Estimated revenue for child day care services climbed as child care options declined in 2021. Learn more in this America Counts story.





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Rising Cost of Child Care Services a Challenge for Working Parents

The rising cost of child care services in the United States has created a challenge for many working parents: Should they keep paying for child care, adjust their work schedules to reduce expenses, or leave the workforce?

Government subsidies like the Credit for Child and Dependent Care are designed to assist parents with increased costs but in recent years prices continued to rise, while the number of day care providers dropped amid the pandemic.

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Between 2014 and 2021, estimated revenue of employer firms classified as Child Day Care Services increased all but one year ? 2020, according to the U.S. Census Bureau?s Service Annual Survey.

The Census Bureau?s County Business Patterns shows the number of child care services businesses dropped from 2020 to 2021.

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