Your child care coverage may feel like dollars and percentages, but every provider has a story, a story that includes the best care for your child. Use the calculator below to see how your costs have changed for the upcoming year, and learn more about the face behind the coverage.
ABOUT THE PROVIDER: Barbara Burden is the founder and CEO of Licensed Family Childcare Association, located in Franklin County.
“As a Type A provider, I have more and different requirements and responsibilities than Type B, including having an employee that I pay from my income. It doesn’t have to be much more, but the entire time I’ve been licensed Type A, up till now, it always has been more pay for Type A. [The changes made] increased the per child rate for Type B by about $50, but decreased per child rate for my Type A program by about $86 weekly. To offset the decreased rate, we can now be licensed to serve 14 children, but only if we have space. My home only has space for 13 children, so I automatically make less money, and I already do not even receive minimum wage. The new changes are making it difficult to maintain an equitable daily business.”
Choose your PFCC category and Step Up To Quality level, then enter how many children you have in each age group at full time.
| Age group | Children enrolled Full-time |
Previous rate Per child per week |
New rate Per child per week |
Previous revenue Per week |
New revenue Per week |
Change Per week |
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| Toddler | ||||||
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| School-Age | ||||||
| Total |
Note: If a rate is not defined for a particular age group, category, and SUTQ level combination, that row will show “N/A” and will not be included in the totals.
Your child care coverage may feel like dollars and percentages, but every provider has a story, a story that includes the best care for your child. Use the calculator below to see how your costs have changed for the upcoming year, and learn more about the face behind the coverage.
ABOUT THE PROVIDER: Carol Beasley is the owner and operator of The Jr. Bistro Family Childcare Learning Program, LLC. Her Type B program is SUTQ Silver-rated in South Columbus.
“The child care policy changes that have occurred within the past year came quickly and all at once. As the owner of a family child care program, I am the cook, custodian, taxi driver, teacher, and whatever else that is needed in my 11-hour work day. Staying on top of the new demands on top of my day-to-day has made caring for the children harder than it has ever been, and I am still trying to understand it all. The new changes have hurt the families which we serve and our small businesses that are within our communities, teaching and caring for families.”
Choose your PFCC category and Step Up To Quality level, then enter how many children you have in each age group at full time.
| Age group | Children enrolled Full-time |
Previous rate Per child per week |
New rate Per child per week |
Previous revenue Per week |
New revenue Per week |
Change Per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infant | ||||||
| Toddler | ||||||
| Preschool | ||||||
| School-Age | ||||||
| Total |
Note: If a rate is not defined for a particular age group, category, and SUTQ level combination, that row will show “N/A” and will not be included in the totals.
Your child care coverage may feel like dollars and percentages, but every provider has a story, a story that includes the best care for your child. Use the calculator below to see how your costs have changed for the upcoming year, and learn more about the face behind the coverage.
ABOUT THE PROVIDER: Leanna Jackson is the founder of Chosen Kids Learning Center (CKLC), a privately owned child care provider with three SUTQ-rated locations in Columbus, Ohio.
“Franklin County is already facing a severe shortage of child care options, especially for families living below the federal poverty line. Providers like myself work every day to bridge that gap, but the proposed PFCC policy changes will place significant financial strain on centers like mine that many of us simply cannot absorb. We want to continue serving our communities, but we cannot do so if reimbursement structures make it financially impossible to keep our doors open.”
Choose your PFCC category and Step Up To Quality level, then enter how many children you have in each age group at full time.
| Age group | Children enrolled Full-time |
Previous rate Per child per week |
New rate Per child per week |
Previous revenue Per week |
New revenue Per week |
Change Per week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infant | ||||||
| Toddler | ||||||
| Preschool | ||||||
| School-Age | ||||||
| Total |
Note: If a rate is not defined for a particular age group, category, and SUTQ level combination, that row will show “N/A” and will not be included in the totals.