County Releases Report on Quality of Care Cost Modeling Study; Report Serves as Mechanism to Recognize and Improve Quality of Child Care Services
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County Releases Report on Quality of Care Cost Modeling Study; Report Serves as Mechanism to Recognize and Improve Quality of Child Care Services
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, October 24, 2018
The Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Early Care and Education Policy Office has released a report on the Quality of Care Cost Modeling Study that was conducted in the spring of 2018. The report used the current Maryland EXCELS as a measure of quality for this study. EXCELS is a 5-tiered Quality Rating Improvement System (QRIS) that serves as a mechanism for recognizing and improving the quality of child care services. In Maryland, providers who are part of the QRIS may also receive reimbursements through the state Child Care Subsidy program.
The study on costs to providers to deliver quality child care services and the subsequent report were developed for DHHS by Foundations for Families (FFF), an early care and education consulting firm. FFF used the federal Provider Cost of Quality Calculator (PCQC) to develop cost scenarios and created a customized tool specific to Montgomery County called the Cost Estimate Model for Montgomery County (CEM-MC). As a result, the report includes 16 quality cost scenarios that include cost factors such as child/adult ratios for Maryland, the local minimum wage, and other licensing regulations specific to Maryland.
The goal of the tool is to assist providers in developing business cost models, identify areas where there are revenue gaps, and allocate resources to appropriate areas within their businesses. In addition, the report will inform other early childhood stakeholders and policy makers seeking to better understand the cost drivers in this industry to learn more about the costs to families as consumers and read recommendations regarding a sustainable economic model of the child care industry.
The DHHS Early Care and Education Policy Office launched the report to interested center-based and family child care providers on Tuesday, September 25, 2018. More information sessions on the report and trainings on use of the CEM-MC tool will be held over the next several months.
For more information about the study and report, please contact Monica Ortiz, early care and education policy officer, at 240-777-1867. See the full report at https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/HHS-Program/Resources/Files/Cost%20of%20Quality%20Child%20Care%20Report%202018.pdf
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Media Contact: Monica Ortiz 240-777-1867
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