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• Of Connecticut’s 3,394,751, there are 210,976 children at or below the age of four.  Of those children 28,331 are living below the poverty level. 

• There are 893,288 families living in Connecticut, and of those families 55,456 live in poverty.  There are 121,563 families living in single parent households. 

• Total number of children under the age of six needing childcare as parents work is 149,814. 

• There are approximately 104,106 women in the workforce with children under six. 

• Single women in the labor force and living below poverty with children under five account for 14,276 people. 

• The demand for childcare constitutes 43% of parents requesting infant toddler care, 36% in requesting pre-school care, and 21% requesting school-age care. 

• The average annual fees paid for full time center care for infants is $10,959.  The average annual fee for a four year old in center based care is approximately $8,910.  The average annual cost for an infant in a licensed family home setting is $8,486 and $8,051 for a four year old in that similar setting. 

• The cost of full time care for an infant is approximately 39% of a single parent’s median income. 

• The Child Care Assistance Program (Care 4 Kids, administered by the United Way) serves approximately 5,700 families, which translates to approximately 9,600 children. 

• The number of providers participating in the Child care Assistance Program is approximately 10,644.  Of these, 596 are accredited child care centers.  

• The average income for full-time, year round child care provider is $21,970.

**Data reflects 2007, gathered from the National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral website, www.naccrra.org