How much is childcare: The True Cost of High-Quality Child Care Across the United States
Child Care Costs Are Skyrocketing — Here’s How Much More Families Are Paying
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The emotional and financial costs that come with bringing a baby or child into your life can be significant. Child care costs, already one of the biggest expenses a parent must endure, have increased to concerning levels over the course of the pandemic.
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According to the Care.com 2022 Cost of Care Survey, 63% of parents claim that child care has become more expensive over the past year. However, not only have costs risen, but quality and availability have lessened, according to Care.com exec Natalie Mayslich.
“When it comes to child care, there are three critical criteria — cost, quality and availability — and based on our research findings, we’ve not only failed to make progress as a country, we’ve actually gone backwards,” said Mayslich in a statement.
Cost of Sitters, Childcare Rising
The Care.com study also found that the cost of nannies rose about 20% over the course of the pandemic — and that babysitting and day care costs went up between 5% to 15%.
According to parents who participated in the study, these soaring costs are due to care centers increasing tuition costs (46%), inflation (41%) and centers admitting fewer children (36%).
Overall, for one child, parents paid $694/week for a nanny in 2021 (up from $565/week in 2019), $226/week for a child care or day care center (up from $182/week) and $221/week for a family care center (up from $177/week), per the survey.
Other survey stats are equally troubling. Not only is care more expensive, but it is also harder to find. 43% of parents asked said that it is currently much more difficult to find appropriate child care than before, and 59% are more concerned about their child’s care than in years previous.
As Child Care Aware reports, from Dec.
2019 to March 2021 a total of 8,899 child care centers closed in 37 states — and as of March 2021, almost 16,000 child care programs had closed during the pandemic. In that same time period, 6,957 licensed family child care (FCC) programs (home-based care) closed in 36 states. These figures represent a 9% loss in licensed centers and a 10% loss in licensed FCC programs. According to CNN, the median wage earned by child care workers was $13 an hour in 2021, per the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Quoted by CNN, MomsRising executive director Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner said, “Already, a half million families in the United States of America are estimated to be without child care because of lack of access and affordability.” She added, “With increasing pressure due to inflation, even more families are getting stranded without child care.”
Some Parents Forced to Reduce Working Hours, Quit Their Job, or Find a Second Job
With inflation at 40-year high and care workers hard to come by, many parents are at a crossroads, with some electing to change how they work and pay for child care expenses.
Care.com reports that 31% of parents surveyed are dealing with the increased expense by taking a second job, 26% are reducing their hours at work, 25% have changed jobs, and 21% have stopped working altogether.
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The toll on parents is demanding, as it is for those working day-to-day in the industry. Baltimore’s KidzStuff Childcare Center CEO Angela Kidane says her center will reluctantly be raising tuition for the third time in 12 months this fall due to the soaring costs of food, rent, power and supplies. It has come to a point where not upping fees would result in the center having to close.
“We probably are up at least 30-to-35% in operating costs,” Kidane told CNN. “What goes through my mind is, how’s that going to affect our parents? We’re going to have to pass on the cost.”
“It’s not easy for us to have to do this, but it is a necessity,” Kidane solemnly added.
“We couldn’t survive. We wouldn’t stay open.”
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How much are families spending on childcare?
Childcare costs peaked in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic hit, but care hasn’t been affordable for many families that need it over the last decade. According to the Department of Health and Human Services, childcare is affordable if it costs households no more than 7% of their income.
The average cost of childcare was not affordable for families making less than $75,000. Childcare was not affordable in 2021 for the average multi-racial, Black, or Native American family either, taking up nearly 9% of the average income for each of these groups.
As part of the economic response to the pandemic, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 temporarily increased the size of the existing child tax credit, made it refundable, and gave families the option of receiving the credit in monthly installments throughout the year.
The child tax credit is based on household income and the number of dependent children. The American Rescue Plan increased credit from $2,000 to $3,000 per child older than six and $3,600 per younger child. The plan also raised the age limit of eligible children from 16 to 17 years old.
The average benefit per taxpayer receiving the increased child tax credit was $4,380, with families in the lowest 20% of income getting the largest benefit according to a report from the Congressional Research Service.
But the payments — meant in part to support families with childcare costs — expired at the end of 2021.
According to Census Bureau data, the average family with children spent $7,131 of their income to pay for childcare last year. Childcare costs were 28% higher in 2020 than in 2010.
