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<br />707.494.6648 | joanne@brionecon.com | www.brionecon.com <br /> <br />M E M O R A N D U M <br /> <br />To: Kristen Anderson, Child Care Coordinator, City of Redwood City <br /> <br />From: Joanne Brion and Michelle Nilsson, Brion Economics Team <br /> <br />Subject: Final Redwood City Child Care Needs Assessment – 2015 and 2025 – Supply and <br />Demand Analysis; BE #2522 - RWC <br /> <br />Date: October 19, 2016 <br /> <br /> <br />Brion Economics, Inc. (BEI) has been retained by the City of Redwood City to conduct a local city <br />needs assessment for all age groups, building on the work prepared countywide by BEI. This <br />information will be used to identify and evaluate up to three potential new child care sites or <br />buildings for new child care supply in the City. This memorandum presents methodology, <br />analysis, and results of the Child Care Needs Assessment for current conditions (2015) and <br />future conditions (2025) for children from birth to 12 years old in Redwood City. Like the <br />recent San Mateo County Child Care Needs Assessment completed earlier this year, preschool <br />age children include children ages two to four years old; five-year-olds are included in school <br />age care because it is assumed that the majority will be attending either transitional <br />kindergarten or kindergarten. <br />Summary of Findings <br />• Demographics: In 2015, there were an estimated 14,800 children ages birth to 12 years <br />old in Redwood City. <br />• Population Growth: Redwood City will see an increase in population of 5,400 between <br />2015 and 2025 for a total of 88,400 residents in 2025. For children birth to 12 years old, <br />there will be an increase of almost 1,000 (6.6%) for a total of 15,800 children. <br />• Overall Demand: 6,900 or 47% of those children require licensed or license-exempt <br />care, based on labor force participation rates and demand factors (as discussed in more <br />detail below; see Table 4 and Table 5). For 2025, this demand will increase to around <br />7,400 children. <br />8.C. - Page 5