How is your state thinking about improving the
quality of care for babies and toddlers?
March 12, 2010
This matrix represents one of five sections in CLASP’s product A Tool Using Data to Inform a
State Infant/Toddler Care Agenda. Instructions for using this tool are located at the end of this
document. The full data tool, other individual sections, and other tools for CLASP’s Charting
Progress for Babies in Child Care project are available at
www.clasp.org/babiesinchildcare/tools.
Data Source
Question
See Part 5.1 of the state
CCDBG plan.
What does your current state
CCDBG plan say the quality
set-aside funds for infants and
toddlers go to?
See, for example, your State
Early Learning Advisory
Council, state department
How are the needs of infants
and toddlers addressed in any
vision or long-term planning on
National
State
See a national summary of state Insert data here.
reported activities from 20082009 CCDBG plans.
Insert data here.
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Data Source
strategic plans, or CCDBG
state plans.
See NAEYC and NAFCC
websites for state data.
Question
early care and education that
has been or is being conducted
by state policymakers and
leaders in your state? Have
experts in infant/toddler child
care and development been
intentionally included and/or
consulted in these planning
processes?
How many providers are
accredited by the National
Association for the Education
of Young Children (NAEYC)
or the National Association for
Family Child Care (NAFCC) in
the state?
See state Child Care Resource
and Referral Network or state
licensing agency.
What proportion of licensed
providers are accredited?
See Bureau of Labor Statistics
State Occupational
Employment and Wage
Estimates.
What is the average salary of
child care providers in your
state? Kindergarten teachers?
National
State
In 2009, there were about 7,500 Insert data here.
NAEYC accredited providers
and about 2,000 NAFCC
accredited family child care
providers nationwide.
Insert data here.
In 2008, the national average
salary of child care providers
was $20,350. For kindergarten
teachers, it was $49,770.
Insert data here.
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Data Source
Question
National
State
Available through CLASP
DataFinder.
What is the average education
level and salary of Early Head
Start teachers in your state?
In 2008, 54 percent of Early
Insert data here.
Head Start teachers nationwide
had at least an Associate’s
Degree (A.A.) in early
childhood education or a
related field. 25 percent of
teachers had a Bachelor’s
Degree (B.A.) or higher in ECE
or a related field.
In 2008, Early Head Start
teachers nationwide earned an
average of $24,151 (includes
part-day and full-day
programs).
Available through CLASP
DataFinder.
What is the average education
level and salary of Early Head
Start home visitors in your
state?
In 2008, 66 percent of Early
Insert data here.
Head Start home visitors
nationwide had at least an
Associate’s Degree (A.A.) in
early childhood education or a
related field. 44 percent of
teachers had a Bachelor’s
Degree (B.A.) or higher in ECE
or a related field.
In 2008, Early Head Start home
visitors nationwide earned an
average of $27,689 (includes
part-day and full-day
programs).
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Data Source
Question
National
State
This type of information may
or may not be available in your
state. Potential sources of
information include your state
early childhood administrators,
CCDBG plan, Early Childhood
Comprehensive Systems
(ECCS) plan, Child Care
Resource and Referral
Network, or state Early
Learning Advisory Council.
This type of information may
or may not be available in your
state. Potential sources of
information include your state
early childhood administrators,
CCDBG plan, Early Childhood
Comprehensive Systems
(ECCS) plan, Child Care
Resource and Referral
Network, or state Early
Learning Advisory Council.
This type of information may
or may not be available in your
state. Potential sources of
information include your state
early childhood administrators,
CCDBG plan, Early Childhood
Comprehensive Systems
Is there any state quality rating
and improvement system
(QRIS), professional
development registry, or other
state initiative that tracks the
quality of care or provider
qualifications for infant/toddler
care?
Insert data here.
Has your state conducted an
analysis of the higher education
and training offerings to
determine the extent to which
faculty and trainers have the
capacity to educate students
about infant and toddler care
and development?
Insert data here.
Are there state or local home
visiting models serving
families and/or other caregivers
of infants and toddlers? Where
are they concentrated? How
many children/families are
served?
Insert data here.
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Data Source
Question
National
State
(ECCS) plan, Child Care
Resource and Referral
Network, or state Early
Learning Advisory Council.
March 15, 2010
Purpose of this Tool: This tool is intended for state advocates and policymakers to use as they work to develop a state
infant/toddler care agenda. It includes a series of key questions to understand the context and conditions of infants and toddlers in the
state. Questions include data on demographics and program participation (such as health and nutrition programs), as well as details of
the child care and early education settings in the state. Where possible, links to online data sources are provided, including both
original sources and organizations that have analyzed multiple datasets. By following these links, groups can find data specific to their
state to populate the tool. Data may not always be available specific to children birth to age three. In some cases, it may be useful to
compare one’s own state data to that of neighboring or similar states, or to national figures that can provide context of how infants and
toddlers are faring on key indicators.
Once compiled, these data could be analyzed to identify any trends, areas of need for policy change, and opportunities to support the
case for increased investment. Groups using this tool will want to take these data into consideration along with their strategic
understanding of the political opportunities within the state. This tool is one of a set of materials available through CLASP to help
states identify the needs of families with infants and toddlers in their state and identify policy solutions to meet those needs.
Free assistance in using this tool, and additional supporting resources, are available from CLASP. Please contact Elizabeth
Hoffmann, 202-906-8008 or ehoffmann@clasp.org.
How to Use this Tool: This tool is organized as a matrix with four columns. In the first three columns, CLASP has identified a
series of key questions relevant to informing an agenda for infant/toddler care; highlighted a suggested data source, including
hyperlinks to online resources when possible; and provided a national data point as appropriate. Users can download and save a copy
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of this tool, open the tool in Microsoft Word, then fill in the last column with their state’s data. To fill in state information, click on
any of the editable regions (denoted with a yellow background) and being typing. Note that users must start typing at the top of a cell
in the table, but that the table will expand to accommodate all inserted text, which may flow across page lines.
Note: Much of the data in this tool is updated annually. The hyperlinks in the Data Source column strive to be specific to the data
sought, yet broad enough that users can easily find the most recent data available. All data reported in the National column includes a
date, which indicates the most recent data available at the time of publication of this tool. If users find that newer data has been posted
for their state, they may wish to look up the newer national data as well, in order to compare the same years of data.
Other Availability:
The full version of the data tool contains five sections:
 Who are the children (and their families)?
 Where are children in child care and early education?
 How strong is the licensing/monitoring floor in your state?
 How does your state help low-income families with babies and toddlers afford quality child care through subsidies and other
mechanisms?
 How is your state thinking about improving the quality of care for babies and toddlers?
The full data tool, other individual sections, and other tools for CLASP’s Charting Progress for Babies in Child Care project are
available at www.clasp.org/babiesinchildcare/tools.
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