Kids Count Data Center

Early Childhood

High-Quality Child Care - Availability for High-Quality Child Care by Age Grouping (2012)

NAFCC, NAEYC, NAA, NECPA, and PA Departments of Education and Public Welfare, Office of Child Development and Early Learning. 

The estimated number of spaces available for ages birth - 4 years (early) and ages 5 - 12 years (school age) in non-parental, high-quality care settings.  High-quality is defined as those regulated child care provider settings accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC), National After School Association (NAA), National Early Childhood Program Accreditation (NECPA) or STAR 4 rating through Keystone STARS.  The percent is calculated by dividing the number of spaces by the estimated number of children needing child care (i.e. all parents in labor force).