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Childcare Action Dashboard

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The Childcare Data Dashboard

Eight sections of the freshest county data — supply, cost, quality, workforce, county comparisons, and trends — with a Cmd + K search across every chart.

8Sections
10Datasets
5County compare
ZIPlevel demand maps


Lead with the facts

See where the gaps are before you build a plan.

Built from public sources — FSSA, BLS, ACS, Childcare Aware Indiana, BFI — refreshed monthly.

  • Supply capacity by city, age band, PTQ rating
  • Cost tuition vs. household income, affordability gauge
  • Quality PTQ distribution, provider type mix
  • Workforce wages, vacancy, attrition signals


Open the data dashboard

Take action

Who is this for?

Four audience-typed entry points into the action layer.

For Employers

Calculate your childcare ROI

Estimate net outlay, jobs retained, payback — DCFSA, backup care, stipend, reserved slots, Tri-Share, onsite.

  • ROI Calculator
  • 6 Strategy Playbooks
  • ~12 Templates

Run the calculator

For Providers

Provider Hub & Rate Card

Negotiate employer partnerships, document §45F qualifying expenses, model expansion grants.

  • Provider Catalog
  • Rate Card
  • 4 Provider Playbooks

Open Provider Hub

For Families

Family Tools & Letter-to-HR

Check CCDF eligibility, optimize DCFSA vs. §21 tax credit, print a Letter-to-HR for your employer.

  • 3 Calculators
  • Letter-to-HR
  • Tour Checklist

Open Family Tools

For Policymakers 🔒 Access code

Policymaker briefings & Tri-Share

Five aggregate dashboards plus the Hamilton County Tri-Share pilot scoping workspace.

  • 5 Dashboards
  • Quarterly Brief
  • Annual Report

Request access

Why this matters

Childcare is workforce infrastructure.

Hamilton County has 80 licensed childcare slots for every 100 children under 6 — with the gap widening fastest for infant/toddler care, where shortages cap how many parents return to work after a birth.

Median high-quality (PTQ Level 4) tuition is $1,625/month — competitive nationally, but well above what median renters can absorb without employer support.

“Childcare isn’t a family problem we tolerate — it’s infrastructure we underinvest in. The data is here. The tools are here. What’s needed now is the conversation.”

— Mike Thibideau, President & CEO, Invest Hamilton County

Methodology & sources

Every calculation is auditable. The ROI engine assumptions are versioned + open (current: v1.0.0, 2026-04-20). Data refreshed on declared cadences — see the privacy & methodology page.

Estimates are not legal, tax, or financial advice. FSSA determines CCDF eligibility, the IRS determines tax treatment, plan administrators determine DCFSA rules.

Built on public data

  • FSSA Child Care Finder
  • BLS OES wages
  • Census ACS (ZCTA)
  • BFI infant/toddler shortage
  • Childcare Aware Indiana
  • BEA Regional Multipliers
  • HHS Head Start PIR
  • Indiana DLGF property tax

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