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TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. STUDY BACKGROUND .......................................................................................................... 1 A. PURPOSE OF SURVEY……………………………………………………………………………… 1 B. REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBSIDIZED CHILD CARE……………………………………………… ……1 1. Federal Requirements .................................................................................................... 2 2. State Requirements ........................................................................................................ 2 C. TERMINOLOGY AND DEFINITIONS……………………………………………………………… … 3 II. STUDY METHODOLOGY ...................................................................................................... 5 A. SURVEY POPULATION …………………………………………………………………………… 5 B. SURVEY DESIGN…………………………………………………………………………………. 5 C. DATA COLLECTION AND DATA QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES……………………………… 5 D. FINAL SAMPLE………………………………………………………………………………….. 6 1. Sample Disposition and Response Rate ......................................................................... 6 2. Sample Characteristics ................................................................................................... 7 III. CURRENT PRIVATE PAY VERSUS SUBSIDY RATES IN NORTH CAROLINA ........................ 10 IV. CHILD CARE PROGRAM OPERATION ................................................................................. 16 A. BASIS FOR SETTING PRIVATE-PAY RATES………………………………………………………… 16 B. CONTRIBUTIONS TO ASSIST WITH PROGRAM OPERATION ……………………………………….. 18 C. IMPACT OF ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ON PROVISION OF QUALITY CHILD CARE………………….. 20 1. Impact on Facilities………………………………………………………………......... 20 2. Impact on Children……………………………………………………………….......... 23 D. FACILITIES RECEIVING SUBSIDIES THAT CHARGE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SUBSIDY REIMBURSEMENT RATES AND PRIVATE RATES…………………………………………………. 25 E. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRIVATE-PAY RATE AND THE NC SUBSIDY REIMBURSEMENT RATE PAID BY PARENTS FOR FACILITIES CHARGING FAMILIES THE DIFFERENCE……………………………

26 F. REASONS FOR NOT PARTICIPATING IN THE NC SUBSIDIZED CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM…………........................................................................................................................

27 V. DETERMINING CHILD CARE MARKET RATES…………………………………………… 30 A. MARKET RATES AND THE FEDERALLY MANDATED SURVEY …………………………………... 30 B. DETERMINING RAW MARKET RATES……………………………………………………………. 30

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1. Raw Market Rates .......................................................................................................... 30 2. Age Imputed Rates ......................................................................................................... 31 3. Type Imputed Rates ....................................................................................................... 33 4. Countywide Imputed Rates ............................................................................................ 33 C. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STAR RATING AND MARKET RATES…………………………………… 34 1. Regression Analysis to Create Modeled Rates............................................................... 34 2. Determining Accessibility of Child Care Based on Modeled Rate ................................ 38 VI. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS…………………………………………………………… VII. APPENDICES……………………………………………………………………………… A. MARKET RATE SURVEY PROVIDER LETTER: 2023 ........................................................................ B. CHILD CARE MARKET RATE SURVEY: 2023 ................................................................................. C. SAMPLE DISPOSITION BY COUNTY: 2023 ...................................................................................... D. CURRENT, SURVEYED, AND MODELED RATES: 2023 .................................................................... E. CHILDREN IN FACILITIES CHARGING PARENTS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRIVATE PAY AND MARKET RATE BY COUNTY: 2023 ................................................................................................ F. PERCENTILE STATE RATES BY AGE CATEGORY AND STAR RATING: 2023 ................................... G. DIVISION OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND EARLY EDUCATION STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT PROCESS: 2023 ..............................................................................................................................

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LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES

Name Page T1. Sample Disposition by Facility Type: 2023…………………………………………………………………….…6 T2. Response Rate by Facility Type: 2023………………………………………………………………………...… 7 T3. Facilities Participating in Survey by Enrollment Type and Star Rating: 2023……………………………………7 T4. Children in Participating Facilities by Enrollment Type, Facility, and Star Rating: 2023……………………… 8 T5. Private Pay, Subsidized, and NC Pre-K Children Enrolled in Participating Facilities by Age: 2023….……….. 9 F1. Percent of all Children Enrolled who Received Subsidy by Star Rating for Centers and Homes: 2021 and 2023....................................................................................................................................................................... 10 F2. Reported Versus Subsidy Rates for Infants and Toddlers in Centers: 2021 and 2023……………………………11 F3. Reported Versus Subsidy Rates for Two-Year-Olds in Centers: 2021 and 2023: ……………..…………………12 F4. Reported Versus Subsidy Rates for Three-to-Five-Year-Olds in Centers: 2021 and 2023…………………...… 12 F5. Reported Versus Subsidy Rates for School-Age Children in Centers: 2021 and 2023………………….……… 13 F6. Reported Versus Subsidy Rates for Infants in Homes: 2021 and 2023………………………………………..… 13 F7. Reported Versus Subsidy Rates for One-Year-Olds in Homes: 2021 and 2023………...………………………. 14 F8. Reported Versus Subsidy Rates for Two-Year-Olds in Homes: 2021 and 2023…….……………………………14 F9. Reported Versus Subsidy Rates for Three-to-Five-Year-Olds in Homes: 2021 and 2023……………………… 15 F10. Reported Versus Subsidy Rates for School-Age Children in Homes: 2021 and 2023 ………………...…………15 T6. Facilities Using Various Methods of Setting Private-Pay Rates: 2023………...………………………………... 17 T7. Children Enrolled in Facilities Using Various Methods of Setting Private-Pay Rates: 2023……………….…… 18 T8. Contributions to Assist with Operation of Program by Facility Type and Star Rating: 2023…………………… 19 T9. Contributions to Assist with Operation of Program by Number of Children Enrolled: 2023………………….…20 T10. Effects of Economic Conditions on Ability to Provide Quality Care for All Facilities: 2023……………………21 T11. Effects of Economic Conditions on Ability to Provide Care by Type of Facility: 2023……………………….…22 T12. Children Enrolled in Child Care Facilities by Change in Ability to Provide Quality Child Care as a Result of Economic Change for All Facilities: 2023……………………………………………………………………….

23 T13. Children Enrolled in Child Care Facilities by Change in Ability to Provide Quality Child Care as a Result of Economic Change by Facility Type: 2023……………………………………………………………………….

24 T14. Facilities that Charge the Difference Between Subsidy Rates and Their Private-Pay Rates: 2023……………… 25 T15. Percent of Children Receiving Subsidies Enrolled in Facilities That Charge the Difference Between Subsidy Rates and Their Private Pay Rates: 2023………………………………………………………………………… 26 T16. Amount of Parent Co-Payments Collected Each Month: 2023…………………………………………………. 27 T17. Reasons Private Paid Only Facilities for Not Participating in NC Subsidized Child Care Assistance Program by Facility Type: 2023…………………………………………………………………………………………... 28 T18. Children Enrolled in Facilities That Did Not Participate in the NC Subsidized Child Care Assistance Program by Star Rating and Type: 2023…………………………………………………………………………………… 29 T19. Age Imputed Rates for Infants and Toddlers for Centers (County A Example): 2023………………………….. 32 T20. Type Imputed Rates for Two-Year-Olds for Centers (County B Example): 2023………………………….…… 33 T21. Countywide Imputed Rates for All Age Categories for Homes (County C Example)………………………… 34

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A. PURPOSE OF SURVEY The 2023 Child Care Market Rate Survey was conducted for the Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) by the Center for Urban Affairs and Community Services (CUACS) at North Carolina State University. The purpose of the survey is to establish recommendations for market rates for subsidized child care through the North Carolina Subsidized Child Care Assistance Program. The study is based on a survey of child care providers across the state and represents the seventh such survey. This report describes the procedures used in the survey (Section I), provides background on current operation of child care facilities (Sections II through V), and presents the findings of an analysis designed to recommend changes to the current market rate (Section VI). B. REQUIREMENTS FOR SUBSIDIZED CHILD CARE Many of the child care facilities across North Carolina use public funds to assist in paying for the care for some or all of the children that are enrolled in their programs. The NC General Assembly appropriates funding for the North Carolina Subsidized Child Care Assistance Program and has designated the NCDHHS to supervise this voucher-based program. As federal funds are also used to operate the NC Subsidized Child Care Assistance Program, certain federal requirements must be met by program administrators and participants. Included among these is the regular completion of a survey to determine the fees charged for child care services in the various markets throughout the state. This information is used to determine how subsidized child care reimbursement rates compare to private pay rates and helps establish the subsidized reimbursement rate. A “market rate” or “subsidy rate,” as referenced in North Carolina legislation, represents the maximum amount that a child care center or family child care home may be paid with subsidy funding for child care services. Child care providers are currently reimbursed at the market rate. Market rates are established for each county; age categories (infants/toddlers, two-year-olds, three- to-five-year-olds, and school-age children); types of child care providers (centers versus homes); and rated license levels (one- through five-star licenses). For purposes of establishing market rates, the age categories for centers are as described above; however, for homes, infants and one-year- olds are considered separately for reimbursement. Market rates are not average child care rates. Market rates are established using the 75th percentile by child, which means that if surveys find that there were 100 children whose parents paid for child care in a certain county, the market rate would use the 75th percentile rate, counting from lowest to highest paid for an individual child in that county. Market rates have been set using the 75th percentile so that eligible children can have access to a majority of child care options. Further

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adjustments to the 75th percentile have been made in this study in order to ensure ascending market rates for higher star ratings. If there are not at least fifty children in an age category/type of facility/rated license-level combination for a county, an imputed rate is used in the development of the market rates for that county. 1. Federal Requirements Federal and state requirements affect how North Carolina conducts its market rate survey and how information gathered through the survey is used to establish payment rates for subsidized child care. Federal requirements are established in regulations for the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF), the federal block grant for child care, and the instructions to states for developing federally mandated block grant plans (State Plans). The United States Department of Health and Human Services reviews CCDF plans and reports to monitor states’ compliance with federal requirements. When the 2023 Market Rate Survey was conducted, the federal requirements in effect included these provisions:  According to the CCDF, each state must conduct child care market rate surveys to ensure that payment rates for subsidized child care reflect the child care market.  Federal child care regulations require states to ensure that “payment rates are adequate based on a local market rate survey conducted no earlier than two years prior to the effective date of the currently approved Plan.” 3  Each state must provide “a summary of the facts relied on by the State to determine that such rates are sufficient to ensure equal access” to comparable child care services provided to children whose parents are not eligible to receive child care assistance. Federal regulations governing the use of CCDF subsidy dollars suggest a benchmark: “Payments established at least at the 75th percentile of the market would be regarded as providing equal access.”  The Federal Fiscal Year 2023–24 CCDF State Plan requires states to describe how rates are sufficient to ensure equal access to child care services. 2. State Requirements Payment rates for the NC Subsidized Child Care Assistance Program are specified in the North Carolina General Statutes and in State Budget Special Provision legislation detailing how funds made available to state agencies should be used. Special Provision language in State Fiscal Year 2014–15 resulted in adjustments to market rates effective January 2015, and additional increases were provided October 1, 2017, 2018, and 2022 based on partial implementation of the recommended market rates from the 2015 and 2017 Child Care Market Rate Surveys. In October 2023, DCDEE implemented all recommended rates from the 2021 Child Care Market Rate Survey.

