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Child Care Economic Impact Studies

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Date Location/Title
Study_completed September 2011 North Carolina: The Economic Impact of Investments in Early Care and Education in North Carolina
Study_completed August, 2011 California: Economic Impacts of Early Care and Education in California
Study_completed May, 2011 Montana: Strengthening Montana Businesses Through Investments in Early Care and Education, America’s Edge
Study_completed April, 2011 Maine: Strengthening Maine Businesses through Investments in Early Care and Education
Study_completed April 2011 Colorado: The Benefits of the Child Care Contribution Credit in Colorado
Study_completed March, 2011 Michigan: Strengthening Michigan Businesses through Investments in Early Care and Education
Study_completed March, 2011 Illinois: Strengthening Illinois Businesses through Investments in Early Care and Education
Study_completed February, 2011 Pennsylvania: Strengthening Pennsylvania Businesses through Investments in Early Care and Education
Study_completed February, 2011 Washington: The Skills Gap: Reversing Washington’s Lack of Skilled Workers Through Early Learning
Study_completed 2011 Pennsylvania: Strengthening Pennsylvania Businesses through Investments in Early Care and Education
Study_completed April, 2010 Illinois: Strengthening Illinois Businesses through Investments in Early Care and Education
Study_completed March 2010 New York: Strengthening New York Businesses through Investments in Early Care and Education
Study_completed 2010 Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania’s Early Childhood Education Investment – Stimulating Our Economy Today
Study_completed June, 2009 Arlington, Virginia: Child Care in the Commercial Corridors
Study_completed May 2009 San Francisco Bay Area, California: Key to Economic Success in the 21st Century: Investment in Early Childhood Programs
Study_completed July 2008 Georgia: Economic Impact of the Early Care and Education Industry in Georgia
Study_completed January, 2008 Los Angeles, California: The Economic Impact of the Early Care and Education Industry in Los Angeles County
Study_completed April 2007 Thompson, Manitoba, Canada, Manitoba, Canada: Northern Childcare: Childcare as Economic and Social Development in Thompson
Study_completed April 2007 Parkland, Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada: Rural Child Care: Childcare as Economic and Social Development in Parkland
Study_completed April 2007 St-Pierre-Jolys, Manitoba, Canada, Manitoba, Canada: Franco-Manitoban Childcare: Childcare as Economic, Social and Language Development in St-Pierre-Jolys
Study_completed November 2006 Buffalo, New York: Buffalo Child Care Means Business
Study_completed July 2006 Alaska: Economic Impact of Early Education and Child Care Services in Alaska
Study_completed July, 2006 Alaska: Economic Impact of Early Education and Child Care Services in Alaska
Study_completed July 2006 South Carolina: The Economic Impacts of the Child Care Industry in South Carolina
Study_completed March, 2006 San Francisco, California: The Economic Impact of the Child Care Industry of the City and County of San Francisco
Study_completed February, 2006 New Jersey: Benefits for All: The Economic Impact of the New Jersey Child Care Industry
Study_completed October, 2005 West Virginia: The Economic Impact of Early Child Development Programs in West Virginia: Executive Summary
Study_completed Fall, 2005 Riverside County, California: The Economic Impact of the Child Care Industry in Riverside County
Study_completed September, 2005 Indiana: The Economic Dimensions of the Child Care Industry in Indiana
Study_completed July, 2005 Missouri: The Missouri Child Care industry Economic Impact Report
Study_completed Summer 2005 Monroe County, New York: Early Care and Education: A Vital Economic Sector in Monroe County
Study_completed June, 2005 Iowa: Child Care, Parents and Work: The Economic Role of Child Care in Iowa
Study_completed June, 2005 Central New Hampshire Region, New Hampshire: Child Care Keeps NH Working: The Economic Impact of Child Care in the Central New Hampshire Region
Study_completed June 2005 Oregon: The Economic Impact of Oregon's Child Care Industry
Study_completed March, 2005 Hawaii: The Economic Impact of the Child Care Industry in Hawaii
Study_completed February, 2005 Louisana: Investing in the Child Care Industry: An Economic Development Strategy for Louisiana
Study_completed February, 2005 Middlesex County, New Jersey: The Economic Impact of Childcare in Middlesex County
Study_completed_casestudyavailable January, 2005 Illinois: The Economic Impact of Early Care and Education in Illinois
Study_completed December 2004 New York City, New York: Investing in New York City: An Economic Analysis of the Early Care and Education Sector
Study_completed December 2004 Virginia: Economic Impact of the Child Care Industry in Virginia
Study_completed December, 2004 Colorado: The Economic Impact of Child Care in Colorado
Study_completed November, 2004 Ohio: The Economic Impact of the Early Care and Education Industry in Ohio
Study_completed November, 2004 Chemung County, New York: Investing in Early Care and Education: An Economic Development Strategy for Chemung County
Study_completed November, 2004 South Dakota: The Economic Impact of the Child Care Industry in South Dakota
Study_completed_casestudyavailable September, 2004 Washington: Child Care is not Child's Play