Family childcare costs increased 28% over the last decade
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How many kids are enrolled in paid childcare?
The number of children in need of paid care decreased during the pandemic and is still below pre-pandemic levels.
The number of children under age 14 in paid childcare declined from 12.2 million in 2019 to 10 million in 2020, a decrease of 18%. At the same time, more parents began working from home. About 16.7% of all children 14 and younger were enrolled in paid childcare services in 2020.
In 2019, 40% of children under age six were cared for solely by their parents, according to the most recent data from the Education Department. About a third went to a childcare center.
Private preschool, daycare at a private center, or paid in-home care are considered paid childcare by the government.
About 25% of families with children pay for childcare as of 2021.
How do costs for childcare vary?
Nationally, the average family paying for childcare spent 7% of its income on the service in 2021, down from 7.5% in 2020.
Families who earn more also spend more on childcare.
In 2021, households making $20,000 or less spent an average of $4,700 on childcare, or about 12.9% of household income. In contrast, households making $100,000 or more spent an average of $9,100 on childcare, or about 5.1% of their income.
The average cost of childcare for families making less than $75,000 was greater than 7% of household income. The most recent Census data shows about 43% of families with children earn less than that annually. The median household income for families with children was $85,933.
Low-income families are more likely to be cost-burdened by childcare.
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Childcare was not affordable in 2021 for the average multi-racial, Black, or American Indian family, taking up nearly 9% of the average income for each of these groups.
White families spent an average of 6.6% of their income on care. Asian families spent the least with an average of 5.
9% of income on childcare.
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How do childcare costs differ by state?
South Carolina families spent an average of 10.5% of family income on childcare in 2021, the highest of all states. On average, families in twenty states spend more than 7% of their income on childcare.
Some states like Vermont, Florida, and Washington, DC have universal public pre-K programs where every preschool-aged child can enroll, helping limit childcare costs for families with young children. Other states have public preschool programs but with funding limitations.
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Families with children under five spent more money on care than families with elementary-aged and high school-aged children. This trend has been consistent for the last decade. The average family whose youngest child is preschool-aged spent $8,200 on care, compared to an average of $4,700 per family whose youngest child is elementary school-aged.
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Zero income rule for child benefits
08/06/2022
Many child allowances and child benefits are administered under what is known as the “zero income rule”. We tell you what this rule is and whether it can be bypassed.
What is the Zero Income Rule
The Zero Income Rule is a statutory principle that only parents who work and have an official income can receive child benefits and benefits. At the same time, not only salaries, but also scholarships, business income, and labor pensions are equated to income from work for the purpose of receiving benefits. When assigning benefits, as a general rule, family income for the previous year is taken into account
This principle implicitly prohibits families from living on child benefits and allowances alone. If a person is not a student or a pensioner, then without work and earnings, he will not receive support from the state.
It will not be possible to hide the fact of lack of work. The FIU and the departments of social protection, which are now involved in the payment of child benefits, receive information about the work activity of applicants and the income they receive directly from employers, the Social Insurance Fund and the tax service. If a person does not work anywhere, then the FIU and social protection will certainly find out about this.
The zero income rule applies to the following types of payments and benefits:
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monthly allowance for registration in early pregnancy;
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monthly payments for children aged 3 to 7;
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monthly allowance for children aged 8 to 16 inclusive for single-parent families;
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monthly allowance for children aged 8 to 17 from April 2022.
If the family plans to receive these benefits, then the adult members of the family must have a job and receive an official salary.
How to get around the zero income rule
In short, no way. A non-working family cannot receive benefits and payments, since the point of state support for families with children is not to encourage a marginal lifestyle, but to bring the standard of living of poor Russian families to at least the minimum acceptable values. Namely, up to the subsistence minimum per month for each family member.
If, on the other hand, the family does not make any effort to earn money by leading an anti-social lifestyle, then such a family will be denied benefits.
But the current legislation still establishes a list of situations in which applicants are allowed not to work and not have officially confirmed earnings in order to comply with the zero income rule and receive one or another cash payment. These situations include the following:
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job search with registration at the labor exchange as unemployed;
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caring for a child until they reach the age of 3 years;
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studying at a college or university without receiving a full-time scholarship;
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caring for a disabled child under the age of 18, or a disabled child of group I, or an elderly person in need of constant outside care or who has reached the age of 80;
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undergoing continuous treatment for more than 3 months;
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pregnancy;
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military service;
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imprisonment or detention;
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the applicant is the only parent of the child;
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the applicant’s family is large (but in such families only one parent is allowed not to work).