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C. TERMINOLOGY AND DEFINITIONS Because North Carolina’s Market Rate Survey process goals are driven by carefully worded federal and state requirements, key terms and definitions are provided below. Terms that can have different meanings are also clarified to indicate how they are used in the context of this study. Current Market Rates - This term describes the maximum subsidy payment rates that were in place in October 2022. Child Care Center - A child care center is an arrangement in which six or more preschool children are cared for in a residential setting or three or more preschool-age children are cared for in a building other than a residence. Family Child Care Home – A family child care home is a child care arrangement located in a residence where up to five children aged infant to five-years-old, or up to eight children if three or more are school-age, receive child care. This includes preschoolers living in the home but does not include the provider’s own school-age children. Modeled Rate – The “modeled rate” is the rate assigned to a particular type of care (center or home) by age (infants through school-age) and star rating (one- through five-stars). It is the greater of the county 75th percentile rate, or the imputed rate, which is developed based on the number of children in a particular category of care. Rates can be imputed by age, type of care (center versus home), or county. 75th Percentile - The term “75th percentile” is used to describe the subsidy payment level that enables a parent to afford 75 percent of the privately purchased care of a certain type in an area. To determine the 75th percentile, the private pay rates for all children served within a category of care are ranked by child from lowest to highest. Counting from the bottom (lowest rate), rates are counted three-quarters of the way up to identify the rate that represents the 75th percentile. Private Pay - This term refers to rates or fees paid by a parent or guardian to a provider for child care services that are not subsidized. Raw County Rate – A “raw county rate” is the rate that represents the 75th percentile for a given county, regardless of the number of children in that type of care in that county. For example, if there is only one two-year-old child in a four-star facility in a county, the raw county rate would be the amount charged for that child’s care. Preschool Children – In the Market Rate Survey, “preschool children” are those zero to five years old including infants, toddlers, and young children through the age of five, but excluding five-year-

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A. SURVEY POPULATION All regulated centers and homes were included in the survey population except Head Start centers, Developmental Day Centers, and providers that offer only part-time care for children (ages 0 to 5 for less than 32 hours a week in September 2023). Head Start programs were excluded from the survey because their financing is different from those of other child care facilities. Certified Developmental Day Center rates were also excluded because their rates are captured through a different process. Centers and homes that served only children receiving subsidy services in September 2023 (no care for children of private-paying parents) were included in the survey with the stated private-pay rates charged by the facilities used in the calculation of updated market rates. B. SURVEY DESIGN The study involved the use of a single survey form for centers and homes. As in the previous surveys, the 2023 survey was designed to capture information on child care enrollment and rates for the month of September 2023 and for summer care for school-age children during July 2023. A pretest of the survey and instructions was conducted with a random sample of six child care programs statewide. Providers were encouraged to participate based upon the assurance that information collected via the pretest survey would be used for the official survey, with limited follow-up for any additional information needed. Based on respondent input during the pretest, minor changes were made to the final survey form and instructions. C. DATA COLLECTION AND DATA QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES Three methods were offered for completing the market rate survey: return mail, online, or by telephone. A Market Rate Survey packet was mailed to 5,035 centers and homes in North Carolina in October 2023. The survey packet included a letter from the Director of DCDEE (Appendix A) asking child care providers to complete an online survey at a secure site hosted by CUACS. The secure website allowed respondents to download a PDF of the survey (Appendix B) if they preferred to complete the survey on paper and return by mail. The survey package also included instructions, a prepaid business reply envelope, and a postcard that could be returned if respondents believed they were ineligible to participate in the survey. Three weeks after the initial survey packet was mailed, trained interviewers made telephone calls to non-responding child care providers in an attempt to complete the survey. These telephone calls were conducted over a period of nineteen weeks. Using an established protocol, telephone interviewers reminded survey nonrespondents of the importance of the survey and assured

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confidentiality of their information. Providers who chose not to complete the survey via internet or telephone were reminded of the option of using mail or fax to return the survey form. Based on outcomes of the telephone calls, survey packets were mailed or faxed to respondents who had not completed the survey online, who had lost or discarded the survey packet, or who reported not having received a survey packet. D. FINAL SAMPLE 1. Sample Disposition and Response Rate Contacts were attempted with a total of 5,035 facilities: 3,851 centers and 1,184 homes. Table 1 provides information on the sample disposition (Appendix C has sample disposition by county). Table 1. Sample Disposition by Facility Type: 2023. Respondent Status Centers Homes Total Sample Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Completed via Phone/Paper 1,604 41.7 598 50.5 2,202 43.7 Completed Online 627 16.3 370 31.3 997 19.8 NC Pre-K Only** 681 17.7 0 0.0 681 13.5 No Response/No Contact 451 11.7 148 12.5 599 11.9 Could Not Locate Respondent* 28 0.7 24 2.0 52 1.0 Closed/Duplicate* 23 0.6 13 1.1 36 0.7 No Children in October/ New Startup/ Will Resume* 344 8.9 8 0.7 352 7.0 No Fees Assessed 72 1.9 12 1.0 84 1.7 Ineligible Provider (No Full- time Children)* 20 0.5 7 0.6 27 0.5 Refused to Participate 1 0.0 4 0.3 5 0.1 TOTAL SAMPLE 3,851 100.0 1,184 100.0 5,035 100 *Indicates surveys excluded from Adjusted Sample. ** Centers with NC Pre-K only are included in the sample disposition but excluded from the analysis and response rate table. Table 2 contains information on the final response rate for the “adjusted sample.” The adjusted sample excludes the categories denoted by an asterisk in Table 1, including respondents who could not be located, those who represented duplicate records, and those with no children enrolled at the time of the survey. The remaining pool is considered to represent respondents who are truly eligible to participate in the survey. A total of 4,568 eligible respondents were then contacted and asked to participate in the survey; 3,964 of those completed the survey by phone, paper, or online, representing a response rate of 86.8

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II. STUDY METHODOLOGY Child Care Market Rate Survey 2023 Page | 7 percent. The response rate for centers (86.8 percent) was slightly higher than for homes (86.6 percent). Table 2. Response Rate by Facility Type: 2023. Respondent Status Type Facility / Adjusted Total Centers Homes Total Sample Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Contacted 3,436 100.0 1,132 100.0 4,568 100.0 Completed by Phone, Paper, or Online 2,984 86.8 980 86.6 3,964 86.8 Response rate is based on the adjusted total, which excludes the following categories indicated in Table 1: Could Not Locate, Closed/Duplicate, No Children in October/New Startup/Will Resume, Ineligible Provider (No Fulltime Children), and NC Pre-K only. 2. Sample Characteristics Tables 3 through 5 present descriptive information on the characteristics of the final survey sample. Of 3,964 facilities that completed the survey, 3,283 met the eligibility requirements for inclusion in the analysis. Among the 3,283 eligible facilities participating in the survey, about 22 percent enroll children only through private payment while about 78 percent also accept subsidized payments (Table 3). The comparable figures for receipt of subsidies are higher for centers at 82.4 percent, than for homes, at 67.3 percent. Among the total sample, around 42.8 percent of private- pay only facilities are ranked as three- or four-star compared with 65.6 percent of those who also accept subsidies. Table 3. Facilities Participating in Survey by Enrollment Type and Star Rating: 2023. Facility Type Enrollment Type Percent Star Rating / Percent of Facilities Number of Facilities One-Star Two-Star Three-Star Four-Star Five-Star All Facilities Private-Pay Only 22.1 37.4 7.4 30.9 11.9 12.4 1,811 Accept Subsidized 77.9 13.2 2.1 40.7 24.9 19.0 2,568 Total 100.0 609 108 1,265 724 577 3,283 Centers Private-Pay Only 17.6 43.2 2.0 31.1 7.7 16.0 405 Accept Subsidized 82.4 11.0 1.8 42.0 23.3 21.9 1,898 Total 100.0 383 42 924 474 480 2,303 Homes Private-Pay Only 32.7 30.0 14.4 30.6 17.2 7.8 348 Accept Subsidized 67.3 19.7 3.0 36.8 29.5 10.9 660 Total 100.0 226 66 341 250 97 980

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As in previous surveys, the 2023 survey included questions regarding factors that impact day-to- day facility operation and rates. Providers were asked to identify the method(s) they used to set private-pay rates, whether their facility received monetary or nonmonetary contributions, and whether the current economy affects their ability to provide services. A. BASIS FOR SETTING PRIVATE-PAY RATES Facilities generally use more than one source of information to set their child care rates. Table 6 presents information compiled from responses, on the various factors used in setting rates. Among 3,283 facilities responding to the question concerning bases for rate setting, the most commonly cited factor was the current child care subsidy rate. A total of 1,582 facilities, or 48.18 percent of all respondents, cited this factor. Among these 1,582 respondents, over two-thirds represented three- and four-star facilities (648 and 417, respectively). The rate charged by neighboring facilities was viewed as equally important, as cited by 46 percent of the total sample. Despite this common trend, centers and homes differ elsewhere on their rate- setting factors. Homes are more likely than centers to use what they believe parents can afford as a basis for setting rates. Differing also, the input of corporate offices, church boards, or a school’s Board of Directors was cited by 26 percent of centers but by only 1.2 percent of homes. Table 6 displays the information used to set private-pay rates. Table 7 displays factors used when setting rates and also shows the number and percent of children who are enrolled in facilities. Among 144,912 children represented in the facilities responding to the survey, the greatest number (75,907 or 52.6 percent) are enrolled in facilities that use neighboring facilities’ rates as a guideline for setting private-pay rates. Child care subsidy reimbursement rates and the actual cost of child care are also important determinants in rate setting. About 40 percent of children are enrolled in facilities that use Child care subsidy reimbursement rates as a guideline for setting rates while about 43 percent are enrolled in facilities that use actual cost of child care to set rates. Facilities that use corporate offices, church boards, or school board directors’ decision to set private-pay rates served about 45 percent of children.

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Table 9 shows the number of children served by facilities that received various types of donations in 2023. A total of 104,039 children were served by facilities that received Grants assistance. Among them 98,995 were served in centers and 5,444 were served in homes. The next highest contribution was Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). A total of 74,753 children were served the facilities that received Child and Adult Care Food Program. The lowest contribution received was Rent Assistance. Only 2,927 children were served by the facilities that received Rent Assistance. Table 9. Contributions to Assist with Operation of Program by Number of Children Enrolled: 2023.

Type Contribution Children Enrolled Total Sample Centers Homes Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Donated space 6,187 4.3 6,140 4.4 47 0.8 Rent assistance 2,927 2.0 2,865 2.1 62 1.0 Free or reduced cost for services 7,024 4.8 6,809 4.9 215 3.5 Free or donated materials or supplies 23,193 16.0 22,235 16.0 958 15.5 Child & Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) 74,753 51.7 69,691 50.2 5,062 82.1 Free or donated food (not CACFP) 4,502 3.1 4,295 3.1 207 3.4 Monetary Contributions 7,646 5.3 7,466 5.4 180 2.9 Grants 104,039 71.9 98,595 71.1 5,444 88.3 Other 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 *Note: Providers could select multiple responses.

C. IMPACT OF ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ON PROVISION OF QUALITY CHILD CARE 1. Impact on Facilities Child care facility respondents were asked if current economic conditions contributed to an increase, decrease, or no change in their ability to provide particular services within the last twelve months. Findings indicate what areas current economic condition impact providers’ child care services (Table 10). More than half of facilities increased their food budget and 46.1 percent of facilities saw an increase in the cost of equipment, materials, and services. Around 35 percent of facilities experienced an increase in salary expenditures.

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2. Impact on Children Table 12 shows the number of children enrolled in facilities that were potentially affected by various economic conditions. Almost three fourth of children were enrolled in facilities that saw an increase in their food budget and over half were enrolled in facilities that saw an increase in staff salaries and purchase of equipment, materials, and services. Table 12. Children Enrolled in Child Care Facilities by Change in Ability to Provide Quality Child Care as a Result of Economic Change for All Facilities: 2023. Area of Possible Effect Type Change in Facility / Children Enrolled in Facility Increased Decreased No Change Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Food Budget 108,928 75.2 4,738 3.3 31,246 21.6 Daily Hours of Operation 9,088 6.3 10,702 7.4 125,122 86.3 Number of Qualified Teachers 32,826 22.7 48,610 33.5 63,476 43.8 Staff Salaries 94,777 65.4 1,980 1.4 48,155 33.2 Staff Work Hours 34,626 23.9 4,248 2.9 106,038 73.2 Staff Benefits (retirement, 401k, paid leave, etc.) 29,221 20.2 2,129 1.5 113,562 78.4 Purchases of Equipment/ Materials/Services 88,536 61.1 5,691 3.9 50,685 35.0 Staff Bonuses 49,040 33.8 10,511 7.3 85,361 58.9 Number of Classrooms 18,911 13.0 15,799 10.9 110,202 76.0 N = 144,912 enrolled in 3,283 facilities.

