R&R Child Care Service Data Report FY 2020-21
Summary Report of Resource & Referral Program Aggregate Service Data
Reporting Period: July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2021
Section 1 - Service Data: Number of requests for referrals and other child care information
All Requests
| Type of Request
|
1st Quarter
|
2nd Quarter
|
3rd Quarter
|
4th Quarter
|
Total
|
| Requests for child care referrals
|
33,831
|
40,982
|
50,184
|
77,253
|
202,250
|
| Requests for other child care information
|
155,000
|
147,820
|
167,808
|
163,484
|
634,112
|
Age Category of Child Care Requests for Referrals
| Age Category
|
1st Quarter
|
2nd Quarter
|
3rd Quarter
|
4th Quarter
|
Total
|
| Infants & Toddlers (under 2 years old)
|
11,340
|
18,313
|
24,155
|
36,044
|
89,852
|
| Preschool (2-5 years old)
|
19,315
|
21,365
|
27,593
|
44,952
|
113,225
|
| School-Age (6 years and older)
|
13,299
|
10,785
|
11,614
|
17,361
|
53,059
|
| Age Category Total
|
43,954
|
50,463
|
63,362
|
98,357
|
256,136
|
Time Category of Child Care Requests for Referrals
| Time Category
|
1st Quarter
|
2nd Quarter
|
3rd Quarter
|
4th Quarter
|
Total
|
| Full-time child care (35 hours or more per week)
|
42,425
|
46,864
|
57,225
|
85,684
|
232,198
|
| Part-time child care (less than 35 hours per week)
|
7,035
|
5,396
|
8,912
|
14,025
|
35,368
|
| Time Category Total
|
49,460
|
52,260
|
66,137
|
99,709
|
267,566
|
Need Category of Child Care Requests for Referrals
| Number of Children Needing
|
1st Quarter
|
2nd Quarter
|
3rd Quarter
|
4th Quarter
|
Total
|
| Before- and/or after-school child care
|
2,813
|
2,023
|
2,719
|
5,337
|
12,892
|
| Summer-only child care
|
1,681
|
932
|
1,633
|
6,670
|
10,916
|
| Other child care (Non-school-age)
|
7,942
|
6,897
|
7,486
|
10,861
|
33,186
|
| Need Category Total
|
12,436
|
9,852
|
11,838
|
22,868
|
56,994
|
Reason Category of Child Care Requests for Referrals
| Reasons
|
1st Quarter
|
2nd Quarter
|
3rd Quarter
|
4th Quarter
|
Total
|
| Employed
|
27,899
|
27,417
|
32,451
|
52,723
|
140,490
|
| Looking for work
|
3,308
|
5,270
|
7,167
|
11,576
|
27,321
|
| In school/training
|
1,618
|
2,098
|
2,168
|
3,055
|
8,939
|
| Other parental needs
|
1,214
|
1,234
|
1,094
|
2,069
|
5,611
|
| Child Protective Services
|
614
|
690
|
618
|
818
|
2,740
|
| Alternative/back-up care
|
822
|
600
|
835
|
1,219
|
3,476
|
| Mildly ill child
|
26
|
135
|
25
|
161
|
347
|
| Enrichment
|
1,059
|
624
|
978
|
1,836
|
4,497
|
| Reasons Category Total
|
36,560
|
38,068
|
45,336
|
73,457
|
73,457
|
Section 2: Office Procedures Data
Numbers of Requests by Types of Care Providers
| Type of Care Provider
|
1st Quarter
|
2nd Quarter
|
3rd Quarter
|
4th Quarter
|
| Licensed child care centers
|
15,510
|
10,545
|
10,611
|
10,843
|
| Licensed family child care homes
|
28,514
|
26,531
|
26,875
|
26,932
|
| License-exempt child care centers
|
2,862
|
2,704
|
2,727
|
2,767
|
| License-exempt providers
|
1,037
|
1,014
|
1,003
|
1,016
|
Source: CD2504E
December 2021
Questions: Child Care and Development Division | RRAS@DSS.ca.gov