U.S. CHILD DAY CARE SERVICES, NANNY & AU PAIR AGENCIES: AN INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

(6th Edition - October 2005)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Page

                                                                                                                                          

Introduction - Study Scope, Methodology, Sources Used                        1-5                  

                                                                  

Executive Overview & Major Findings                                                     6-28

 

* Major report findings.  Highlights of all chapters: Child care’s importance

in the economy, industry definition, major trends & developments-demand factors

(birth rates, women in the workforce, etc.), industry structure (no. of facilities by type: family day care homes, group centers, church, military, colleges, hospitals, federal gov’t.)—description/estd. number of each, discussion of nannies and au pairs, industry

$ size & growth: 1990-2010 forecasts, Marketdata vs. other company estimates, political and legislative outlook for child care, typical weekly and annual day care fees/costs

 

The Political And Legislative Outlook For Child Care                              29-49 

* History of Federal child care assistance.

* History and recent funding for the Dependent Care Tax Credit, the Child Care Development Block Grant, Social Services Block Grant, Head Start, Child and Adult

Care Food Program, Transitional Assistance for Needy Families.

* Recent trends in state funding of Pre-K programs.

 

Tables:

* Federal Programs That Support Child Care -definition

* Value of Child Care Tax Credits Filed On Individual Income Tax Returns: 1998-2003

* Estimated Value of Child Care Tax Credit: 2000-2010F

* Child Care Development Block Grant Expenditures: 2000-2010

* Child and Adult Care Food Program Expenditures: 1998-2004

* Estimated Child & Adult Care Food Program Expenditures: 2000-2010

* Social Service Block Grant Expenditures: 1998-2003

* Estimated Social Services Block Grant Expenditures: 2000-2010

* Head Start Appropriations: 1998-2004

* Estimated Head Start Expenditures: 2000-2010

* TANF Appropriations and Expenditures: 2000-2003

* Estimated TANF Expenditures: 2000-2010

* Federal Expenditures for Child Care Related Services, by Type: 2000-2010

* Annual Percent Change in Federal Expend. for Child Care Services: 2001-2010

* Top 10 States by Total State Funding for Pre-K Programs: FY 1999-2003

 

 

Day Care Quality Issues                                                                       50-59                                

 

Discussion & analyses of:

* Quality Measures and rating Systems - discussion

* Child Care Safety Standards – discussion, indicators

* Child Care Licensing Requirements

* Accreditation – discussion

* Major Accreditation Groups – descriptions.

 

Tables:

* Selected Child Care Licensing Requirements for Regulated Child Care Centers: 2004

* Accredited Child Care Centers By Accrediting Body: 2004

* Accreditation Rates for States With the Highest Number of Licensed Centers

* States with the Largest Percentage of Accredited Child Care Centers

 

The Cost of Child Care                                                                           60-70

 

* Review of USDA report 2003 Expenditures on Children by Families.

* Census Bureau Survey of Income and Program Participation child care costs

* Child care cost inflation.  Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index for Child

    Care and Nursery Schools.

* Marketdata estimates of current and future child care costs                                       

Tables:

* Estimated Annual Expenditures on a Child by a Two Parent Family, 2003

* Weekly Family Child Care Costs for Employed Mother, Children Under 5: 1991-

    99

* Weekly Child Care Costs per Child, Employed Mothers with Children Under 5: 1991-99

* Comparison of the Consumer Price Index: All Items Vs. Child Care & Nursery

     Schools: 1991-2004

* Comparison of the CPI for Child Care & Nursery Schools to Census SIPP Data:

     1992-99

* Actual & Estd Annual Increases for the CPI for Child Care/Nursery Schools: 2000-

     2010

* Estimated Child Care Expenditures: 2000 to 2010

* Projected Family Child Care Costs: 2005-2010

* Projected Child Care Costs per Child: 2005-2010

 

Demographic Factors Affecting the Industry                                         71-95

 

Discussion & analyses of:

* Demographic trends – summary & discussion of birth rates, delayed marriages,

    Postponed childbearing

* Women in the Work Force – discussion of trends.

