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Final Child Care Needs Assessment – 2015 and 2025 <br /> City of Redwood City <br />October 19, 2016 <br />Page 11 of 15 <br />Prepared by Brion Economics, Inc. Final Report <br />Citywide, there are approximately 750 infant spaces, 2,600 preschool spaces, and 3,300 school <br />age spaces, for a total of almost 6,700 spaces. <br />Based on the current supply and demand in the City in 2015, there is a shortage of 225 infant <br />spaces and 522 preschool spaces, with 77% and 83% of demand met, respectively. School age <br />care currently shows a shortage of 358 spaces or 90% of demand. Overall, there is a shortage <br />of 1,105 spaces citywide, and 86% of total demand is met by existing spaces/facilities. The <br />current demand for and surplus/shortage of subsidized care by age is also included at the <br />bottom of Table 4. <br />Table 5 presents the same data as Table 4, but for 2025 conditions. It is estimated there will be <br />a total demand for 7,400 spaces for resident children ages birth to 12. It is estimated that 1,022 <br />infants and preschool age children of employees will demand licensed care in the City in 2025, <br />of which 409 spaces will be for infants and 613 spaces will be for preschool. Demand including <br />non-resident employees at 2025 is for 1,100 infant spaces, 3,400 preschool spaces, and 3,900 <br />school age spaces, for a total demand of 8,400 for children birth to 12. <br />Based on current supply, as future supply is not known at this time, there will be a shortage of <br />346 infant spaces, 809 preschool spaces, and 601 school age spaces. Overall, at 2025, there will <br />be an estimated shortage of almost 1,800 child care spaces across all age groups. <br />The demand for universal preschool in Redwood City at 2015 and 2025 is calculated in Table 6. <br />This assumes that every three- and four-year-old child in Redwood City demands a preschool <br />space, regardless of the employment status of parents or other types of care.6 Based on these <br />assumptions, it is assumed that there is a need for 3,675 preschool spaces in 2015 and 3,917 <br />spaces in 2025. Based on current supply, this is a shortage of 1,112 spaces in 2015 and 1,353 <br />spaces in 2025. <br />Table 7 provides the endnotes and data sources for Tables 4 and 5. <br /> <br />6 Preschool demand in Table 5 discounts the total number of three- and four-year-old children, assuming that 80% <br />require licensed spaces. The demand for universal preschool calculated in Table 6 does not adjust demand; it <br />assumes every single three- and four-year-old child in the City requires a licensed child care space. <br />8.C. - Page 15