Lost in the shuffle of all the news on COVID-19 was some work Scioto Analysis did this winter in conjunction with the Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy at the Ohio State University on new quality standards for child care providers in the state of Ohio.
In February, the Crane Center released a calculator based on this analysis for providers, policymakers, and academics interested in modeling the costs and benefits of Step Up to Quality regulations and subsidies for Ohio child care providers.
“The calculator models the costs of education, training, and paperwork costs for providers as well as the return on investment providers receive from increased subsidies associated with quality,” said Scioto Analysis Principal Rob Moore. “These models will help policymakers get a handle on the impacts of Step Up to Quality standards and subsidies at the provider level.”
The calculator provides users the ability to model both center and family child care providers in Canton, Cincinnati, Columbus, and Defiance, Ohio.