Child Care Costs in America

Average Four Year old in child care $3,794 - $10,920 per year Average Infant in child care $4,388 - $14,647 per year

Monthly Child Care Prices Vs. Household Expenses West Region Includes: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. (American Community Survey 2006, U.S. Census Bureau)

Single Parent!??! American Community Survey 2006, U.S. Census Bureau.

What can be done? Reframing- seeing the problem from a variety of perspectives and determining various possible outcomes. Consider Systems Thinking. “Everyday management thinking too often looks for straightforward cause-and-effect relationships in problem solving that ignore the effect on, and feedback from, the entire system” (Zemke, 2001, p.40). Who are these price increases most directly effecting? “Leverage Points”- Small change can produce big results (Zemke, 2001, p.44).

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