Study_completed_casestudyavailable July, 2004 North Dakota: The Economic Impact: Child Care in North Dakota
Study_completed_casestudyavailable June, 2004 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: The Winnipeg Project: Childcare Research as a Tool for Development: A Social and Economic Impact Study of Childcare in Winnipeg
Study_completed June, 2004 Connecticut
Study_completed_casestudyavailable June, 2004 North Carolina: Economic Impact of the Child Care Industry in North Carolina
Study_completed_casestudyavailable June, 2004 Jefferson and Hardin Counties, Kentucky: Economic Impact of the Child Care Industry in Jefferson & Hardin Counties
Study_completed April, 2004 Arizona: The Economics of Early Care and Education in Arizona
Study_completed_casestudyavailable Spring 2004 Long Island (Nassau and Suffolk Counties), New York
Study_completed_casestudyavailable January, 2004 Oklahoma: Economic Impact of Oklahoma's Child Care Industry
Study_completed 2004 Memphis, Tennessee: The Economic Impact of the Child Care Industry in Shelby County Tennessee
Study_completed_casestudyavailable 2004 Massachusetts: The Economic Impact of the Child Care and Early Education Industry in Massachusetts
Study_completed_casestudyavailable December, 2003 Texas: The Childcare Industry and Its Economic Impact in Texas
Study_completed_casestudyavailable December, 2003 Mississippi: Investing in Futures: The Business of Child Care in Mississippi
Study_completed October, 2003 Hennepin County, Minnesota: The Child Care Industry: Supporting Jobs and Economic Development in Hennepin County
Study_completed_casestudyavailable Fall 2003 Minnesota: The Economic Impact of the Child Care Industry in Minnesota
Study_completed_casestudyavailable Fall 2003 Florida: The Economic Impact of Child Care in Florida
Study_completed_casestudyavailable July, 2003 New York: Investing in New York: An Economic Analysis of the Early Care and Education Sector
Study_completed_casestudyavailable Summer 2003 Larimer County, Colorado: Economic Impact of the Early Care & Education Industry in Larimer County
Study_completed Summer 2003 Boulder County, Colorado: Economic Impact of the Early Care & Education Industry in Boulder County
Study_completed_casestudyavailable June, 2003 Minneapolis, Minnesota: The Child Care Industry: Supporting Jobs and Economic Development in Minneapolis
Study_completed_casestudyavailable June, 2003 Maine: The Economic Impact of the Child Care Industry in Maine
Study_completed_casestudyavailable April, 2003 Rhode Island: The Economic Impact of Rhode Island’s Child Care Industry
Study_completed_casestudyavailable March, 2003 Kansas: Investing in the Child Care Industry: An Economic Development Strategy for Kansas
Study_completed_casestudyavailable January, 2003 Contra Costa County, California: The Economic Impact of the Child Care Industry in Contra Costa County
Study_completed_casestudyavailable January, 2003 Rowan County, North Carolina
Study_completed Winter 2003 Monterey, California
Study_completed_casestudyavailable 2003 Solano County, California: The Economic Impact of the Child Care Industry in Solano County
Study_completed Winter, 2003 Merced County, California: The Economic Impact of the Child Care Industry in Merced County
Study_completed December, 2002 Butte County, California
Study_completed_casestudyavailable November, 2002 Sonoma County, California
Study_completed October, 2002 Santa Clara, California: The Economic Impact of the Child Care Industry in Santa Clara County
Study_completed_casestudyavailable Fall 2002 National: The National Economic Impacts of the Child Care Sector
Study_completed September, 2002 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Study_completed June, 2002 Mariposa County, California: The Economic Impact of the Child Care Industry in Mariposa County
Study_completed_casestudyavailable June, 2002 Vermont: The Economic Impact of Vermont's Child Care Industry
Study_completed_casestudyavailable 2002 Alameda County, California: City Economic Impact of Child Care
Study_completed 2002 Orange, California: The Economic Impact of the Child Care Industry in Orange County
Study_completed 2001 California: The Economic Impact of Child Care in California
Study_completed_casestudyavailable 2001 San Mateo County, California: The Economic Impact of Child Care in San Mateo County
Study_completed_casestudyavailable Spring 2000, update spring 2002 Tompkins County, New York
Study_completed_casestudyavailable May, 1999 San Antonio, Texas: Public Funding of Childcare Services: Subsidy or Human Capital Investment?
Study_completed 1999 Ventura County, California: The Economic Impact of the Child Care Industry
Study_completed October, 1997 Monterey, California: The Economic Impact of the Child Care Industry
Study_completed 1997 Santa Cruz County, California: The Economic Impact of Licensed Child Care in Santa Cruz County
Study_completed 1997 Contra Costa, California
Study_completed 1997 Kern, California: The Economic Impact of the Child Care Industry
Study_inprogress Cities of Norfolk, Suffolk, Portsmouth, Virginia Beach, and Chesapeake, Virginia
Study_inprogress Atlanta, GA, Georgia
Study_inprogress_casestudyavailable Oak Park, Illinois
Study_inprogress Ontario County, New York
Study_inprogress Alaska
Study_inprogress Alabama: Success by 6 Initiative
Study_inprogress Charlotte, North Carolina
Study_inprogress Fairfax County, Virginia: Fairfax Futures
Study_inprogress Michigan