2019 Child Care Market Rate Survey Report
The Pennsylvania Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) has released the 2019 Child Care Market Rate Survey (MRS) Report. The report is a collection and analysis of prices charged by child care providers in an open market, where the parent/guardian and provider do not have a relationship that could affect the price charged.
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The MRS report will guide state agencies, such as OCDEL, in setting payment rates within the context of market conditions so the rates are sufficient to provide equal access.
The final MRS data included 6,702 operating child care providers with at least one reported private pay rate. The MRS data reflected both providers with and without a Child Care Works (CCW) agreement and represents 95 percent of the approximately 7,000 regulated programs operating at the end of the 2019 calendar year.