Centers that served more than 60 percent of the children reported an increase in their food budget and purchases of equipment/materials/services. Similar pattern can be seen among homes. Homes that served 85.6 percent of children saw an increase in food budget. About 70 percent of children were enrolled in homes that saw an increase in purchases of equipment, materials, and services. However, significant disparities can be seen in the areas of staff salaries and number of qualified teachers. About 68 percent of children were served by centers who saw an increase in staff salaries, contrasting with 77.1 percent of children in homes where staff salaries remained unchanged. Additionally, 23.5 percent of children were enrolled in centers which reported an increase in the number of qualified teachers while only 4.7 percent of children enrolled in homes were impacted by the increase in the number of qualified teachers. (See Table 13 for more details.)

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A. MARKET RATES AND THE FEDERALLY MANDATED SURVEY This section documents procedures and findings of the analysis designed to model market rates for the 2023 survey cycle. The market rate analysis presented here takes into account the previously discussed North Carolina Star Rated License System (referred to as star rating), which is designed to encourage and reward increased child care quality, measured by facilities’ achievements in program standards and staff education. Facilities apply for, are evaluated on the basis of, and are awarded by DCDEE star rated licenses for operation. The star ratings range from a one-star rated license ensuring the provider is meeting a minimum standard of care, up through a five-star rated license indicative of providers who have met higher standards for quality. The market rate analysis is based on the assumption that there is a direct relationship between market rates and star rating: that is, market rates will increase as star rating increases. B. DETERMINING RAW MARKET RATES 1. Raw Market Rates For the 2023 analysis and in previous surveys, the number of children by age at a given star-rating level in each county is calculated as the sum of the number of private-paying children and the number of children receiving a subsidy. Children receiving subsidies in a facility are counted at the facility’s private-pay rate, because that is the rate charged by the facility for care. Each county’s “raw market rate” is determined by rank-ordering the private-pay rates for all the children reported, from lowest to highest, for each combination by age and star rating. At some point in such a rank ordering, 25 percent of children will be higher up the scale and 75 percent will be lower on the scale; this point is known statistically as the “75th percentile”, and this figure represents the “raw market rate” for each combination of age category and star rating for that county. Legislative mandate requires that rates be set using the reported rates of at least 50 children. The process of dividing the rates in each county into provider type, age category, and star rating often results in too few children at a particular combination of care to allow this minimum 50-child requirement to be met. Also, the 75th percentile rates do not always rise naturally across star levels as desired. The analyses relied on a strategy to determine modeled rates and to correct for the inherent surges and dips in each county’s rates across star levels. This method constructs preliminary market rates by using the actual 75th percentiles found within each combination of type (center or family), age category, and star rating in each county when the number of children is large enough (at least 50). When there are not enough children in a particular combination of type, age category, and star rating in a county, the preliminary rate is imputed based on data from a wider group of children and is called the imputation level.

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For example:  If there were 50 or more children in an age category, information from that age category was used to impute preliminary rates for the star levels with less than 50 children.  If there were fewer than 50 children in the age category within a county, but 50 or more children in a type (center or home) in the county, all of the children in that county in that type were used to impute the preliminary rates for that star level.  Finally, if there were not 50 or more children in a type within a county, all the children in the county were included to impute preliminary rates for the star levels with less than 50 children. For imputation levels of age category and type, the difference between the county’s raw 75th percentile (from the survey) for each combination of type, age category, and star level, and the corresponding state’s 75th percentile is determined for all categories at the imputation level. Then the mean difference is calculated, weighting each difference by the number of children in the category. The mean difference is then added to the state rate for the categories that need an imputed value. For the imputation level of county (combining centers and homes), the mean percent difference is used instead of the mean difference. Tables 13 through 15 show examples of three imputation methods. 2. Age Imputed Rates An age-imputed rate was determined when there were not fifty children at a particular star rating in an age category, but there were at least fifty children across all star levels for that age category. In the first example, the weighted mean difference was $276 (Table 19). The greater of the county’s 75th percentile rate and the age-imputed rate becomes the modeled rate. This methodology assures that counties were held harmless by never receiving a model rate less than the county’s 75th percentile rate. The final step is to determine an adjusted rate (final adjusted rate) by performing a weighted linear regression for each age category in each county to obtain a strictly increasing rate as the star rating increases.

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3. Type Imputed Rates As shown in Table 20, when there were not 50 children in an age category across star levels, but there were at least 50 children in all age category combined for a specific type of care (center versus home), a type imputed rate was generated. The same imputation method that was used for age- imputed rates was performed. Consequently, the larger of the type imputed rate or the county 75th percentile rate becomes the model rate, thus holding the county rate harmless. After the model rate was determined, the final adjusted rate was developed using the same weighted linear regression that was used with age-adjusted rates. Table 20. Type Imputed Rates for Two-Year-Olds for Centers (County B Example): 2023. Rate Star Rating One-Star Two-Star Three-Star Four-Star Five-Star Number of Children=19 3 0 7 9 0 County 75th Percentile Rate $477.00 N/A $650.00 $540.00 N/A State Rate $693.00 $552.00 $723.00 $765.00 $997.00 Type Mean Difference ($154.00) ($154.00) ($154.00) ($154.00) ($154.00) Type Imputed Rate $540.00 $399.00 $570.00 $611.00 $843.00 Source Type Imputed Type Imputed County 75th > Type Imputed Type Imputed Type Imputed Model Rate $540.00 $399.00 $650.00 $611.00 $843.00 Final Adjusted Rate $541.00 $553.00 $586.00 $650.00 $756.00

4. Countywide Imputed Rates Table 21 shows how data was used to develop rates when there were not at least 50 children in a type of care within a county. Since there were less than 50 children in all homes within the county, all children within the county (centers and homes) were used to impute rates. These rates are referred to as countywide imputed rates. The imputation method changes for developing countywide imputed rates because all children in the county are utilized. The imputation in this case was performed by subtracting the weighted mean percent difference of the county's 75th percentile rate from the state's 75th percentile rate and then applying that difference to the state's 75th percentile rate at each star level. After the countywide rates were imputed, the same procedures for determining the model rates and the final adjusted rates were implemented. With the exception of one county in the 2021 analysis, countywide imputed rates were used to develop rates for only homes.

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V. DETERMINING CHILD CARE MARKET RATES Child Care Market Rate Survey 2023 Page | 34 Table 21. Countywide Imputed Rates for All Age Categories for Homes (County C Example): 2023. Rate Star Rating One-Star Two-Star Three-Star Four-Star Five-Star Number of Children=19 0 6 0 0 5 County 75th Percentile Rate --- $628.00 --- --- $585.00 State Rate $693.00 $639.00 $650.00 $693.00 $715.00 Type Mean Difference 79% 79% 79% 79% 79% Type Imputed Rate $548.00 $505.00 $514.00 $548.00 $565.00 Source Countywide Imputed County 75th Percentile > Countywide Imputed Countywide Imputed Countywide Imputed County 75th Percentile > Countywide Imputed Model Rate $548.00 $628.00 $514.00 $548.00 $585.00 Final Adjusted Rate $492.00 $494.00 $500.00 $511.00 $529.00 C. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STAR RATING AND MARKET RATES During the 2023 study, there were five counties in which 50 children were not served in centers and homes combined:  Hyde  Jones  Madison  Mitchell  Polk The county imputed rates for these counties were used, the imputations being based on all the children in the state and substituting state rates produced rates very different from the rates reported in that county. The preliminary rate was always set as the maximum of the actual 75th percentile rate (if one existed) and the imputed rate. In extreme cases of missing data, further imputations were used to best approximate changes in rates. 1. Regression Analysis to Create Modeled Rates After the preliminary rates were set, a regression analysis was performed for each county in order to ensure an increase in rates with an increase in star levels, and the new rates were set as the rates determined by the regression. The regression model is based on the assumption that rates would always be directly (or positively) associated with increased star level, but that was not always the case. Tables 16 and 17 list counties where negative relationships were found in centers and homes, respectively. The negative relationships may be caused by unusually high rates at one-, two-or

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three-star facilities or unusually low rates at the four- and five-star facilities, or any combination of the above. For those counties and age categories, state-level data were substituted for individual- level county data. The procedures used in the multiple regression analysis are detailed below. 1. The county “slopes” (numbers representing the strength of the relationship between star rating and cost) were obtained by regressing the star ratings against the 75th percentile rates for each age category in each county. 2. The regression models were weighted by the number of children at each star level. If there were no children at a star level, the weight was set as 1 in order to include the imputed value in the regression. 3. Even though all imputations were based on more children than the individual category, the imputed rates were determined using the number of children at each star level. It therefore made sense to weight a star rating with many children more than a star rating with few children when performing the regression. Plotting the data would show the star ratings on the X-axis, and the 75th percentile rates on the Y-axis. 4. Three different regressions were performed for each of these graphs: a linear regression (based on star rating), and two nonlinear regressions, one based on the square of the star rating and one based on the cube of the star rating. 5. The curve with the closest fit to the data is used as the county’s slope for each combination of provider type and age category. A curved line (a best-fit for squared or cubed star rating) means that for that age category, the market pays a higher premium for moving from one-star rating to a higher star rating as the star ratings increase; the premium for moving from four- to five-star ratings will be larger than the premium for moving from three-to-four-star ratings. The fitted points are then set as the market rates. 6. For counties and age categories with inverse relationships between star level and rates, an additional step was taken. Three new regression analyses were performed statewide for each type and age category, and as with the county regressions, the closest fit was set as the slope. The mean differences or percent differences for the county’s rate (from the corresponding state rates) were then applied to the state slopes to set a new revised market rate.