 

 

Tables:

* U.S. Annual Live Births and Birth Rate: 1980 to 2003

*.Fertility Rates for Women by Age Cohort: 1990 to 2003

* Fertility Rates for Women by Age Cohort for Birth of First Child: 1990 to 2003

* U.S. Population, Number of Children under Age Six, and Projected Live Births: 2000-

    2010

* Labor Force Participation Rates: 1990-2004

* Labor Force Participation Rates of Women by Presence and Age of Youngest Child

    Highlights of 1999 Census survey: “Who’s Minding the Kids?    

     

Analysis & discussion of these topics…

-  Trends in child care arrangements

-  Differences in child care arrangements based upon the age, education, income, and

     race of the family.

-  Average weekly child care payments

-  Differences in payments based upon the age, education, income, and race of the

     family.

 

Tables:

* Primary Child Care Arrangements by Employed Mothers of Preschoolers: 1985 to

    1999 (by age, race, marital status, education – for all tables below)

* Child Care Arrangements for Preschoolers by Family Characteristics and Employment Status of Mother:  Spring 1999

* Child Care Arrangements for Preschoolers by Family Characteristics and Employment Status of Mother for Employed Mothers:  Spring 1999

* Primary Child Care Arrangements of Preschoolers of Employed Mothers:  Spring 1999

* Primary Child Care Arrangements of Preschoolers of Employed Mothers:  Spring 1999

* Weekly Child Care Payments by Families with Employed Mothers of Children Under 5: Spring 1999

* Average Weekly Child Care Expenditures by Employed Mothers of Children Under 5:  Spring 1999

* Average Weekly Child Care Expenditures by Employed Mothers of Children Under 14:   Spring 1999

 

Industry Structure, Market Segments, Competition                      96-113    

 

* Industry structure – Summary & discussion of no. of providers, by kind.

* Characteristics of Child Care Providers

* Family day care                         

* Child Care Centers

* Estimated Number of Regulated Child Care Homes and Centers                                    

* Church Housed Centers

* U.S. Military Facilities

* Employer Sponsored Programs

* Community Service Organizations                    

* Colleges & Universities      

* Hospitals

* Government Programs

* Franchising Activity In The Child Care Industry

* Typical Size And Operating Expenses Of Child Care Centers

 

Tables:      

* Estimated Number of Day Care Provider Sites By Type: 2005

* U.S. Census Bureau’s Estimate of the Number of Day Care Provider Sites, By

      Type

* Child Care Employment: 2002 to 2012F

* Median Hourly Earnings of Various Child Care Occupations: 2002      

* Regulated Child Care Homes: 1991 to 2004

* 10 Largest For-Profit Child Care Companies         : 2005

* Regulated Child Care Centers: 1993 to 2004

* Estimated Number of Regulated Child Care Homes and Centers: 2000-2010

* Average Annual Cost and Caregiver to Child Ratios in Dept. of Defense Child

     Development Centers       

* Average Annual Cost Per Child in Dept. of Defense Family Child Care Homes

* Major Child Care Franchises (Entrepreneur magazine – costs, fees, no. of sites)

* Typical Child Care Center Expenses, by Kind.

                                               

Nannies and Au Pairs                                                                       114-130

 

Nannies & Nanny Agencies

* Nannies - Who Are They? – Demographics, typical duties, part-time babysitting

     demand grows

* The 2003-2004 INA Nanny Salary and Benefits Survey: major findings

* Tax Issues

* Nanny Agencies

* Nanny Surveillance

* Estimated Number of Nannies

* The Major Industry Trade Groups.

 

Tables

* Number of Schedule H IRS Filings: 1995-2003

* Leading U.S. Nanny Agencies: name/address/phone

* Estimated Number of Nannies in the U.S.: 2000 to 2010

 

Au Pair Agencies

* Au Pairs: Who Are They? – Demographics, typical duties

* Participant and Host Family Qualifications

* Tax Considerations

* Au Pair Agencies

* Estimated Number of Au Pairs

 

Tables

* U.S. Dept. of State Designated Au Pair Sponsors: name/address/phone

* Estimated Number of Au Pairs in the U.S.: 2000 to 2010

 

 

Employer-Sponsored Child Care Programs-Status Report             131-147            

 

Discussion & analyses of:

* Current Trends

* Typical Employer Child Care Benefits Provided

* Bureau of Labor Statistics National Compensation Survey

* Estimated Number of Employer Based Child Care Centers

 

Tables

* Private Industry Employer Assistance for Child Care: 1999-2005

* Private Industry Employer Assistance for Child Care:  National Compensation Survey,

    March 2004

* Estimated Number of Employer Based Child Care Centers

* 10 Largest Child Care Management Organizations

 

Church-Based Day Care Services                                                               

* Overview & discussion, role.

