Massachusetts 2012 Market Price SurveyFinal Report Presentation

May 14, 2013Tina Chen-Xu, Jill Reynolds

www.pcghumanservices.com

Agenda

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o Survey Purpose and Contexto Review of Survey Questions o Survey Methodology o Early Childhood Workforce Analysis o Results of Market Price Survey

Survey Purpose & Context

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• Conduct a credible study of market prices in each region of the state and across all program types to assist EEC in evaluating the adequacy of rates for the purpose of demonstrating equal access to child care for low-income families. The study: o Examines the market prices for each type of care within each region

and compare to EEC reimbursement rates to assess adequacy of rateso Highlights significant price variations o Examines workforce staff make-up and qualifications

• EEC’s target child care rate schedule is to meet the 75th percentile of market prices

• ACF federal rules targets a goal of establishing rates at least at the 75 th percentile to be regarded as providing equal access

Review of Survey Questions

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o Survey questionnaire is similar to 2010 survey

o The survey used screening questions to identify programs that have not served full-fee-paying children in the last 3 months and those that do not offer full-time care

o For programs that are not screened out, the survey collected the following information for all program types:

• Standard days and hours of operation• Prices that the program typically charges by hour, day, week or month• Information on the program’s staff and qualifications

Survey Methodology

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o Based on a random sample of 4,421 child care centers, family child care providers and out-of-school-time programs

o Survey administered on-line in English and Spanish, with follow-up phone calls conducted by Mass211 data collection team

o Survey Responses:o 2,100 programs participated in the survey o Response rate of 89% for center-based and out-of-school-time

programs and 59% for family child care providerso 11% refused to participate and 30% did not respondo 95% confidence level, confidence intervals between 3.8 and 5.6

Early Childhood Workforce Analysis

• Additional questions regarding Information on the program’s staff and qualifications were collected, including:• Enrollment in MA EEC’s QRIS, Professional Registry of early education

and care teachers• Staff tenure by position type • Reason(s) for Staff turnover • Staff Highest Level of Education (including Early Childhood Education

Certification)• Amount of teacher’s time spent collaborating with other teachers on the

program’s curriculum, activities, educational goals

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Results of Market Price Survey Center Based - INFANT

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Results of Market Price Survey Center Based - TODDLER

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Results of Market Price Survey Center Based - PRESCHOOL

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Results of Market Price Survey Family Child Care

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Region Age Group EEC Rate25th Percentile

50th Percentile

75th Percentile

EEC Market Access Rate

Western

Infant $30.10 $32.00 $35.00 $40.00 22.1%

Toddler $30.10 $30.00 $35.00 $40.00 33.3%

Preschool $26.40 $30.00 $35.00 $40.00 9.5%

Central

Infant $31.80 $33.00 $40.00 $45.00 17.1%

Toddler $31.80 $32.00 $40.00 $45.00 24.5%

Preschool $26.40 $30.00 $40.00 $45.00 9.3%

Northeastern

Infant $31.50 $34.25 $45.00 $50.05 18.5%

Toddler $31.50 $32.50 $44.00 $54.37 22.8%

Preschool $27.85 $30.00 $40.00 $50.00 15.4%

Metro

Infant $34.35 $45.00 $56.50 $65.00 3.8%

Toddler $34.35 $41.50 $55.00 $65.00 8.5%

Preschool $27.85 $41.50 $55.00 $65.25 8.1%

Southeastern

Infant $31.80 $35.00 $40.00 $45.00 8.1%

Toddler $31.80 $35.00 $40.00 $45.00 17.6%

Preschool $26.40 $30.00 $38.00 $54.75 3.7%

Boston

Infant $31.50 $32.00 $40.00 $54.50 17.4%

Toddler $31.50 $30.00 $40.00 $51.50 31.1%

Preschool $27.85 $30.00 $38.00 $53.88 11.5%

Results of Market Price Survey Family Child Care – INFANT

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Results of Market Price Survey Family Child Care - TODDLER

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Results of Market Price Survey Family Child Care - PRESCHOOL

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Results of Market Price Survey Out of School

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Region Age Group EEC Rate25th

Percentile50th

Percentile75th

PercentileEEC Market Access

Rate

Western

Before School $7.25 $6.77 $8.00 $10.00 34.6%After School $15.25 $14.16 $15.00 $18.50 60.0%Full Day Holiday $30.70 $29.00 $30.70 $34.00 50.0%Full Day Summer $30.70 $30.00 $33.45 $35.25 37.1%

Central

Before School $7.25 $7.63 $9.97 $10.92 21.4%After School $15.25 $14.00 $18.68 $21.00 28.7%Full Day Holiday $30.70 $33.00 $35.00 $42.04 18.5%Full Day Summer $30.70 $27.60 $35.00 $36.49 33.5%

Northeastern

Before School $7.70 $11.60 $20.00 $42.00 4.1%After School $17.05 $17.55 $21.60 $24.95 22.1%Full Day Holiday $31.75 $30.75 $40.00 $50.00 26.1%Full Day Summer $31.75 $36.00 $44.00 $50.00 16.7%

Metro

Before School $7.90 $8.75 $11.13 $32.42 19.3%After School $17.50 $18.68 $22.15 $27.00 12.0%Full Day Holiday $32.65 $28.60 $49.50 $64.15 27.1%Full Day Summer $32.65 $31.80 $41.00 $52.50 26.2%

Southeastern

Before School $7.25 $9.75 $16.75 $19.06 4.7%After School $15.25 $17.00 $19.00 $25.00 13.5%Full Day Holiday $30.70 $30.00 $38.00 $40.00 27.0%Full Day Summer $30.70 $30.00 $35.00 $38.00 29.3%

Boston

Before School $7.90 $7.95 $8.80 $9.50 16.6%After School $17.50 $15.70 $19.00 $22.00 30.7%Full Day Holiday $32.65 $22.08 $30.00 $37.50 68.2%Full Day Summer $32.65 $28.75 $31.77 $40.75 51.3%

Results of Market Price Survey Out of School – BEFORE SCHOOL

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Results of Market Price Survey Out of School – AFTER SCHOOL

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Results of Market Price Survey Out of School – FULL DAY HOLIDAY

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Results of Market Price Survey Out of School – FULL DAY SUMMER

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Results of Market Price Survey Key findings

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• Prices for center-based care and family child care are highest in the Metro, Boston and Northeastern regions

• Reimbursement rates are significantly below the 75th price percentiles for all age groups in all regions of the state

• Consistent with 2010 results, prices decreased significantly in center-based settings as the age of the child increases, while prices in family child care settings decrease less as the age of child increases

• The price changes for family child care since 2010 were less significant than those from 2008-2010 reported in the last market price survey

• A comparison of EEC after-school rates and market prices finds that reimbursement rates are below the 75th price percentiles in all regions and are below the 50th percentiles in all regions, except for the Western Region

• EEC rates are above the 25th percentile for after-school care in only three regions.

Contact Information

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Jill Reynolds

Contract Managerjreyonlds@pcgus.com617-426-2026, Ext.1220

Tina Chen-Xu

Data Analysttchenxu@pcgus.com 617-426-2026, Ext. 1449

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Public Consulting Group, Inc.148 State Street, Tenth Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02109

(617) 426-2026, www.publicconsultinggroup.com