community reports
2024 PICTURE OF CHILD CARE IN THE CAPITAL REGION
Explore the insights provided in The Picture of Child Care in the Capital Region. This analysis covers the landscape of child care supply and demand, identifies child care deserts, and sheds light on the education, wages, and benefits of child care providers in the area. Download the report now to gain an understanding of the challenges and opportunities shaping the future of child care in the Capital Region.
January 2024
COMMUNITY IMPACT PLAN 2023 - 2026
Over the next four years, we will embark on a new set of strategic priorities. We will empower the workforce, elevate the child care industry, and celebrate human development. We will do this by building a collective understanding of the importance of positive early childhood experiences. All our work is done in partnership with early childhood educators; important providers of child care; and intentionally through our guiding principles, to be playful, responsible, respectful, and resilient.
We are creating a systems shift in child care, communities, and policies to value and actively celebrate positive child care experiences for children and families. Our goal is to empathetically improve child care experiences, drive respect for the child care provider, child, and parent, and foster trust. Download the Impact Plan.
January 2023
“Children learn as they play. More importantly, in play, children learn how to learn.”
VEGGIE KIDS IMPACT REPORT
Veggie Kids Club is a weekly nutrition-based program connecting local children and families to local produce in a way that is interactive, healthy, and fun for the whole family! This year's program connects families from Troy CEO’s Head Start Program and Hudson Valley Community College’s Viking Child Care Center to produce grown and provided by Denison Farm and Blackhorse Farms. Families are provided weekly recipe bags at no cost and farmers are compensated fairly while creating a community around healthy delicious food. Watch our recipe videos.
August 2022
RESTORING THE GRID: A REPORT ON THE SUPPLY AND DEMAND FOR CHILD CARE
This annual report on child care supply and demand illustrates how the child care crisis in the Capital Region adds unnecessary demands on families and employers. Additionally, the report highlights the connection between the lack of access to child care and children’s health. Also included are recommendations for policymakers and businesses to form key partnerships to close the gap by addressing the child care trilemma: build access to child care, increase affordability and quality, and then maintain quality. Click on the image to download the PDF.
March 2020
THE CAPITAL REGION’S CHILD CARE LANDSCAPE REPORT
Each week, an estimated 38,500 children in New York’s Capital Region attend some type of child care. However, many families are unable to find the high-quality child care they want for their children. Families who find child care are overwhelmed by the cost; spending a significant portion of their income on child care expenses. The average cost for center-based care can cost as much as $14,000 annually for an infant or $11,500 annually for a four-year-old. The inadequate supply, high cost, and inaccessibility of child care burdens families, communities, and businesses resulting in lost productivity, frustration, and all too often low-quality early education experiences. Click on the image to download the PDF.
January 2020