Sourcing information for First Five State Facts
- The number of children ages 0-5: Census
- The number of children with all available parents in the workforce – Census
- The average price of care – Child Care Aware of America, “2022 Child Care Affordability Analysis”
- The number of eligible children served through CCDBG –
- Office of Child Care (OCC), “FY2020 CCDF Preliminary Data Tables” and
- Center for American Progress (CAP) – Early Learning in the U.S.: 2019
- The impact child care challenges have on the economy – Council for a Strong America
