Financing Strategy for Access to Early Education and Care Presentation to the EEC Fiscal Committee September 10, 2012

Early Education and Care System: Background on Numbers 2 Waitlist numbers are as of August, 2012, and do include numbers for unborn kids, children outside of MA, and all “00000” zip codes. School age children age 13, age 13+, and unknown have been removed from the total number. Average daily and yearly cost numbers are for IE only and reflect average costs for FY12 only. For the purpose of this demonstration, the infant and toddler age groups have been combined as this is what will occur when CCFA is implemented. The infant and toddler combined rate is the average daily rate for infants: $ Annual costs presume full service for 261 days.

Early Education and Care System: Cost to Serve All Children on Waitlist OPTION A 3

Early Education and Care System: Cost to Serve Only Potentially non-Eligible CCDBG Children on the Waitlist OPTION B 4

Early Education and Care System: Cost to Serve All Children in IE We Believe are CCDBG Eligible on Waitlist OPTION C 5

Early Education and Care System: Cost to Serve Only Pre-K to Grade 3 School Age Children OPTION D 6

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Access to Care: Cost of Staffing 8 In November, 2010, the Board recommended the staffing pattern recommended below. If we were to increase funding for access, it is even more critical to fill the open positions in Fiscal, Policy, Quality Supports, and Communication.

Early Education & Care System Costs RTTT Quality Programs with Cliff 9

Early Education and Care System The Whole Picture OPTION A 10 49,458: Number of Children on Waitlist Infants (5,129) & Toddlers (9,722) 14,851 x $42.86 = $166,105,341 PreSchool15,239 x $28.79 = $114,522,006 School Age19,367 x $20.61 = $104,169,767 GRAND TOTAL = $384,797,114

Early Education and Care System The Whole Picture 11 $231,870,452 is the FY13 IE Appropriation Infants & Toddlers $166,105,341 = 72% increase above FY13 appropriation PreSchool $114,522,006 = 49% increase above FY13 appropriation School Age $104,169,767 = 45% increase above FY13 appropriation Grand Total $384,797,114 = 166% increase above FY13 appropriation

Early Education and Care System Non CCDBG-Eligible Children OPTION B 12 Children on Waitlist Possibly Eligible for Head Start and Early Head Start (as determined by lack of employment and training) Age Criteria Early Head Start (0 – 36 months): 3950 Head Start (36 months – 60 months): 12,417 Cost (Using Head Start Federal Average Costs) Early Head Start 3,950 x $13,542.77/year = $ 53,493,941 Head Start 12,417 x $ 9,158.61/year = $113,722,460 Grand Total = $167,216,401

Early Education and Care System Cost to IE After Removing non CCDBG- Eligible Children OPTION C 13 Age Criteria Early Head Start (0 – 36 months): 3950 kids Head Start (36 months – 60 months): kids Infants and Toddlers (0 – 33 months): 14,851 kids Preschool (33 months +): 15,239 kids Kids to Be Served in IE Infants and Toddlers: 14,851 – 3,950 HS kids = 10,901 IE kids Preschool: 15,239 – 12,417 HS kids = 2,822 IE kids Cost to Serve IE Kids Infants & Toddlers10,901 x $42.86 = $121,925,414 PreSchool 2,822 x $28.79 = $ 21,207,501 School Age19,367 x $20.61 = $104,169,767 GRAND TOTAL = $247,302,682

Early Education and Care System School Age Kids APPENDIX 1 14 School Age Kids: 19,367 x $20.61 = $104,169,767 Age 5 4,819 = $25,920,076 Age 6 3,305 = $17,776,686 Age 7 2,535 = $13,635,068 Age 8 2,349 = $12,634,625 Age 9 2,044 = $10,994,114 Age 10 1,765 = $ 9,493,450 Age 11 1,435 = $ 7,718,470 Age 12 1,115 = $ 5,997,278

Early Education and Care System School Age Kids 15 School Age Kids: 19,367 x $20.61 = $104,169,767 Pre-K to Grade 3 Alignment: OPTION D Age 5 4,819 = $25,920,076 Age 6 3,305 = $17,776,686 Age 7 2,535 = $13,635,068 Age 8 2,349 = $12,634,625 Age 9 2,044 = $10,994,114 $80,960,568 Before and After School Care: APPENDIX 2 Age 10 1,765 = $ 9,493,450 Age 11 1,435 = $ 7,718,470 Age 12 1,115 = $ 5,997,278 $ 23,209,198

Early Education and Care System: Cost to Serve Only School Age Children APPENDIX 1 16

Early Education and Care System: Cost to Serve Only Grade 4 and Higher School Age Children (ages 10 – 12) APPENDIX 2 17