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Table 23. Counties Where Regression Produced Inverse Relationships across Star Ratings by Age Category for Homes: 2023. County Age Group County Age Group County Age Group County Age Group County Age Group County Age Group Alamance 1 Year-Olds Columbus 1 Year-Olds Graham 1 Year-Olds Lenoir 1 Year-Olds Pender 1 Year-Olds Swain 1 Year-Olds Alamance 2 Year-Olds Columbus 3 to 5 Year-Olds Graham 2 Year-Olds Lenoir 3 to 5 Year-Olds Perquimans 1 Year-Olds Transylvania 1 Year-Olds Alamance School Age Craven 1 Year-Olds Graham 3 to 5 Year-Olds Lincoln 1 Year-Olds Person 1 Year-Olds Transylvania 2 Year-Olds Alexander 1 Year-Olds Craven 2 Year-Olds Graham School Age Lincoln 2 Year-Olds Person 3 to 5 Year-Olds Transylvania School Age Alleghany 1 Year-Olds Cumberland Infants Granville Infants Macon 1 Year-Olds Pitt 1 Year-Olds Tyrrell 1 Year-Olds Anson Infants Cumberland School Age Granville 1 Year-Olds Madison 1 Year-Olds Richmond 1 Year-Olds Union 1 Year-Olds Anson 1 Year-Olds Currituck Infants Granville 2 Year-Olds Martin 1 Year-Olds Richmond 2 Year-Olds Vance Infants Anson 2 Year-Olds Currituck 1 Year-Olds Greene 1 Year-Olds McDowell 1 Year-Olds Richmond School Age Vance 1 Year-Olds Anson School Age Currituck 2 Year-Olds Greene 2 Year-Olds Mecklenburg School Age Robeson 1 Year-Olds Vance 3 to 5 Year-Olds Avery 1 Year-Olds Currituck 3 to 5 Year-Olds Greene School Age Mitchell 1 Year-Olds Robeson 3 to 5 Year-Olds Vance School Age Beaufort 1 Year-Olds Currituck School Age Guilford 1 Year-Olds Montgomery 1 Year-Olds Robeson School Age Wake 1 Year-Olds Bertie 1 Year-Olds Dare Infants Guilford 3 to 5 Year-Olds Moore 1 Year-Olds Rockingham 1 Year-Olds Wake 3 to 5 Year-Olds Buncombe School Age Dare 1 Year-Olds Halifax 1 Year-Olds Moore 2 Year-Olds Rockingham School Age Wake School Age Burke 1 Year-Olds Dare 2 Year-Olds Halifax 3 to 5 Year-Olds Moore School Age Rowan 1 Year-Olds Warren 1 Year-Olds Cabarrus 2 Year-Olds Dare 3 to 5 Year-Olds Harnett 1 Year-Olds Nash 1 Year-Olds Rowan 2 Year-Olds Warren School Age Cabarrus 3 to 5 Year-Olds Davie 1 Year-Olds Harnett 3 to 5 Year-Olds Nash School Age Rowan School Age Washington 1 Year-Olds Caldwell 1 Year-Olds Duplin 1 Year-Olds Haywood 3 to 5 Year-Olds New Hanover 1 Year-Olds Rutherford 3 to 5 Year-Olds Washington 3 to 5 Year-Olds Caldwell 2 Year-Olds Duplin School Age Hertford 1 Year-Olds Northampton 1 Year-Olds Sampson 1 Year-Olds Washington School Age Caldwell 3 to 5 Year-Olds Durham 1 Year-Olds Hoke 1 Year-Olds Northampton 2 Year-Olds Sampson School Age Watauga Infants Camden 1 Year-Olds Durham School Age Hyde 1 Year-Olds Onslow Infants Scotland 1 Year-Olds Watauga 1 Year-Olds Caswell 1 Year-Olds Edgecombe 1 Year-Olds Jackson 1 Year-Olds Onslow 1 Year-Olds Scotland 3 to 5 Year-Olds Watauga 2 Year-Olds Catawba 1 Year-Olds Forsyth 3 to 5 Year-Olds Johnston Infants Onslow School Age Scotland School Age Watauga 3 to 5 Year-Olds Catawba School Age Franklin 1 Year-Olds Johnston 1 Year-Olds Orange Infants Stanly 1 Year-Olds Watauga School Age Chatham 1 Year-Olds Franklin 2 Year-Olds Johnston 3 to 5 Year-Olds Orange 1 Year-Olds Stanly School Age Wilkes 1 Year-Olds Chatham 3 to 5 Year-Olds Franklin 3 to 5 Year-Olds Johnston School Age Orange 2 Year-Olds Stokes 1 Year-Olds Wilson 1 Year-Olds Chatham School Age Franklin School Age Jones 1 Year-Olds Orange School Age Stokes 2 Year-Olds Wilson 2 Year-Olds Cherokee 1 Year-Olds Gaston 1 Year-Olds Lee Infants Pamlico 1 Year-Olds Stokes 3 to 5 Year-Olds Wilson School Age Chowan 1 Year-Olds Gaston 2 Year-Olds Lee 1 Year-Olds Pamlico 2 Year-Olds Stokes School Age Yadkin 1 Year-Olds Clay 1 Year-Olds Gates 1 Year-Olds Lee 3 to 5 Year-Olds Pamlico School Age Surry 1 Year-Olds Yadkin School Age Columbus Infants Gates 3 to 5 Year-Olds Lee School Age Pasquotank 1 Year-Olds Surry 2 Year-Olds Yancey 1 Year-Olds

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2. Determining Accessibility of Child Care Based on Modeled Rates An analysis was performed to investigate the accessibility of child care based on the amount of care that can be purchased with existing market rates and the proposed market rate adjustments described above (the modeled rates). In this analysis, accessibility was expressed as the percent of children who attended centers and homes where the market rate (or modeled rate) would fully pay for the costs. The results for 2023 are compared with 2021 results in Table 24. Appendix D presents current, surveyed, and modeled rates by county. The methodology targeted the 75th percentile. For all child care facilities, the modeled rate would have paid for 58.7 percent of the children, 58.7 percent of the children in centers, and 59.7 percent of the children in homes. In contrast, the current market rate would have paid for 32.2 percent of all the children in child care facilities, 32.5 percent of the children in centers, and 25.3 percent of the children in homes. The subsidy rate paid for all facilities increased from 30.2 percent to 32.2 percent of children from 2021 to 2023. Subsidy rates for centers increased from 30.1 percent to 32.5 percent and subsidy rates for homes decreased from 34.5 percent to 25.3 percent. Variation in modeled rates between the two survey cycles was large, ranging from about 12 to 14 percentage points difference across facility types. Table 24. Accessibility of Child Care Using the Subsidy Rate and Modeled Rate for All Facilities: 2023. Type Facility / Year Total Number of Children Percent of Children Covered by Subsidy Rate Modeled Rate 2023 All Facilities 144,912 32.2 58.7 Centers 138,747 32.5 58.7 Homes 6,165 25.3 59.7 2021 All Facilities 136,224 30.2 72.5 Centers 130,364 30.1 72.6 Homes 5,860 34.5 71.7

Table 25 contains information on the accessibility of child care by age category and star level of the center in which the child is enrolled. For centers, the greatest discrepancy between current subsidy rates and modeled rates is for two-star centers, regardless of age category. In these centers, the difference in modeled versus subsidy rates ranges from around 36 percent to 64 percent.

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VI. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS

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The 2023 Market Rate Survey, as with previous years, was conducted by gathering data from regulated centers and homes across North Carolina. The survey’s final sample included 4,568 total facilities and received a higher rate of response for centers than homes by only 0.2 percent. Most of these facilities accepted subsidized payment, more than 50 percent for centers, homes, and combined. The percentage of facilities accepting subsidized payment was highest for facilities with three- and four-star level ratings. Similarly, the percentage of children enrolled in facilities that accept subsidized payments was highest for three- and four-star facilities. Among survey respondents, the reported number of children receiving child care services in 2023 has increased since 2021, from 136,224 to 144,912, representing an increase of 6 percent. The number of children being served by centers increased from 130,364 in 2021 to 138,747 in 2023, a 6 percent increase. For homes, the number of children served increased from 5,860 in 2021 to 6,165 in 2023, an increase of 4.9 percent. The number of children served in the child care facilities has increased despite the fact that less facilities are providing child care in 2023 (5,035) as compared to 2021 (5,697); a drop of 478 centers and 184 homes since 2021. This reduction in the number of facilities, especially homes is likely due to the impact of the aftereffects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Not only were there more children reported to be served in 2023 compared to 2021, but also the percentage of children reported overall as subsidized increased from 31.5 percent to 33.5 percent. The market rate survey further gathered information on the process and factors by which facilities set their own private-pay rates. Both the child care subsidy reimbursement rates and the cost of providing care were important determinants along with neighboring facilities’ rates. Child care subsidy reimbursement rates were indicated as determinants by 46.8 percent and 51.5 percent of homes and centers respectively. Along with subsidy programs, many facilities rely on other forms of public funding to cover operating costs. For centers, 73.5 percent reported relying on grants and 53.6 percent reported relying on the Child & Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). Alternatively, for homes, 80.8 percent reported relying on grants and 73.8 percent reported relying on CACFP. In recent years, economic conditions have led to 75.9 percent of facilities increasing their food budget, 61.3 percent of facilities purchasing equipment, materials, or services, and 46.5 percent have increase staff salaries. Across all facilities, no change was reported mostly for daily hours of operation, staff work hours, staff benefits, or other direct staff effects. One way to counter the effects of economic conditions and cover full operating costs not covered by subsidies or public funding is to charge parents the difference between the subsidy reimbursement rate. Of the facilities surveyed, 19.8 percent of centers and 7.2 percent of homes charged this difference. The difference charged by these facilities ranged from $100-300 for centers and homes with a star level of three or higher. Using the data gathered from the 2023 Market Rate Survey and previous versions, market rates were calculated for each age category, facility type, and star level rating. Fewer than 50 percent of children were covered by the subsidy rate across all facilities in 2023 while the modeled rate covered 58.7 percent of total facilities. For centers age category rates, the modeled rates had a 16- 22 percentage difference from the subsidy rate. The percentage difference between the modeled

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APPENDIX A. Market Rate Survey Provider Letter: 2023

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DIVISION OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND EARLY EDUCATION

ROY COOPER KODY KINSLEY GOVERNOR SECRETARY

ARIEL FORD DIRECTOR Child Care Market Rate Survey 2023 Page | 44

September 5, 2023

Dear Child Care Provider:

Once again it is time for completion of the Child Care Market Rate Survey. Staff members from the Center for Urban Affairs and Community Services (CUACS) at North Carolina State University will be contacting you for information on the rates you charge for child care services. The results of this survey will be used in a confidential manner to make recommendations for payment rates for subsidized child care in North Carolina.

Please complete this survey as soon as possible by visiting https://survey.ncsu.edu/childcare to submit your response online. If you are not able to complete the online survey, you are also given the option of requesting to complete the survey by telephone by returning the enclosed postcard. If your facility’s survey response is not submitted in either of these ways you may be contacted via telephone as a follow-up, to assure the most complete response possible from providers. However, to assist with a faster and less expensive effort overall, we ask that you please do all you can to respond and submit the survey online as soon as possible.

How will the results of this survey help you and other child care providers? Survey results provide recommendations for the development of rates for subsidized child care that reflect the current market. Your survey answers provide extremely valuable information for the Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE). This data helps determine where existing market rates are inconsistent with the price of care in the private market and helps make the case for keeping subsidy reimbursement rates in line with private pay rates. Over the past decade, Child Care Subsidy Assistance market rates have been updated based on results from survey data.

Survey results support the continuation of higher subsidy rates for higher quality care. Since the star rated license was first implemented, child care providers have continued to move to higher star levels of licensure. To ensure that subsidy payment rates accurately reflect the private rates charged for higher levels of licensure and quality, the Division needs your input. Market rate information helps the Division recommend fair payment rates for child care providers offering higher quality care who participate in the subsidized child care program.

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How do I complete the survey online? To begin the process of completing the survey Go To: https://survey.ncsu.edu/childcare to login. Here is your login and password that you will need to gain access to the survey: Login: 20951765 Password: rg48

What if I cannot complete the survey online? If you would like for NCSU CUACS staff to call you to complete the survey by telephone, check the box indicating your desire for telephone contact on the enclosed postage-paid postcard and return the postcard via US Postal Service mail.

If you prefer to print your own paper copy of the survey, Go To: https://survey.ncsu.edu/childcare/final.pdf.

If you would like to complete your survey on paper and return that completed survey, you can return your completed survey by fax (919-515-3642) or emailed scan (rodney_oneal@ncsu.edu) or by mailing your completed paper survey via US Postal Mail to: Center for Urban Affairs and Community Services, Campus BOX 7401, Raleigh, NC 27695-7401.

** If either one of the following applies to your facility, you do not have to complete the survey: **

1. Facility was permanently closed on or before August 31, 2023;

-OR-

2. Facility did not offer: ▪ Facility DID NOT offer FULL-TIME (32 hours or more a week) child care services for children ages 0-5 in September 2023, AND ▪ Facility DID NOT offer FULL-TIME summer care for school age children in July 2023.

If either option 1 or BOTH portions of option 2 above applies to your facility, simply check the box indicating that on the enclosed postage-paid postcard and return the postcard via US Postal Service mail.