Thus, we are talking about really difficult family circumstances in which it is extremely difficult for the applicant or members of his family to work for objective reasons. Therefore, in the presence of one or more of the above circumstances, the family will not be denied benefits even if the zero income rule is not met.
In other situations, the zero income rule cannot be bypassed, and if the family plans to receive child benefits, its adult members will have to get a job. As an option – become an individual entrepreneur or self-employed. Business income and self-employed income are equal to earned income, and if the applicant has the appropriate status, he/she can already fully qualify for child allowance or payment.
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Services for looking after a child in Kiev. How to know a suitable nanny without intermediaries?
In the daily service, the services of a nanny are requested, as if it were the first day of the 12-year working day, less and less mothers win all 3 years of maternity leave.
It is necessary for a child to be deprived of a kimos, and it is important, so that his “htos” without professional supervision and vihovannya. Babysitters are in great demand – but at the same time, richly, it’s important to know a good fahіvtsya.
Help for private nannies
In this right there is no “universal soldier” – a nanny for a child can specialize in working with children of the singing age. Depending on the logic of logic, as well as the type of employment of nannies, you can see such types of fahivtsiv:
- Baby sitter . Practice with babies up to 1 year old. Obov’yazkovo medical osvіtu, podkrіplene dosvidom work in a child’s medical mortgage. Necessary knowledge: the rules for looking after a child, the correct development (knowledge of all stages), remembering the reason for the cry of a baby and helping you.
- Babysitter . Voni may be on the right with children in 1-6 years. Standard support – pedagogical education and development of modern methods of development. Pluses – dosvіd roboti vyhovatem. Zavdannya – development and preparation of a baby before school.
- Governess . Pratsiuє s children 6-14 years old. Obov’yazkova nayavnіst pedagogical osvіti (vishchogo). Do not get an additional diploma in psychology, as well as knowledge of foreign language, music, etiquette. The task is to help with the development of school disciplines, to secure a high-level development.
- Nanny with residence . Take care of a child for a whole day, in the house of a baby boy. Perelіk zavdan lie down for a century children. Pratsyuvati can be with 1-2 days off or on a rotational basis, changing with another 1-2 nannies.
- Nanny hourly . One of the most extensive services, requested through an irregular working day for the great fathers. Zavdannya: lure a child from a child’s garden or a school, accompany home, infuriate, shake until the arrival of the fathers. A nanny for a year can take a baby for a walk, accompany him to a dodatkovo occupation.
Pluses – dosvіd roboti vyhovatem. Zavdannya – development and preparation of a baby before school. 
How to choose a nanny for a child
A shorter option – a nanny without intermediaries. Tse allow to vanish zayvih vitrate and objectively evaluate the skin candidacy. Basic criteria:
- education;
- love to children;
- swedish and mutually positive contact with a child;
- validity;
- availability of a health book.
