey

Refusal

Overdial

Not eligible

Wrong number - New number is available ____________________

Withdrew

4. Are you a registered or licensed home child care provider?

Registered Child Care Home (RCCH)

Licensed Child Care Home (LCCH)

Neither- Not Eligible

5. What are your hours of operation (M-F)?

Weekday Open Close

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

6. What are your hours of operation on Saturday and Sunday, if any?

Weekday Open Close

Saturday

Sunday

7. Do you regularly offer drop-in care?

Yes

No

Don't know

8. How many days out of the year do you close for national, state, or religious holidays?

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9. Outside of weekends and holidays, how many days out of the year do you close for personal vacation, summer, or any other reasons?

10. Altogether, how many children including your own are you currently caring for at your home?

Number of ALL Children:_____________________

11. How many of these children are either not paying or paying at discounted rates because they are friends or family?

Number of Discounted Children:____________________

12. Total Eligible Children:______________________

13. For Interviewer purpose only, I am only going to ask about the __ children not receiving friend or family discounting rates. I will ask about each child's age, how many hours a day, and how many days a week the child is in your care. If you have siblings, please list them together by family.

How old is the youngest child in the first family?" What time does this child arrive on ____? What time do they leave on_____? (Mon-Su)

Child Family ID Age Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Sun

Family Child Months *A *L *A *L *A *L *A *L *A *L *A *L *A *L

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

*A=Arrive/*L=Leave

14. Child Rates:

a. Does child __ receive subsidized care through CCS? (Ask about all children)

b. Rate Amount:

NON-CCS: What is the rate or cost of childcare for this child? CCS/CoPay: Can you tell me the amount you receive from CCS?/ What is the parent Co-Pay? CSS Total Only: How much money do you receive in total for the care of this child?

c. Is that rate per hour, day, week, month, or year?

d. Does this child receive a multiple child discount?

e. How many children are covered under this rate?

15. Rate Comments:

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16. Fees: Do you charge a ____________________ (in addition to the regular rate)?

Yes No Unsure Amount

One time registration fee

Yearly or semester enrollment fee

Additional activity or supply fee

If enrollment fee is Yes: Is your enrollment fee per _____________?

Semester

Academic Year

Calendar Year

If activity fee is Yes: Is your activity fee per _____________?

Month

Semester

Academic Year

Calendar Year

17. Comments about additional rates

18. Do you offer regular transportation as defined by using your own personal vehicle to transport children (Excludes field trips)

Yes

No

Don’t know

19. Do you have a waitlist for any age groups? If so, which ones?

Infants (0-17 months)

Toddlers (18-35 months)

Preschool (36-71 months)

School Age (72+ months)

No Waitlist

Don't know

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20. Is your child care home a for-profit or non-profit child care home (501.C3 status)?

Non-Profit

For-Profit

Don't Know

21. Is your child care associated with any of the following?

Church or religious organization

Community-based organization

Other ____________________

No associations

Don't know

22. Does your facility receive any of the following services for free or at a reduced cost?

Building use

Utilities

Volunteer work

Furniture or equipment

Supplies

Other ____________________

None

Don't know

23. In addition to your state operating license, does your home have any of the following national accreditation or certifications?:

NAEYC - National Association for the Education of Young Children

NAFCC - National Association for Family Child Care

NACC - National Association of Child Care Professionals

Montessori Accreditation

Other: ____________________

No accreditations

Don't Know

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24. Is your service certified as a Texas Rising Star provider?

Yes, number of stars: ____________________

No

Don't know

25. Do you offer after-school care during the school year?

Yes

No

Don't know

26. Do you offer full or part day care for school-age children during the summer?

Yes

No

Don't know

27. Do you have access to the Internet?

Yes

No

Don't know

28. General comments:

Thank you for your time.

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