DCDEE welcomes provider feedback about the online response system and the market rate survey. ● If you have questions about completing the survey or you do not have access to the internet, you are encouraged to contact Rodney O’Neal at 919-515-3846 or rodney_oneal@ncsu.edu for technical questions. ● For general questions about the purpose of the Market Rate Survey and process, email Ariel Ford Ariel.Ford@dhhs.nc.gov.

As always, the results of this survey will be kept completely confidential. Information that is specific to your center or home will never be used in reports or discussed in meetings. To make sure your information is kept private, North Carolina State University will use tracking numbers that are different from your child care program identification numbers to label your response. DCDEE will not have access to or use survey information that is specific to any single child care home or center.

Thank you in advance for your help. Your assistance in this effort will help to ensure that North Carolina children and families can access the child care services they need. If any additional information is needed regarding your completed survey, CUACS staff will follow up with you directly.

Sincerely, Ariel Ford Ariel Ford, Director, Administrative Services Enclosure

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APPENDIX B. Child Care Market Rate Survey: 2023

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2023–24 CHILD CARE MARKET RATE SURVEY

Please Enter Your Facility Name: _________________________________ Facility ID: _____________

Please Enter Your Name: ___________________________Job Title: __________________________

You should complete this survey only if you had children ENROLLED in any of these programs: a. Full-time child care services for children ages 0-5 (32 hours a week or more) in September 2023

b. Full-time summer care for school aged children in July 2023

If you did not have children enrolled in the child care programs listed above, do not complete the survey. Please COMPLETE and return the GREEN prepaid postcard we mailed to you.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING THE SURVEY: ⮚ Please answer every question and fill in every box unless asked to skip questions. ⮚ For Questions 1, 6, and 7, information should be given for the month of September 2023. ⮚ For Question 2, provide information about summer care in July 2023 for school-age children. ⮚ If rates varied for the same child care service, write the rate that most parents are charged. ⮚ Rates should be for on-time payment and on-time pick-up of children. If parents receive a discount for paying early, enter the rate they would have paid without a discount. If parents paid more than you regularly charge due to late payment or because they picked up children late, do not include these extra charges. ⮚ School-age children are children from ages 5 - 12 who are attending school and receive care on teacher workdays, vacations, track-out days, holidays, or care during summer when school is out of session. ⮚ Definitions and question-by-question instructions are provided at the end of this document.

Did you have children enrolled in ANY of the following? [CHECK RESPONSES] a. Full-time child care services for children ages 0-5 (32 hours a week or more) in September 2023? (Note: The NC Pre-K Program is considered full-time for this survey.)

▪ Yes

❑1

▪ No

❑2 b. Full-time summer care for school age children in July 2023?

▪ Yes

❑1

▪ No ❑2 ⮚ If you answered “Yes” to ANY of the above (a-b), continue to the next page. ⮚ If “No” to ALL of the above, please return the GREEN prepaid postcard.

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2023-2024: Instructions and Definitions: How to Complete the Survey

Question 1: CHILD CARE ENROLLMENT AND RATES FOR CHILDREN 0-5 YEARS OLD, NOT IN SCHOOL Complete the table for children enrolled in full-time care only; (children attend 32 or more hours per week). Include children who are 5 years old but not yet enrolled in kindergarten.

A. First, record your full-time enrollment in September 2023 for each of the age groups. ● Only include children who were enrolled a minimum of 32 hours a week or more. ● Include all children (except your own children) regardless of how child care is paid. If you care for other children who are related to you (niece, grandchild, etc.) include them in your count as well. ● Enter “0” for enrollment if during September you did not care for any children in an age group.

B. Second, record how many of these full-time enrolled children were completely private paid in September 2023. Private-paying parents are parents whose children do not receive subsidized child care.

● Do Not count any children who received subsidized child care. Definitions are below.

● Do count children who received a multiple-child discount (2 or more children in the same family enrolled).

● Enter “0” for enrollment if during September you did not care for any children in any age group who were completely private paid.

C. Third, record how many of the children enrolled in full-time care (Row A) were ONLY funded for care through the Subsidized Child Care Program in September 2023. Definitions are below. ● Enter “0” for enrollment if during September you did not care for any children full-time in any age group who participated in the DCDEE Child Care Subsidy Program.

D. Fourth: CENTERS ONLY: Record how many of the 4 year old children (Row A) had child care paid for through the NC Pre-K program in September 2023. Definitions are below. CHILD CARE HOMES ONLY: Question 1D does not apply to Homes. GO TO QUESTION 1E.

NOTE: The number of Children listed in Rows B and C should add up to the number you recorded in Row A.

E. Fifth, record the number of full-time child care slots you have for each age group, even if they were not filled in September. This shows your capacity even if you did not have all slots filled.

F. Sixth, record the current full-time rate that private-paying parents pay for children in each age group. ● Enter your on-time payment rates. These are the rates you regularly charge before applying discounts for paying early or charging parents extra for paying late. ● If rates for children of the same age varied, write the rate that most parents were charged.

G. Seventh, check the box to show if the rate you charged was per week or per month.

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2023-2024: Instructions and Definitions: How to Complete the Survey

DEFINITIONS

● Subsidized Child Care: A “child participating in the NC Subsidized Child Care Program” is a child whose child care rate is partially or completely paid on a regular basis by the Division of Child Development and Early Education which provides the subsidy for the specific child. The funds used to make the subsidy payment are public funds. Funds may be paid from the county Department of Social Services, local Smart Start Partnership, or Child Care Resource and Referral Agency acting as an agent of the DSS. The Subsidized Child Care Program and the NC Pre-K program are to be considered separately. (Note: Smart Start payments made to child care providers based on the total number of children in care or star rating are not considered subsidies.)

● NC Pre-K program: On July 1, 2011, the North Carolina General Assembly transferred the More at Four Pre-Kindergarten Program to the Division of Child Development and Early Education in the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and renamed it the NC Pre-Kindergarten Program (NC Pre-K). The NC Pre-K provides and pays for high-quality educational experiences to enhance school readiness for eligible four-year-olds through the Division of Child Development and Early Education.

● Regulated Care: There are some situations when regulated programs may provide full-time care for school-age children that are unregulated. Please answer Question 6 ONLY if the full-time school-age care that you provide was included within your regulated child care program in JULY 2023.

● Head Start centers, Developmental Day centers, and programs for preschool children offering just part-time care: These programs are not being surveyed because they are different from other child care centers in important ways.

● IF your program is a Head Start center, a certified Developmental Day center or a facility that only offers care for children ages 0-5 for less than 32 hours a week in September, you DO NOT need to complete the survey.

● If your facility did not have any children enrolled in September 2023 or if your facility has been closed, you do not need to complete the survey. Please put that information on the PREPAID GREEN POSTCARD and drop it in the mail.

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APPENDIX C. Sample Disposition by County: 2023 Centers County Total 1= Completed 2=Attempts Exhausted 3=Respondent Ineligible 4=Duplicate 5=Wrong Number 6=Out of Service 7=Fax/Modem 9=Refused Removed Adj. Total Adj. Rec'd Adj. % Rec'd Adj. 75% Target Needed Alamance 64 49 12 2 0 0 1 0 0 15 49 49 100% 37 0 Alexander 13 10 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 10 100% 8 0 Alleghany 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 5 100% 4 0 Anson 12 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 11 100% 9 0 Ashe 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 100% 5 0 Avery 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 100% 6 0 Beaufort 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 15 100% 12 0 Bertie 11 8 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 8 8 100% 6 0 Bladen 15 13 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 13 13 100% 10 0 Brunswick 16 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14 14 100% 11 0 Buncombe 92 61 15 16 0 0 0 0 0 31 61 61 100% 46 0 Burke 39 30 3 5 0 0 1 0 0 9 30 30 100% 23 0 Cabarrus 65 43 5 17 0 0 0 0 0 22 43 43 100% 33 0 Caldwell 41 33 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 8 33 33 100% 25 0 Camden 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 100% 2 0 Carteret 19 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18 18 100% 14 0 Caswell 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 6 100% 5 0 Catawba 75 56 2 16 0 0 1 0 0 19 56 56 100% 42 0 Chatham 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 27 100% 21 0 Cherokee 9 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 7 100% 6 0 Chowan 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 6 100% 5 0 Clay 7 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 5 100% 4 0 Cleveland 43 36 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 36 36 100% 27 0 Columbus 23 22 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 22 22 100% 17 0 Craven 30 23 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 23 23 100% 18 0 Cumberland 181 146 16 19 0 0 0 0 0 35 146 146 100% 110 0 Currituck 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 5 100% 4 0 Dare 18 13 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 13 13 100% 10 0 Davidson 58 50 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 50 50 100% 38 0 Davie 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 15 100% 12 0 Duplin 28 24 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 24 24 100% 18 0 Durham 139 95 20 23 0 0 1 0 0 44 95 95 100% 72 0 Edgecombe 23 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21 21 100% 16 0 Forsyth 95 76 17 1 0 0 1 0 0 19 76 76 100% 57 0 Franklin 20 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17 17 100% 13 0 Gaston 69 56 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 13 56 56 100% 42 0 Gates 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 3 0 Graham 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 3 0 Granville 28 21 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 7 21 21 100% 16 0 Greene 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 100% 6 0 Guilford 251 176 43 30 0 0 2 0 0 75 176 176 100% 132 0 Halifax 26 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 24 24 100% 18 0 Harnett 47 36 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 36 36 100% 27 0 Haywood 28 16 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 12 16 16 100% 12 0 Henderson 42 26 2 14 0 0 0 0 0 16 26 26 100% 20 0 Hertford 15 11 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 11 100% 9 0 Hoke 28 22 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 22 22 100% 17 0 Hyde 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 0 Iredell 63 39 5 19 0 0 0 0 0 24 39 39 100% 30 0 Jackson 16 13 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 13 13 100% 10 0 Child Care Market Rate Survey 2023 Page | 54

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APPENDIX C. Sample Disposition by County: 2023 Centers County Total 1= Completed 2=Attempts Exhausted 3=Responden t Ineligible 4=Duplicate 5=Wrong Number 6=Out of Service 7=Fax/Modem 9=Refused Removed Adj. Total Adj. Rec'd Adj. % Rec'd Adj. 75% Target Needed Johnston 78 63 10 4 0 0 1 0 0 15 63 63 100% 48 0 Jones 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 100% 5 0 Lee 25 21 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 21 21 100% 16 0 Lenoir 19 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18 18 100% 14 0 Lincoln 26 23 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 23 23 100% 18 0 Macon 17 12 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 12 12 100% 9 0 Madison 8 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 5 100% 4 0 Martin 11 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 10 100% 8 0 McDowell 25 16 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 9 16 16 100% 12 0 Mecklenburg 407 268 63 69 0 0 7 0 0 139 268 268 100% 201 0 Mitchell 5 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 100% 3 0 Montgomery 10 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 9 100% 7 0 Moore 38 30 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 30 30 100% 23 0 Nash 40 36 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 36 36 100% 27 0 New Hanover 51 44 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 44 44 100% 33 0 Northampton 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 7 100% 6 0 Onslow 43 37 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 37 37 100% 28 0 Orange 64 46 8 9 0 0 1 0 0 18 46 46 100% 35 0 Pamlico 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 5 100% 4 0 Pasquotank 17 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14 14 100% 11 0 Pender 18 14 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 14 14 100% 11 0 Perquimans 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 3 0 Person 18 12 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 6 12 12 100% 9 0 Pitt 75 66 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 66 66 100% 50 0 Polk 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 3 0 Randolph 37 30 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 30 30 100% 23 0 Richmond 23 19 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 19 19 100% 15 0 Robeson 82 53 11 15 0 1 2 0 0 29 53 53 100% 40 0 Rockingham 41 37 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 37 37 100% 28 0 Rowan 33 27 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 27 27 100% 21 0 Rutherford 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 23 100% 18 0 Sampson 28 24 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 24 24 100% 18 0 Scotland 17 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14 14 100% 11 0 Stanly 21 16 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 16 16 100% 12 0 Stokes 14 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 12 100% 9 0 Surry 32 30 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 30 30 100% 23 0 Swain 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 6 100% 5 0 Transylvania 9 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 7 100% 6 0 Tyrrell 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 0 Union 62 43 10 8 0 0 1 0 0 19 43 43 100% 33 0 Vance 28 23 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 23 23 100% 18 0 Wake 333 270 42 20 0 0 1 0 0 63 270 270 100% 203 0 Warren 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 4 0 Washington 10 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 8 100% 6 0 Watauga 25 15 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 10 15 15 100% 12 0 Wayne 57 46 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 46 46 100% 35 0 Wilkes 21 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 20 100% 15 0 Wilson 23 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22 22 100% 17 0 Yadkin 23 22 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 22 22 100% 17 0 Yancey 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 100% 5 0 Total 3851 2984 451 387 0 1 27 0 1 867 2984 2984 100% 2238 0 *TOTAL CENTERS NEEDED TO REACH 75% BY COUNTY -746 Centers Child Care Market Rate Survey 2023 Page | 55

