In this brief, we use data from the 2019 National Survey of Early Care of Education (NSECE) to describe, on a national level, several aspects of ECE provider availability and flexibility that may influence how accessible these providers are to Latino households, including those with low incomes. We report on the percentages of providers offering full-time, year-round, and nonstandard hours; flexible care schedules and payment options; and enrollment availability across three broad types of child care: center-based programs, listed home-based providers (most of whom are licensed and have no prior relationship with the children in their care), and unlisted home-based providers (commonly referred to as ‘family, friend, and neighbor care’). For each type of care provider, we compared whether indicators of availability and flexibility in high-Hispanic-serving settings, in which Hispanic enrollment is 25 percent or more, differed from those in low-Hispanic-serving settings, where Hispanic enrollment is below 25 percent. We also tested whether provider characteristics in high- and low-Hispanic-serving settings in 2019 differed from those reported for the ECE supply in 2012. (author abstract)
Early care and education providers vary in their availability and flexibility to meet Hispanic families’ needs
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