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Final Child Care Needs Assessment – 2015 and 2025 <br /> City of Redwood City <br />October 19, 2016 <br />Page 9 of 15 <br />Prepared by Brion Economics, Inc. Final Report <br />Table 3 <br />Subsidized Spaces for Income Eligible Children - 2015 <br />Redwood City Child Care Study - 2016 <br />0-1 Years 2-4 Years 5-12 Years <br />Total, 0 to 12 <br />Years <br />Total Children 2,546 3,675 8,583 14,804 <br />% Income Eligible Children (1)25.9%24.6%25.7%25.5% <br />Children at or Below 70% SMI 660 905 2,206 3,771 <br />Supply of Subsidized Spaces (2) <br />Number of Subsidized Spaces 44 782 1,216 2,042 <br />Surplus/(Shortage) of Subsidized Care (616)(123)(990)(1,729) <br />% of Subsidized Demand Met 7%86%55%54% <br />(1)The Early Learning Needs Assessment Tool from the American Institutes for Research (AIR) is found at <br />http://www.elneedsassessment.org/. Data used is for 2014 (5 year averages). <br />(2)Data on subsidized slots was provided by the Child Care Partnership Council of San Mateo County. <br /> For school age care, ASES programs are also included in the total number of subsidized spaces. <br />Sources: American Institutes for Research; Child Care Partnership Council of San Mateo County; <br />Brion Economics, Inc. <br />Supply and Demand <br />Child care demand is calculated using the number of children with working parents by age <br />group, derived from applying labor force participation rates (LFPRs) for parents with children <br />under age six (from the 2014 5-Year American Community Survey) to the number of infants and <br />the number of two-year-olds. This method estimates the number of children in each of those <br />age groups who have working parents for Redwood City. Three- and four-year-old children are <br />not adjusted by LFPRs because the City has chosen not to do this, as a policy decision for this <br />age group. Labor force participation rates include families with two working parents or a single <br />parent who works. <br />Additional demand factors for licensed care are then applied to the number of children with <br />working parents3 to determine the number of those children requiring licensed care, as <br />discussed above. It is assumed that a percentage of children with working parents do not <br />require licensed care because some parents choose to have nannies, extended family, friends, <br />or other arrangements for their children and are therefore not looking for a licensed child care <br />space. <br />3 Demand factors are also applied to three- and four-year-old children even though labor force participation rates <br />are not applied to them. <br />8.C. - Page 13