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APPENDIX C. Sample Disposition by County: 2023 Homes County Total 1= Completed 2=Attempts Exhausted 3=Responden t Ineligible 4=Duplicate 5=Wrong Number 6=Out of Service 7=Fax/Modem 9=Refused Removed Adj. Total Adj. Rec'd Adj. % Rec'd Adj. 75% Target Needed Alamance 12 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 11 100% 9 0 Alexander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 Alleghany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 Anson 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 100% 5 0 Ashe 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 Avery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 Beaufort 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 7 100% 6 0 Bertie 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 100% 3 0 Bladen 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 5 100% 4 0 Brunswick 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 100% 5 0 Buncombe 11 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 9 100% 7 0 Burke 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 100% 3 0 Cabarrus 12 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 11 100% 9 0 Caldwell 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 4 100% 3 0 Camden 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 Carteret 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 3 0 Caswell 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 Catawba 9 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 7 100% 6 0 Chatham 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 12 100% 9 0 Cherokee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 Chowan 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 Clay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 Cleveland 11 9 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 9 100% 7 0 Columbus 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 100% 5 0 Craven 21 18 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 18 18 100% 14 0 Cumberland 81 65 12 1 0 0 3 0 0 16 65 65 100% 49 0 Currituck 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 100% 2 0 Dare 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 100% 5 0 Davidson 9 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 7 100% 6 0 Davie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 Duplin 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 9 100% 7 0 Durham 100 79 18 0 0 0 2 0 1 21 79 79 100% 60 0 Edgecombe 13 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 10 100% 8 0 Forsyth 57 46 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 46 46 100% 35 0 Franklin 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 3 0 Gaston 12 7 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 7 7 100% 6 0 Gates 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 4 0 Graham 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 Granville 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 6 100% 5 0 Greene 5 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 100% 3 0 Guilford 69 56 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 13 56 56 100% 42 0 Halifax 9 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 7 100% 6 0 Harnett 22 15 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 7 15 15 100% 12 0 Haywood 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 100% 3 0 Henderson 9 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 6 100% 5 0 Hertford 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 3 0 Hoke 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 14 100% 11 0 Hyde 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 Iredell 13 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 12 100% 9 0 Jackson 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 0 Child Care Market Rate Survey 2023 Page | 56

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APPENDIX C. Sample Disposition by County: 2023 Homes County Total 1= Completed 2=Attempts Exhausted 3=Responden t Ineligible 4=Duplicate 5=Wrong Number 6=Out of Service 7=Fax/Modem 9=Refused Removed Adj. Total Adj. Rec'd Adj. % Rec'd Adj. 75% Target Needed Johnston 21 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 19 19 100% 15 0 Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 Lee 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 100% 3 0 Lenoir 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 7 100% 6 0 Lincoln 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 4 100% 3 0 Macon 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0% 4 0 Madison 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 3 0 Martin 109 93 12 3 0 0 1 0 0 16 93 93 100% 70 0 McDowell 18 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15 15 100% 12 0 Mecklenburg 13 11 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 11 11 100% 9 0 Mitchell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 Montgomery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 Moore 24 21 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 21 21 100% 16 0 Nash 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 New Hanover 15 13 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 13 13 100% 10 0 Northampton 14 9 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 9 9 100% 7 0 Onslow 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 0 Orange 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 6 100% 5 0 Pamlico 17 13 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 13 13 100% 10 0 Pasquotank 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 3 0 Pender 15 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 13 100% 10 0 Perquimans 21 17 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 17 17 100% 13 0 Person 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 4 100% 3 0 Pitt 6 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 5 100% 4 0 Polk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 Randolph 8 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 6 100% 5 0 Richmond 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 4 100% 3 0 Robeson 9 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 7 100% 6 0 Rockingham 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 100% 2 0 Rowan 9 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 8 100% 6 0 Rutherford 7 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 6 100% 5 0 Sampson 7 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 5 100% 4 0 Scotland 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 0 Stanly 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 100% 5 0 Stokes 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 100% 1 0 Surry 11 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 8 100% 6 0 Swain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 Transylvania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 Tyrrell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 Union 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 15 100% 12 0 Vance 138 112 21 3 0 0 2 0 0 26 112 112 100% 84 0 Wake 9 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 7 100% 6 0 Warren 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 0 Washington 9 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 7 100% 6 0 Watauga 15 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 14 100% 11 0 Wayne 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 100% 2 0 Wilkes 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 4 100% 3 0 Wilson 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 0 Yadkin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 Yancey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 Total 1184 980 148 28 0 0 24 0 4 204 980 980 100% 735 0 *TOTAL HOMES NEEDED TO REACH 75% BY COUNTY -245 5035 3964 599 415 0 1 51 0 5 1071 3964 3964 100% 2973 -991 *GRAND TOTAL NEEDED TO REACH 75% BY COUNTY -991 Homes Grand Total Child Care Market Rate Survey 2023 Page | 57

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APPENDIX D. Current, Surveyed, and Modeled Rates for Centers: 2023 *DCDEE Hold Harmless Policy: No current market rates will be decreased based upon modeled rates. Child Care Market Rate Survey 2023 Page | 70 County Alamance Alexander Alleghany Anson Ashe Avery Beaufort Bertie Bladen Brunswick Buncombe Burke Cabarrus Caldwell Camden Carteret Caswell Catawba Chatham Cherokee Chowan Clay Cleveland Columbus Craven Cumberland Currituck Dare Davidson Current (Subsidy) 75th Percentile Modeled Difference - Modeled vs. Current* One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star $335 $346 $693 $718 $773 . . $650 $789 $771 $521 $591 $661 $731 $802 $186 $245 -$32 $13 $29 $382 $390 $543 $585 $667 $433 . $628 . . $582 $604 $626 $648 $670 $200 $214 $83 $63 $3 $346 $363 $433 $452 $476 $368 . $650 . . $436 $486 $536 $586 $635 $90 $123 $103 $134 $159 $356 $363 $601 $672 $723 $650 . $650 $866 . $643 $663 $716 $821 $993 $287 $300 $115 $149 $270 $346 $363 $482 $514 $568 . . . $650 . $138 $297 $456 $615 $775 -$208 -$66 -$26 $101 $207 $346 $363 $594 $615 $636 . . . $542 $628 $193 $303 $413 $523 $633 -$153 -$60 -$181 -$92 -$3 $356 $363 $595 $610 $650 . . $563 $650 $823 $573 $586 $621 $690 $803 $217 $223 $26 $80 $153 $346 $363 $519 $595 $670 $347 . . $670 . $628 $633 $645 $670 $710 $282 $270 $126 $75 $40 $260 $273 $636 $661 $685 $650 $543 $459 $607 . $525 $547 $568 $590 $612 $265 $274 -$68 -$71 -$73 $368 $386 $590 $608 $650 $585 . $693 $607 $685 $623 $637 $652 $666 $680 $255 $251 $62 $58 $30 $335 $351 $825 $845 $847 $975 . $975 $1,034 $1,517 $886 $919 $1,006 $1,175 $1,454 $551 $568 $181 $330 $607 $346 $363 $489 $504 $557 $390 . $563 $780 $641 $699 $723 $748 $772 $796 $353 $360 $259 $268 $239 $356 $374 $807 $852 $898 $867 . $1,023 $1,083 $932 $943 $961 $978 $995 $1,013 $587 $587 $171 $143 $115 $289 $304 $442 $480 $544 $433 . $542 $520 $542 $509 $518 $526 $535 $543 $220 $214 $84 $55 -$1 $346 $363 $697 $725 $770 . . $516 . . $894 $899 $911 $935 $974 $548 $536 $214 $210 $204 $299 $314 $650 $650 $660 $802 . $685 . $628 $666 $687 $709 $730 $752 $367 $373 $59 $80 $92 $346 $363 $548 $563 $595 $433 . $542 . . $441 $469 $496 $524 $552 $95 $106 -$52 -$39 -$43 $325 $341 $559 $574 $607 $520 . $663 $650 $585 $556 $580 $603 $627 $651 $231 $239 $44 $53 $44 $346 $363 $977 $992 $1,235 . . $1,278 $666 . $1,082 $1,103 $1,125 $1,147 $1,168 $736 $740 $148 $155 -$67 $356 $363 $441 $463 $526 $463 . $340 . $517 $355 $360 $372 $395 $434 -$1 -$3 -$69 -$68 -$92 $346 $363 $503 $537 $586 $433 . $586 . . $437 $499 $562 $625 $688 $91 $136 $59 $88 $102 $346 $363 $617 $780 $798 $650 . $443 . . $414 $436 $457 $479 $501 $68 $73 -$160 -$301 -$297 $312 $328 $599 $650 $672 . . $621 $867 $780 $408 $528 $649 $769 $890 $96 $200 $50 $119 $218 $323 $340 $542 $610 $740 . . $520 $520 $910 $378 $406 $483 $633 $881 $55 $66 -$59 $23 $141 $312 $328 $595 $610 $635 . . $563 $641 $676 $573 $586 $608 $638 $677 $261 $258 $13 $28 $42 $348 $366 $650 $651 $672 $758 $1,018 $802 $836 $650 $729 $751 $772 $794 $816 $381 $385 $122 $143 $144 $346 $363 $524 $585 $645 . . $630 . . $530 $541 $552 $562 $573 $184 $178 $28 -$23 -$72 $335 $341 $670 $706 $742 . . $780 . . $559 $576 $593 $609 $626 $224 $235 -$77 -$97 -$116 $312 $322 $533 $543 $566 $542 . $693 $672 $563 $547 $569 $590 $612 $633 $235 $247 $57 $69 $67 School-Age Center Rates

