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Final Child Care Needs Assessment – 2015 and 2025 <br /> City of Redwood City <br />October 19, 2016 <br />Page 6 of 15 <br />Prepared by Brion Economics, Inc. Final Report <br />number of employee children is estimated to increase to 1,022, generating demand for 409 <br />infant spaces and 613 preschool spaces. <br />Subsidized Care <br />The number of children by age group who qualify for subsidized care in 2015 is calculated in <br />Table 3, based on data from the Early Learning Needs Assessment Tool by the American <br />Institutes for Research (AIR) and based on 2014 American Community Survey 5-year data at the <br />ZIP code level. 2 For infants, 25.9% or 660 qualify for subsidized care. For preschool age <br />children, 24.6% or 905 qualify for subsidized care. And for school age children, 25.7% or 2,206 <br />qualify for subsidized care. In total, 25.5% or 3,771 children ages birth to 12 are eligible for <br />subsidized care. <br />The current number of subsidized spaces was provided by the Child Care Partnership Council of <br />San Mateo County. It is estimated that there are 44 subsidized spaces for infants, 782 for <br />preschool, and 1,216 for school age care (school age care includes ASES programs). Overall, <br />54% of demand for subsidized care for children 0 to 12 years old is met. For infants, only 7% of <br />demand is met. For preschool it is much higher at 86%, and for school age, 55% of demand is <br />met. <br /> <br />2 The Early Learning Needs Assessment Tool can be found at http://www.elneedsassessment.org/. AIR data for <br />this study was provided by Sarah Kinahan, San Mateo County Office of Education, on August 1, 2016. <br />8.C. - Page 10