Market Rate Survey

2023 NJ Child Care Market Rate Survey is Open

The Office of Child Care within the Division of Family Development of the NJ Department of Human Services is required by federal law to conduct a Child Care Market Rate Survey. The data collected by this survey will provide valuable information related to child care market prices, expenses associated with the implementation of health, safety, and staffing requirements, and the cost of higher-quality care. Your participation in this survey is critical for the State of New Jersey to help inform policy recommendations for setting provider payment rates for the Child Care Assistance Program. 

Providers, please log into your NJCCIS account or review the email you received from [email protected] to access the link to participate in the survey. If you have any questions, please email [email protected]. 
 

2021 New Jersey Child Care Market Rate Survey
2017 New Jersey Child Care Market Rate Survey

Enrollment vs Attendance Study

The Division of Family Development (DFD) collaborated with the New Jersey State Policy Lab, which is an independent research center operated by the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University, to research and report on how total state spending will vary depending on whether subsidy payments are based on enrollment or attendance and how the subsidy payment system impacts different stakeholders.

Read the report here: Child Care Provider Subsidies in New Jersey: An Analysis of Issues, Impacts, and Options

Child Care Aggregate Data

These tables show the annual number of serious injures, deaths and instances of substantiated child abuse that occurred in child care settings throughout New Jersey. Numbers are subject to change as cases are investigated.
 

  2022    Home-Based Center-Based Summer Youth Camp
Number of Providers 1,230 4,010 983
Total Licensed Capacity 5,932 387,131 N/A
Deaths in Child Care 0 1 0
Serious Incidents with Injury 1 256 70
Substantiated Child Abuse 6
 
  2021    Home-Based Center-Based Summer Youth Camp
Number of Providers 1,238 4,038* 880
Total Licensed Capacity 6,101 386,675 N/A
Deaths in Child Care 0 1 0
Serious Incidents with Injury 3 199 311
Substantiated Child Abuse 2
*Represents licensed centers, there are still 90 licensed centers that are temporarily closed.
 
  2020    Home-Based Center-Based Summer Youth Camp
Number of Providers 1,449 3,035 879
Total Licensed Capacity 7,245 286,233 N/A
Deaths in Child Care 0 0 0
Serious Incidents with Injury 1 136 27
Substantiated Child Abuse 3
 
  2019    Home-Based Center-Based Summer Youth Camp
Number of Providers 2,349 4,098 1,156
Total Licensed Capacity 11,745 384,743 N/A
Deaths in Child Care 0 0 0
Serious Incidents with Injury 3 382 147
Substantiated Child Abuse 5
 
 2018     Home-Based Center-Based Summer Youth Camp
Number of Providers 2,423 4,169 1,124
Total Licensed Capacity 12,115 386,738 N/A
Deaths in Child Care 0 1 0
Serious Incidents with Injury 1 371 217
Substantiated Child Abuse Total 39

 

Where does this information come from?

Child care providers are required to report to the New Jersey Department of Children and Families when a child is seriously injured or dies in care, even if it wasn't the result of a rule violation. In addition, they are required to report when a child is abused in child care. The Department also receives complaints from parents or others regarding children’s safety.
 

8/8/23