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50 State Database

National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC) - State databases

Type of Source:
Describes the type of data source: federal administrative data, federal survey, survey conducted by private/nonprofit organizations, and other databases created by non-governmental organizations

Organizations that Collect Data on Early Care and Education
Source Description and Coverage:
Describes how data is collected and the sample representation
NCCIC's �Searchable Database� provides comprehensive and up to date data for child care subsidies, state demographics, child care licensing, and program enrollment and participation. The "State Profile" is another database made available by NCCIC. This database includes demographic information about children, families and child care in each state, and contact information for different state agencies involved in child care. The state profiles also have links to additional state and national resources.
Data Available:
Includes a description of all variables available
Average wage for ealy care and education workers, child care licensing and regulations; number of licensed child care providers, Child Care and Development Funds (CCDF) allocations; number of children and families served by CCDF; TANF transfer to CCDF, early education enrollment by program; number of children and families served by subsidies, population estimates; median income for family of four; percentage of children with working parents, poverty status by age group.
Child Care Economic Data?
Coded as yes if data source has data on size of child care sector (number of establishments, number of employees, wages and gross receipts)
Yes
Demographic Data?
Coded as yes if data source has data on demographics of families and children.
Yes
Early Care and Education Program Data?
Coded as yes if data source has data on public and private early care and education enrollment, funding, and regulations.
Yes
Geographic Level:
Describes the geographic levels for which data is available
State and regional (regional definitions used by the US Department of Health and Human Services)
Year Available:
Gives the year for the most recent data available for each source (as of 2004)
Database is constantly updated with the most current data available for each item
Raw Data:
Links the user to the website of the organization collecting the data, so user can access the raw data
http://www.nccic.org/
In Cornell database? Not available in Cornell database