huma husain up 206 midterm february 8, 2010. background governor schwarzenegger cut a $256 million...
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DETERMINING NEED FOR SUBSIDIZED CHILD
CARE IN WEST L.A.
Huma Husain
UP 206 Midterm
February 8, 2010
Background
Governor Schwarzenegger cut a $256 million program for subsidized child care
Many remaining programs only subsidize child care for families on welfare
How do low-income working families get support for child care so that they can keep their jobs?
Project Questions Where are licensed child care centers in my
neighborhood?
What are the levels of need for subsidies in this area?
Which tracts would benefit most from subsidy programs?
Where should we put new subsidized child care centers?
Income and Poverty
# of Families with Children Below Poverty
Median Income of Families with Children
Skills UsedSlide 3: Inset Map GeocodingChildCare Centers Attribute Sub-Set Selection: West LA was derived by querying CA Zips where zipcode = (90024,
90025, 90064, 90067) Geoprocessing: Clipping CA tracts to Zipcode region
Slide 4: Geoprocessing: Clipping CA blockgroups to Zipcode region
Slide 6: Buffering
Slide 7: Creating an Index: normalized variables to scale of 0 to 100 and averaged the three scores
( Variables = Families with Children under 5 yrs old + Households with No car + Families with Children below poverty)
Slide 8: Boundary Sub-Set Selection: Selecting only the schools within zipcode region
Possible Research for Final Looking at daycares for a broader region
Determining cost and capacity of licensed child care centers
Finding out what subsidy programs currently do exist, where they are located, and how much of costs they subsidize