The Child Care Connection works within the community to...
- Collect child care information
- Analyze the need for child care in our community
- Build a quality child care provider base
- Supply child care information to local agencies and supporters
- Raise awareness around child care issues through our newsletters, materials, and public speaking engagements
Do you have a record in our database that you need to update? Would you like to have our newsletter e-mailed to you? Please complete the Record Update Request and return it to our office by fax, e-mail, or mail.
Here are some facts and figures about Otsego County and its early childhood programs:
Current number of regulated programs and capacity (2012):
5 Licensed Child Care Centers | Capacity - 510 children (6 weeks - 12 years)
9 Licensed Head Start Centers that operate part-day on a school-year calendar
1 Registered School-Age Child Care Program | Capacity - 60 children (5-12 years)
31 Registered Family Child Care Homes | Estimated capacity - 248 children (6 weeks -12 years)
7 Licensed Group Family Child Care Homes | Estimated capacity - 112 children (6 weeks - 12 years)
Average Cost of Care:
| Age Group | Day Care Center Average Full Time Cost |
Family Day Care Average Full Time Cost |
Group Family Day Care Average Full Time Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
6 weeks - 18 months |
$150.00 | - | - |
6 weeks - 23 Months |
- | $132.00 | $132.00 |
| 19 - 35 months | $142.00 | - | - |
| 24 - 35 months | - | $131.00 | $131.00 |
| 3 - 4 years | $129.00 | $129.00 | $129.00 |
| 4 - 5 years | $129.00 | $129.00 | $129.00 |
| 5 - 10 years | $127.00 | $127.00 | $127.00 |
| 11 - 12 years | $122.00 | $122.00 | $122.00 |
Learn more about child care in New York and Nationwide
- The Early Years Matter - The importance of early care and learning in education reform: Watch here!
- What is QUALITYstarsNY? Find out here!
- We Can Do Better: 2011 Update - NACCRRA's Ranking of State Child Care Center Regulation and Oversight
- The Economy’s Impact on Parents’ Choices and Perceptions about Child Care
- Child Care in America: 2011 State Fact Sheets
- Parents and the High Cost of Child Care: 2011 Update
- Child Care in America: Parents' Perspectives
- Leaving Children to Chance: 2010 Update: NACCRRA’s Ranking of State Standards and Oversight of Small Family Child Care Homes
- Change the first five years and you change everything!
- Preparing the next generation for success!