Child Care Center Operating Budget Basics: Defining Expenses and Revenues to Estimate the Cost of Child Care

Back • Publication Date: March 3rd, 2006

Authors: Peg Oliveira, PhD

While the Connecticut early care and education industry is a large and important one, many child care centers struggle to make ends meet and there is limited data available on the costs of running a child care center business. CT Voices for Children

Has produced a user-friendly operating budget spreadsheet for child care centers
Plans to use this model budget to collect information from Connecticut child care centers, establishing a longitudinal data set that reflects the annual budgets of child care centers; and
Will use the collected data in a validity check against the Tool for Comparing Early Care and Education Program Costs, a “calculator” developed to estimate the operating costs associated with running a child care center.

We envision a Connecticut that creates opportunity for everyone, not just the lucky and privileged few. Together, we can ensure a prosperous future for all of our children.

Child Care Center Operating Budget Basics: Defining Expenses and Revenues to Estimate the Cost of Child Care

Authors: Peg Oliveira, PhD

We envision a Connecticut that creates opportunity for everyone, not just the lucky and privileged few. Together, we can ensure a prosperous future for all of our children.

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