Wisconsin Child Care Data: Handy 2-Pager

by Kids Forward | October 13, 2015

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Child Care Aware has released a Wisconsin Child Care Fact Sheet, with up-to-date info on:

  • Children under 6 likely needing child care: 296,986

  • Working mothers: with children under 6: 226,313
  • Regulated child care capacity: 136,519
  • Annual cost of full-day care in a center:
    • Infant:          $11,579
    • 4-year-old:   $9,469
    • School-age: $8,849

Note:  child care (higher than public college per year)

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