| Child Care Fast Facts |
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Children in care
- Oregon children aged 0-12 (total) 620,000
- Oregon children aged 0-12 in paid child care 201,000
- Oregon children in licensed child care 79,000
- Other paid care arrangements:
- Exempt family child care 5,000
- Exempt center care 19,500
- In home, paid non-relative 27,000
- In home, paid relative 14,000
- Relative's home, paid 4,400
- Other paid, includes group activities 14,000
Affordability of care
- Mean $ per hour spent on child care $4.42
- Mean $ per month families spend on child care $403
- Families spending more than 1/10 of income on child care 34%
- Mean # hours of care purchased each week per family 30
Availability of care
# of Certified child care Centers 972
# of Registered Family Child Care Homes 3,840
# of Certified Family Homes 383
# "Market" exempt providers 2,227
# child care slots per 100 children 17
Child care safety
# of health and safety reviews in the past 12 months 3,400
# of complaints investigated 850
Child Care’s Impact on Oregon’s Economy
- Generates more than $639 million in gross annual revenues
Employs at least 14,420 people in 7,900 small businesses
Supports the employment of more than 90,000 parents earning an estimated $2.6 billion annually.
- Serves 123,000 children, representing 20% of all Oregon children under the age of 13.
- Brings in more than $122 million of federal funds that support approximately 4,000 more Oregon jobs.
- Purchases more than $256 million in goods and services from other Oregon industries annually.
- Enables working parents to produce $3 billion in goods and services which are sold outside Oregon (exports).
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