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APPENDIX D. Current, Surveyed, and Modeled Rates for Centers: 2023 *DCDEE Hold Harmless Policy: No current market rates will be decreased based upon modeled rates. Child Care Market Rate Survey 2023 Page | 71 County Davie Duplin Durham Edgecombe Forsyth Franklin Gaston Gates Graham Granville Greene Guilford Halifax Harnett Haywood Henderson Hertford Hoke Hyde Iredell Jackson Johnston Jones Lee Lenoir Lincoln Macon Madison Martin Current (Subsidy) 75th Percentile Modeled Difference - Modeled vs. Current* One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star School-Age Center Rates $346 $363 $695 $710 $776 $325 . $693 $641 $780 $639 $647 $668 $709 $776 $293 $284 -$27 -$1 $0 $289 $304 $555 $555 $579 $607 $531 $520 $607 . $581 $583 $591 $606 $631 $292 $279 $36 $51 $52 $419 $440 $820 $845 $953 $800 . $845 $607 $1,192 $707 $727 $782 $890 $1,066 $288 $287 -$38 $45 $113 $281 $295 $530 $565 $624 $542 $520 $624 $624 $624 $508 $550 $592 $634 $676 $227 $255 $62 $69 $52 $339 $355 $696 $705 $719 $797 $932 $793 $802 $858 $798 $801 $808 $823 $847 $459 $446 $112 $118 $128 $335 $341 $680 $715 $734 . . $693 $711 $800 $662 $669 $689 $727 $790 $327 $328 $9 $12 $56 $348 $366 $582 $596 $620 $823 . $607 $715 $650 $657 $678 $700 $722 $743 $309 $312 $118 $126 $123 $346 $363 $500 $512 $524 . . . . . $325 $330 $342 $366 $405 -$21 -$33 -$158 -$146 -$119 $356 $363 $451 $473 $497 . . $650 . . $89 $111 $132 $154 $176 -$267 -$252 -$319 -$319 -$321 $356 $374 $713 $738 $778 $737 . $802 $780 $869 $737 $759 $780 $802 $823 $381 $385 $67 $64 $45 $281 $295 $520 $529 $544 $347 $563 . $477 . $364 $409 $454 $499 $544 $83 $114 -$66 -$30 $0 $392 $412 $722 $734 $758 $659 $650 $802 $719 $758 $701 $720 $740 $759 $779 $309 $308 $18 $25 $21 $346 $363 $516 $531 $545 $542 . $545 $465 . $543 $543 $543 $544 $545 $197 $180 $27 $13 $0 $312 $328 $650 $652 $672 $650 . $810 $672 $616 $663 $684 $706 $728 $749 $351 $356 $56 $76 $77 $353 $363 $542 $546 $554 $500 . $693 $650 . $629 $639 $648 $658 $668 $276 $276 $106 $112 $114 $289 $304 $583 $609 $634 $737 $780 $995 $953 $542 $804 $826 $847 $869 $890 $515 $522 $264 $260 $256 $346 $363 $482 $527 $601 $605 . $482 . . $441 $463 $484 $506 $528 $95 $100 $2 -$21 -$73 $346 $363 $627 $638 $661 $650 . $750 $650 . $658 $679 $701 $723 $744 $312 $316 $74 $85 $83 $437 $459 $693 $745 $808 . . . . . $413 $416 $422 $435 $456 -$24 -$43 -$271 -$310 -$352 $339 $355 $755 $769 $793 . . $1,049 $737 $888 $807 $829 $851 $872 $894 $468 $474 $96 $103 $101 $356 $363 $477 $509 $550 $600 . . . . $263 $285 $306 $328 $350 -$93 -$78 -$171 -$181 -$200 $321 $333 $622 $703 $862 $758 $780 $737 $780 $715 $691 $713 $735 $756 $778 $370 $380 $113 $53 -$84 $346 $363 $455 $478 $531 . . $555 . . $523 $533 $542 $552 $562 $177 $170 $87 $74 $31 $312 $328 $630 $638 $646 $758 . $659 $732 $607 $633 $654 $676 $698 $719 $321 $326 $46 $60 $73 $289 $304 $520 $549 $595 . . $628 $477 $494 $618 $620 $625 $634 $649 $329 $316 $105 $85 $54 $356 $374 $856 $995 $1,235 . . $884 $576 $685 $720 $742 $763 $785 $806 $364 $368 -$93 -$210 -$429 $346 $363 $1,058 $1,093 $1,150 . . $758 . . $304 $326 $347 $369 $390 -$42 -$37 -$711 -$724 -$760 $346 $363 $470 $607 $639 . . . $650 . $625 $628 $636 $652 $679 $279 $265 $166 $45 $40 $346 $363 $544 $565 $592 $563 . $475 $488 $512 $445 $467 $488 $510 $532 $99 $104 -$56 -$55 -$60

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APPENDIX D. Current, Surveyed, and Modeled Rates for Centers: 2023 *DCDEE Hold Harmless Policy: No current market rates will be decreased based upon modeled rates. Child Care Market Rate Survey 2023 Page | 72 County McDowell Mecklenburg Mitchell Montgomery Moore Nash New Hanover Northampton Onslow Orange Pamlico Pasquotank Pender Perquimans Person Pitt Polk Randolph Richmond Robeson Rockingham Rowan Rutherford Sampson Scotland Stanly Stokes Surry Swain Current (Subsidy) 75th Percentile Modeled Difference - Modeled vs. Current* One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star School-Age Center Rates $281 $295 $629 $652 $689 . . $975 . . $958 $963 $975 $998 $1,037 $677 $668 $346 $346 $348 $423 $445 $820 $858 $874 $1,374 $823 $1,036 $1,192 $1,083 $1,026 $1,047 $1,069 $1,091 $1,112 $603 $602 $249 $233 $238 $346 $363 $470 $487 $519 . . . . . $462 $465 $472 $486 $510 $116 $102 $2 -$1 -$9 $346 $363 $530 $609 $688 $368 . $433 . $368 $377 $392 $408 $423 $439 $31 $29 -$122 -$186 -$249 $335 $346 $650 $674 $698 $693 . $1,014 . . $966 $989 $1,011 $1,034 $1,057 $631 $643 $361 $360 $359 $312 $328 $635 $677 $758 $693 . $650 $677 $758 $661 $666 $679 $704 $746 $349 $338 $44 $27 -$12 $383 $403 $747 $776 $823 $1,300 $585 $867 $867 $698 $751 $772 $794 $816 $837 $368 $369 $47 $40 $14 $346 $363 $715 $722 $742 . . $675 $719 . $519 $581 $642 $703 $764 $173 $218 -$73 -$19 $22 $312 $328 $636 $693 $708 $693 . $715 . $858 $685 $695 $721 $772 $857 $373 $367 $85 $79 $149 $390 $410 $829 $850 $975 $1,420 . $780 $715 $433 $608 $630 $651 $673 $694 $218 $220 -$178 -$177 -$281 $346 $363 $452 $498 $546 . . $452 $693 . $176 $327 $478 $629 $779 -$170 -$36 $26 $131 $233 $281 $295 $570 $584 $700 $275 $615 $628 . $700 $594 $607 $628 $658 $697 $313 $312 $58 $74 -$3 $356 $363 $780 $795 $818 $1,500 $802 $932 $650 . $957 $978 $1,000 $1,021 $1,043 $601 $615 $220 $226 $225 $346 $363 $433 $454 $495 . $433 . . . $209 $230 $252 $274 $295 -$137 -$133 -$181 -$180 -$200 $356 $363 $680 $703 $782 $433 . . $823 $563 $664 $685 $707 $728 $750 $308 $322 $27 $25 -$32 $379 $386 $710 $711 $712 $711 $693 $737 $711 $910 $693 $703 $729 $781 $865 $314 $317 $19 $70 $153 $356 $363 $494 $516 $556 . . . . . . . . . . $299 $314 $600 $615 $638 $650 . $595 $542 $563 $504 $525 $547 $569 $590 $205 $211 -$53 -$46 -$48 $268 $281 $505 $519 $543 $607 . $628 $542 . $615 $620 $624 $629 $633 $347 $339 $119 $110 $90 $276 $289 $592 $895 $1,339 $802 $459 $563 $654 $880 $557 $571 $609 $682 $803 $281 $282 $17 -$213 -$536 $289 $304 $486 $515 $591 $520 . $433 $672 . $475 $480 $494 $520 $563 $186 $176 $8 $5 -$28 $312 $328 $619 $633 $657 $715 . $715 $650 $706 $617 $639 $660 $682 $704 $305 $311 $41 $49 $47 $214 $225 $530 $532 $542 . . $500 $530 $500 $416 $438 $460 $481 $503 $202 $213 -$70 -$51 -$39 $356 $374 $489 $512 $549 . . $563 $494 $758 $512 $524 $557 $621 $728 $156 $150 $68 $109 $179 $356 $374 $533 $580 $761 $516 . . $490 $693 $447 $457 $483 $534 $617 $91 $83 -$50 -$46 -$144 $303 $318 $583 $615 $672 $563 . $966 $650 $702 $766 $788 $809 $831 $853 $463 $470 $226 $216 $181 $289 $304 $639 $653 $732 $477 . $704 . . $660 $681 $702 $724 $745 $371 $377 $63 $71 $13 $276 $289 $628 $646 $669 $455 . $758 $477 . $587 $609 $630 $652 $674 $311 $320 $2 $6 $5 $390 $398 $450 $478 $550 $450 . $500 . . $470 $478 $491 $510 $534 $80 $80 $41 $32 -$16

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APPENDIX D. Current, Surveyed, and Modeled Rates for Homes: 2023 *DCDEE Hold Harmless Policy: No current market rates will be decreased based upon modeled rates. Child Care Market Rate Survey 2023 Page | 74 Current (Subsidy) 75th Percentile Modeled Difference - Modeled vs. Current* County One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star Alamance $379 $398 $766 $835 $950 $932 . $975 . . $935 $941 $947 $953 $958 $556 $543 $181 $118 $8 Alexander $379 $398 $529 $551 $588 . . . . . $525 $527 $533 $544 $562 $146 $129 $4 -$7 -$26 Alleghany $379 $398 $417 $433 $462 . . . . . $499 $501 $506 $517 $534 $120 $103 $89 $84 $72 Anson $379 $398 $675 $714 $778 $1,192 . $715 $867 . $705 $714 $723 $732 $741 $326 $316 $48 $18 -$37 Ashe $379 $398 $449 $471 $508 . . . . . $551 $553 $559 $571 $590 $172 $155 $110 $100 $82 Avery $379 $398 $581 $609 $656 . . . . . $589 $591 $598 $610 $630 $210 $193 $17 $1 -$26 Beaufort $379 $398 $611 $655 $728 . $650 $737 $780 . $774 $778 $788 $807 $839 $395 $380 $177 $152 $111 Bertie $380 $399 $538 $565 $597 . . $650 $517 . $608 $617 $626 $635 $645 $228 $218 $88 $70 $48 Bladen $379 $398 $508 $520 $557 . . . . . $495 $497 $503 $513 $530 $116 $99 -$5 -$7 -$27 Brunswick $379 $398 $582 $594 $641 $628 . $585 . . $664 $666 $673 $687 $711 $285 $268 $91 $93 $70 Buncombe $379 $398 $894 $904 $1,022 $802 . $986 . . $979 $983 $994 $1,015 $1,051 $600 $585 $100 $111 $29 Burke $379 $398 $595 $616 $681 $616 . . $606 . $638 $641 $649 $665 $690 $259 $243 $54 $49 $9 Cabarrus $446 $469 $739 $776 $838 $758 . . $823 . $966 $970 $979 $996 $1,025 $520 $501 $240 $220 $187 Caldwell $379 $398 $587 $608 $642 . $563 . . $698 $582 $587 $601 $628 $674 $203 $189 $14 $20 $32 Camden $379 $398 $621 $640 $672 . . . . . $1,066 $1,071 $1,082 $1,105 $1,142 $687 $673 $461 $465 $470 Carteret $379 $398 $656 $675 $706 . . . $867 . $663 $694 $725 $756 $787 $284 $296 $69 $81 $81 Caswell $379 $398 $609 $639 $688 . . $607 . . $581 $583 $589 $599 $616 $202 $185 -$20 -$40 -$72 Catawba $379 $398 $664 $701 $763 $845 . $823 . . $871 $876 $887 $908 $944 $492 $478 $223 $207 $181 Chatham $485 $509 $733 $771 $808 $737 . $607 $771 . $815 $819 $832 $856 $896 $330 $310 $99 $85 $88 Cherokee $379 $398 $520 $534 $570 . . . . . $482 $483 $489 $499 $516 $103 $85 -$31 -$35 -$54 Chowan $379 $398 $498 $523 $563 . . . $523 . $521 $523 $529 $539 $557 $142 $125 $31 $16 -$6 Clay $379 $398 $503 $527 $568 . . . . . $600 $602 $609 $622 $643 $221 $204 $106 $95 $75 Cleveland $379 $398 $633 $683 $732 $607 . $398 $542 $780 $698 $703 $715 $740 $780 $319 $305 $82 $57 $48 Columbus $379 $398 $580 $613 $669 $802 . $580 . . $520 $527 $534 $540 $547 $141 $129 -$46 -$73 -$122 Craven $379 $398 $721 $763 $833 . $758 $758 $802 . $853 $855 $863 $878 $903 $474 $457 $142 $115 $70 Cumberland $335 $351 $938 $949 $967 . $1,040 $938 $949 $967 $840 $852 $863 $875 $886 $505 $501 -$75 -$74 -$81 Currituck $379 $398 $601 $615 $638 . . $1,300 . . $564 $571 $578 $586 $593 $185 $173 -$23 -$29 -$45 Dare $379 $398 $751 $789 $853 $953 . . $867 . $705 $714 $723 $732 $741 $326 $316 -$28 -$57 -$112 Infant Home Rates