The service of online request for services Kabanchik gives you the ability to quickly know the confirmed and verified master with reviews from clients and rating. A couple of good points are enough to know the terminology in your area for the perfection of the insolent reference
Price: Services for looking after a child in Kiev
| Nanny services | Price, UAH. | |
|---|---|---|
| Hour | for 70 UAH | |
| Day | 600 UAH | |
| Doba | for 1000 UAH | |
| Month | for 15000 hryvnia | |
| Watcher’s services | Price, UAH | |
| 2-3 years per day | 250 UAH | |
| 5 years to the day | 270 UAH | |
| 8 years to the day | 300 UAH | |
| 10 years | 330 UAH | |
| 24 | 270 UAH | |
| 2nd | 3700 UAH | |
| 1 month | 8000 UAH | |
| Shvachka’s services | Price, UAH | |
| Shorten swivel without lining | 60 UAH | |
| fold the bottom of the foldable configuration | 65 UAH | |
| Lower the back by hand | for 70 UAH | |
| Shorten pants | 80 UAH | |
| Change pants width | 80 UAH | |
| Repair gut | for 70 UAH | |
| Insulate the coat throughout the day | 80 UAH | |
| Change sleeve width with cuffs | 75 UAH | |
| Replace the lining in the factory | 60 UAH | |
| sew in the back to the width | for 70 UAH | |
| Replace the buckle in the belt | 75 UAH | |
| Computer embroidered | 75 UAH | |
| Change sleeve width with cuffs | for 55 UAH | |
| Dry repair of clothes | for 50 UAH | |
| Jeans darning | for 55 UAH | |
| Repair vzuttya | Price, UAH. |
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| Glitter replacement | 175 UAH | |
| Installer replacement | 120 | |
| Stuffing | 250 UAH | |
| Heel restoration | 220 UAH | |
| 0193 | 200 UAH | |
| Services of a cook | Price, UAH | |
| Kukhar dodomu | 350 UAH | |
| Cooker | 1000 UAH | |
| chef | 2000 UAH | |
| Purchase of products | 200 UAH | |
| Waiter services | 500 UAH | |
| Bartending | 700 UAH | |
| Repair of bags | Price, UAH. | |
| Fitting replacement (rivets) | for 25 UAH | |
| Replacement fittings (grommets) | for 25 UAH | |
| Fitting replacement (buttons) | 35 UAH | |
| Lining replacement | 350 UAH | |
| Leather replacement | від 75 UAH | |
| Seam repair | for 10 UAH | |
| Handle change | від 65 UAH | |
| Bottom seal | for 150 UAH | |
| overfarmed | 350 UAH | |
| Dressing dressing | Price, UAH | |
| Get a T-shirt | for 20 UAH | |
| Pofarbuvati jeans | від 70 UAH | |
| Pofarbuvati shorty | від 60 UAH | |
| Pofarbuvati dress | for 100 UAH | |
| Pofarbuvati light | від 70 UAH | |
| Turn on jacket | for 200 UAH | |
| Pofarbuvati raincoat | for 120 UAH | |
| Get a coat | for 150 UAH | |
| Pofarbuvati trousers | for 100 UAH | |
| Custom car cover | for 150 UAH | |
| Services of a gardener | Price, UAH. |
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| Sketch of landscaping and landscaping of the object | 350 UAH | |
| Dendroplan | 300 UAH | |
| Lawn attachment | for 15 UAH/m2 | |
| Lawn maintenance with good quality | 0.5 UAH/m2 | |
| Lawn mowing | 0.5 UAH/m2 | |
| Kvitnik’s collection | type 25 UAH/m2 | |
| Mixed borders | type 20 UAH/m2 | |
| Decorative lance attachment | type 250 UAH/m2 | |
| Bicycle repair | Price, UAH. | |
| Bicycle collection from box | 300 UAH | |
| Bulkhead bottom bracket | від 70 UAH | |
| Bottom bracket play | 80 UAH | |
| Lanciug wash | від 50 UAH | |
| Mastilo lanceug | від 40 UAH | |
| Assembly / dismantling of the lance | type 20 UAH | |
| Jitter replacement | від 70 UAH | |
| Bulkhead | від 50 UAH | |
| Installation / replacement of the chamber or tires | від 70 UAH | |
| Camera repair | від 40 UAH | |
| Bushing bulkhead | 80 UAH | |
| Tool sharpening | Price, UAH. |
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| Ceramic knives (sharpening, refinishing) | 80 UAH | |
| Manicure knives (nails) | 35 UAH | |
| cuticle cutters (knives, nippers) | від 60 UAH | |
| Tweezers | for 20 UAH | |
| pusher (chaberi) | for 25 UAH | |
| Peripheral cutter / straight cut | від 60 UAH | |
| Knives (kitchen) less than 15 cm | від 45 UAH | |
| Knives (kitchen) larger than 15 cm | від 55 UAH | |
| Knives (storage, myslivsky) | від 60 UAH | |
| Trimmer/Clipper Knives | 80 UAH | |
| Year-old repair | Price, UAH | |
| Repair of old-fashioned wrist watches | від 70 UAH | |
| Repair of wrist mechanical years in the manufacture of Japan | for 200 UAH | |
| Repair of wrist watches made in Switzerland | 300 UAH | |
| Repair of quartz wrist watches | for 100 UAH | |
| Repair of Japanese quartz watch wrists | for 110 UAH | |
| Repair of quartz watch wrists in Switzerland | for 150 UAH |
* The price is valid for Lyuty 2023
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