{"id":37577,"date":"2021-08-16T22:20:09","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T06:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging2.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/child-care-program-office-broadcast-market-price-3\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T22:20:09","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T06:20:09","slug":"child-care-program-office-broadcast-market-price-3","status":"publish","type":"thread-blog","link":"https:\/\/www.threadalaska.org\/thread-blog\/child-care-program-office-broadcast-market-price-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Child Care Program Office Broadcast: Market Price Survey Report Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The following broadcast was released by the Alaska Child Care Program Office on Aug. 2, 2021<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Child Care Program Office <\/a>(CCPO) is updating stakeholders on the status of the Market Price Survey Report that is expected for release within the coming month. We appreciate all the interest and contributions and look forward to sharing information about the report through public meetings in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you may know federal law requires state child care programs to conduct a market price survey and narrow cost analysis to inform stakeholders about the actual cost of child care. CCPO uses data from the survey to set rates paid to child care providers for families participating in the Child Care Assistance Program, which ensures participants with equal access to licensed child care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CCPO partnered with the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) at the University of Alaska Anchorage to conduct two market price surveys. Ordinarily Alaska conducts one survey every three years, but was authorized to conduct two surveys this cycle to offset potential price impacts\/anomalies from the coronavirus pandemic. ISER conducted the first survey in November 2020 and the second in March 2021. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During this process, ISER:<\/p>\n\n\n\n