* Estimated Number of Church Housed Child Care Centers

 

Tables

* 10 Largest Religious Organizations Housing Early Childhood Facilities in the US

* Estimated Number of Church Housed Child Care Centers: 2000 to 2010

 

Hospital-Affiliated Day Care                                                                     

* Current Trends, Summary, Discussion

* Child Care In Health Care, 2005 survey of member center operations.

* Estimated Number of Hospital Sponsored Child Care Centers

 

Tables:

* Hospital Sponsored Child Care Centers: 1980-2000

* Estimated Number of Hospital Sponsored Child Care Centers: 2000-2010

 

Size & Growth Of The Industry                                                       148-159               

 

Discussion & analyses of:

* Census Bureau Estimates – discussion, limitations

* Other Estimates of the Size of the Industry – by trade groups, brokerage firm analysts,

    Natl. Child Care Assn.

* Federal Child Care Expenditures - discussion

* Household Child Care Expenditures - discussion

* Estimated U.S. Child Care Expenditures

* Comparison of Estimates

 

Tables:

* Estimated Annual Receipts for Taxable/Tax-Exempt Child Care Firms: 1986-2003

* Estimated Annual Receipts for Taxable, Tax-Exempt, and Nonemployer Child Care

    Firms: 1997-2003

* Comparison of Estimates of the Size of the Child Care Industry

* Historical Federal Child Care Expenditures: 1990-2010

* Estimated Federal Government Child Care Expenditures: 1990-2010

* 1999 Household Child Care Expenditures

* Annual Growth Multiplier for Household Child Care Expenditures – Marketdata rationale

* Estimated Household Child Care Expenditures: 1990-2010

* Total estimated U.S. Child Care Expenditures: 1990-2010

* Comparison of Estimates of Size of the Industry: Marketdata vs. other sources

 

Economic Operating Performance & Key Ratios                                160-186

 

* Review of the Census of Service Industries from 1992, 1997, and 2002

* Discussion of for profit and non-profit establishments; aggregate and per

    establishment financials; legal form of organization; industry concentration;

    distribution of centers by size; and distribution of centers by state and metro

    area;

* Robert Morris composite industry balance sheet and income statements and select business ratios – discussion of industry’s financial health: 2000-2004

                                                

Tables: 

* Child Care Centers:  Number of Establishments, Annual Receipts, and Annual 

     Payroll:1992 to 2002      

* Child Care Centers:  Number of Establishments, Average Annual Receipts per

    Establishment, and Average Annual Payroll: 1992 to 2002

* Child Care Center Establishments and Receipts by Legal Form of Organization:

     1997

* All Child Care Firms: Number of Establishments, by Receipts Size: 1997

* All Child Care Firms: Number of Establishments, by Receipts Size: 2002

* Industry Concentration by Top 50 Firms: Subject to Federal Taxes: 1992-2002

* Industry Concentration by Top 50 Firms: Exempt From Federal Taxes: 1992-

    2002

* Establishments & Receipts of Firms Subject to Federal Income Tax, by State:

    1997

* Establishments & Receipts of Firms Exempt from Federal Income Tax, by State:

    1997

* 100 Largest Metro Areas Ranked by Number of For-Profit Child Care Centers:

    1997

* 100 Largest Metro Areas Ranked by Number of Non-Profit Child Care Centers:

     1997

* Robert Morris Associates, Annual Statements, Industry Balance Sheets: 2000-

     2004

* Robert Morris Associates, Annual Statements, Industry Income Statements:

     2000-2004

* Robert Morris Associates, Annual Statements, Key Financial Ratios: 2000-2004

 

                             

Profiles Of The Leading For-Profit Day Care Center Chains             187-201        

(In-depth profile covering: number of centers operated, company history, program descriptions, specializations, 2002-2004 financial pe4rformance, strategies, contracts, headquarters, mergers)

 

      * Knowledge Learning Corporation

      * LaPetite Academy                                             

      * Learning Care Group, Inc.                                 

      * Bright Horizons Family Solutions                                         

      * Nobel Learning Communities

      * Child Development Schools

 

Reference Directory                                                                    202-211

 

* Industry Trade Associations, Journals, Consultants, Other Sources