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HUMA HUSAIN UP206A – WINTER 2011 FINAL PROJECT Childcare in LA County.

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1 HUMA HUSAIN UP206A – WINTER 2011 FINAL PROJECT Childcare in LA County

2 Policy Questions Are there any under-served communities with respect to licensed child care? Where could new licensed facilities be most beneficial?

3 Methodology Map all licensed child care facilities in LA County Locate communities that have a high level of need and do not live within walking distance of child care Determine an optimal location for new licensed facilities based on proximity to homes and schools

4 Child Care Centers in L.A.

5 Variables Used to Determine Need # of children under 5 years old # of household that don’t own a car proximity to a licensed child care center median household income # of families with children living in poverty

6 # of Children Under 5 Median Household Income # of Families Below Poverty # of Households with No Car

7 Index of Need Need = 2 x (Proximity) + 2 x (No Car) + 2 x (# of Kids) + (Median Income) + (Poverty)

8 Child Care Centers and Need

9 Areas within walking distance of child care ½ mile buffer = 10 min walk

10 Focus Area: Littlerock # Children under 5 years old = 1,044 Capacity of Childcare Center: 30 children

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14 Model: Converting Variables to Raster Files

15 Model: Reclassifying Variables

16 Metadata

17 Skills/Requirements Inset Maps – locating LA County and Littlerock Attribute Sub-Select – selecting residential landuse parcels from landuse shapefile Boundary Sub-Select – selecting schools and daycare centers in Littlerock area Buffering – created walking distance buffers around child care centers Geoprocessing – clipping street, landuse and census tract layers to Littlerock area Geocoding – mapped xy coordinates for child care facilities in LA County Modeling – used models to convert shapefiles to raster files and reclassify variables Metadata – created for original child care data Measurement/Analysis – using buffer tool to measure distance Hotspot Analysis – created an index using spatial analyst to find hotspots (highest-need areas) Spatial Analysis – created a ‘distance to daycare’ variable using euclidian distance, used raster calculator to derive index 7-Layer Map – map of Littlerock with census tracts, child care centers, schools, index and buffers

18 Sources SimplyMap  income, household vehicles, population UCLA Mapshare  schools, streets, census tracts American Fact Finder  poverty


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