Interactive Maps Demonstrate Unmet Child Care Needs at the County Level

Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children, a Start Strong PA campaign partner, has created interactive maps and fact sheets demonstrating the unmet need and availability of high-quality child care to meet those needs at the state, county, and legislative district levels.

Access By County

Each county-level assessment examines workforce issues – such as average wages – as well as the amount of access to and quality of child care.

Access to high-quality programs was a challenge for families in numerous Pennsylvania counties. Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children provided fact sheets and maps for:

• Allegheny County (65% of children under age five and 70% of infants and toddlers were unserved)
• Armstrong County (90% of children under age five and infants and toddlers were unserved)
• Beaver County (78% of children under age five and 82% of infants and toddlers were unserved)
• Butler County (87% of children under age five and 90% of infants and toddlers were unserved)
• Fayette County (80% of children under age five and 82% of infants and toddlers were unserved)
• Greene County (83% of children under age five and 85% of infants and toddlers were unserved)
• Indiana County (86% of children under age five and 85% of infants and toddlers were unserved)
• Lawrence County (76% of children under age five and 79% of infants and toddlers were unserved)
• Washington County (83% of children under age five and 87% of infants and toddlers were unserved)
• Westmoreland County (83% of children under age five and 86% of infants and toddlers were unserved)

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