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APPENDIX D. Current, Surveyed, and Modeled Rates for Homes: 2023 *DCDEE Hold Harmless Policy: No current market rates will be decreased based upon modeled rates. Child Care Market Rate Survey 2023 Page | 75 Current (Subsidy) 75th Percentile Modeled Difference - Modeled vs. Current* County One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star Infant Home Rates Davidson $338 $354 $783 $823 $890 . . . . . $658 $661 $668 $682 $705 $320 $307 -$115 -$141 -$185 Davie $379 $398 $672 $691 $723 . . . . . $716 $719 $727 $742 $767 $337 $321 $55 $51 $44 Duplin $379 $398 $538 $559 $597 $585 . $628 $559 . $710 $713 $722 $738 $764 $331 $315 $184 $179 $167 Durham $469 $492 $1,034 $1,037 $1,040 $1,098 $1,083 $1,300 $1,040 $1,170 $1,232 $1,240 $1,249 $1,257 $1,266 $763 $748 $215 $220 $226 Edgecombe $379 $398 $628 $704 $833 $715 $693 . $676 $646 $751 $756 $767 $791 $829 $372 $358 $139 $87 -$4 Forsyth $402 $422 $762 $792 $843 $845 $867 $867 $975 $1,083 $1,020 $1,025 $1,039 $1,067 $1,112 $618 $603 $277 $275 $269 Franklin $379 $398 $655 $685 $738 . . . $685 . $703 $706 $714 $729 $753 $324 $308 $59 $44 $15 Gaston $379 $398 $727 $764 $827 . . . $611 $650 $828 $831 $842 $863 $897 $449 $433 $115 $99 $70 Gates $379 $398 $549 $566 $602 . . . . . $658 $660 $667 $681 $704 $279 $262 $118 $115 $102 Graham $379 $398 $546 $573 $617 . . . . . $515 $517 $522 $533 $551 $136 $119 -$24 -$40 -$66 Granville $379 $398 $683 $709 $752 $1,127 . . . . $638 $646 $654 $662 $671 $259 $248 -$29 -$47 -$81 Greene $379 $398 $530 $556 $672 . . $715 . . $531 $538 $546 $553 $561 $152 $140 $16 -$3 -$111 Guilford $386 $406 $804 $815 $833 $867 $650 $953 $919 $964 $950 $953 $962 $979 $1,007 $564 $547 $158 $164 $174 Halifax $379 $398 $601 $638 $700 . $650 . $646 . $729 $731 $738 $750 $771 $350 $333 $137 $112 $71 Harnett $379 $398 $763 $846 $982 . . $800 $758 . $852 $856 $867 $888 $923 $473 $458 $104 $42 -$59 Haywood $379 $398 $597 $616 $635 . . . . . $589 $592 $598 $610 $631 $210 $194 $1 -$6 -$4 Henderson $379 $398 $745 $778 $832 . . $867 $975 $910 $816 $847 $878 $909 $941 $437 $449 $133 $131 $109 Hertford $379 $398 $528 $557 $605 $582 . $520 . $605 $558 $560 $567 $579 $599 $179 $162 $39 $22 -$6 Hoke $379 $398 $751 $772 $807 . . $650 $607 . $906 $909 $919 $937 $967 $527 $511 $168 $165 $160 Hyde $379 $398 $771 $801 $849 . . . . . $522 $524 $529 $541 $559 $143 $126 -$242 -$260 -$290 Iredell $379 $398 $725 $769 $842 . . $975 $1,083 . $924 $963 $1,003 $1,043 $1,082 $545 $565 $278 $274 $240 Jackson $379 $398 $580 $608 $655 . . . . . $611 $613 $620 $633 $654 $232 $215 $40 $25 -$1 Johnston $338 $354 $852 $1,009 $1,211 $380 $607 $1,200 $880 . $860 $872 $883 $895 $906 $522 $518 $31 -$114 -$305 Jones $379 $398 $549 $564 $608 . . . . . $579 $581 $588 $600 $620 $200 $183 $39 $36 $12 Lee $379 $398 $620 $646 $688 $979 . . . . $659 $667 $676 $684 $693 $280 $269 $56 $38 $5 Lenoir $379 $398 $591 $608 $656 . . $693 . . $1,144 $1,147 $1,158 $1,179 $1,214 $765 $749 $567 $571 $558 Lincoln $379 $398 $782 $815 $869 . . . $867 . $897 $900 $910 $929 $960 $518 $502 $128 $114 $91 Macon $379 $398 $658 $690 $744 . . . . . $650 $652 $660 $673 $696 $271 $254 $2 -$17 -$48 Madison $379 $398 $566 $594 $640 . . . . . $796 $800 $808 $825 $853 $417 $402 $242 $231 $213

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APPENDIX D. Current, Surveyed, and Modeled Rates for Homes: 2023 *DCDEE Hold Harmless Policy: No current market rates will be decreased based upon modeled rates. Child Care Market Rate Survey 2023 Page | 76 Current (Subsidy) 75th Percentile Modeled Difference - Modeled vs. Current* County One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star Infant Home Rates Martin $379 $398 $529 $555 $598 . . $542 $607 . $563 $570 $582 $599 $621 $184 $172 $53 $44 $23 McDowell $379 $398 $526 $547 $573 . . . . $563 $733 $736 $744 $759 $785 $354 $338 $218 $212 $212 Mecklenburg $446 $469 $829 $847 $876 $1,148 $1,213 $1,083 $1,127 $1,300 $1,125 $1,132 $1,151 $1,188 $1,250 $679 $663 $322 $341 $374 Mitchell $410 $421 $495 $517 $557 . . . . . $584 $586 $592 $605 $625 $174 $165 $97 $88 $68 Montgomery $410 $424 $529 $555 $597 . . . . . $437 $439 $444 $453 $468 $27 $15 -$85 -$102 -$129 Moore $379 $398 $696 $720 $760 $780 . $1,083 $780 . $911 $941 $971 $1,002 $1,032 $532 $543 $275 $282 $272 Nash $379 $398 $693 $732 $797 . . $650 $867 . $883 $886 $896 $914 $944 $504 $488 $203 $182 $147 New Hanover $402 $422 $751 $773 $809 $975 . $834 . . $1,060 $1,065 $1,077 $1,100 $1,139 $658 $643 $326 $327 $330 Northampton $379 $398 $677 $710 $765 . . . . . $644 $647 $654 $667 $690 $265 $249 -$23 -$43 -$75 Onslow $338 $354 $731 $761 $810 $1,127 . $715 . . $957 $969 $981 $992 $1,004 $619 $615 $250 $231 $194 Orange $550 $567 $1,057 $1,140 $1,276 $1,300 $1,100 $1,500 $1,075 $1,225 $965 $977 $990 $1,002 $1,015 $415 $410 -$67 -$138 -$261 Pamlico $379 $398 $500 $515 $540 . . $780 . . $588 $597 $605 $613 $622 $209 $199 $105 $98 $82 Pasquotank $443 $465 $585 $599 $623 $599 . $628 $599 . $651 $655 $667 $690 $727 $208 $190 $82 $91 $104 Pender $379 $398 $654 $692 $754 $750 . $704 . $823 $832 $837 $852 $880 $926 $453 $439 $198 $188 $172 Perquimans $379 $398 $507 $532 $573 . . . $532 . $543 $545 $551 $562 $581 $164 $147 $44 $30 $8 Person $379 $398 $712 $742 $792 $802 . $823 $802 . $875 $878 $885 $899 $923 $496 $480 $173 $157 $131 Pitt $356 $374 $728 $770 $839 . $823 $672 $867 $1,083 $929 $935 $954 $989 $1,048 $573 $561 $226 $219 $209 Polk $379 $398 $602 $620 $660 . . . . . . . . . . Randolph $379 $398 $601 $638 $700 $650 . . $737 . $660 $683 $705 $728 $751 $281 $285 $104 $90 $51 Richmond $379 $398 $574 $622 $671 . . $693 . . $610 $619 $629 $638 $647 $231 $221 $55 $16 -$24 Robeson $379 $398 $616 $643 $710 $715 . . $643 . $755 $758 $767 $784 $812 $376 $360 $151 $141 $102 Rockingham $379 $398 $551 $580 $618 . . . $650 . $569 $586 $604 $621 $638 $190 $188 $53 $41 $20 Rowan $379 $398 $612 $648 $709 $845 . . $758 . $840 $843 $850 $865 $888 $461 $445 $238 $217 $179 Rutherford $379 $398 $513 $534 $576 . . . . . $579 $581 $587 $600 $620 $200 $183 $74 $66 $44 Sampson $379 $398 $603 $644 $731 $607 $650 $603 . . $706 $709 $719 $736 $766 $327 $311 $116 $92 $35 Scotland $379 $398 $584 $607 $656 $542 . $650 $610 . $767 $771 $782 $804 $839 $388 $373 $198 $197 $183 Stanly $379 $398 $622 $642 $663 $650 . . . $400 $692 $697 $711 $739 $783 $313 $299 $89 $97 $120 Stokes $379 $398 $617 $635 $669 . $563 . . . $693 $696 $703 $718 $742 $314 $298 $86 $83 $73 Surry $379 $398 $594 $636 $706 $628 . . . . $633 $635 $641 $653 $673 $254 $237 $47 $17 -$33

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APPENDIX D. Current, Surveyed, and Modeled Rates for Homes: 2023 *DCDEE Hold Harmless Policy: No current market rates will be decreased based upon modeled rates. Child Care Market Rate Survey 2023 Page | 78 County Alamance Alexander Alleghany Anson Ashe Avery Beaufort Bertie Bladen Brunswick Buncombe Burke Cabarrus Caldwell Camden Carteret Caswell Catawba Chatham Cherokee Chowan Clay Cleveland Columbus Craven Cumberland Currituck Dare Current (Subsidy) 75th Percentile Modeled Difference - Modeled vs. Current* One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star $379 $398 $732 $755 $794 $812 . $780 . . $800 $811 $823 $835 $847 $421 $413 $91 $80 $53 $379 $398 $521 $531 $548 . . . . . $476 $482 $489 $495 $501 $97 $84 -$32 -$36 -$47 $379 $398 $417 $426 $439 . . . . . $452 $458 $464 $470 $476 $73 $60 $47 $44 $37 $379 $398 $652 $675 $713 . . . $733 . $705 $714 $724 $733 $742 $326 $316 $72 $58 $29 $379 $398 $439 $449 $468 . . . $975 . $567 $624 $681 $739 $796 $188 $226 $242 $290 $328 $379 $398 $567 $581 $614 . . . . . $534 $541 $548 $555 $562 $155 $143 -$19 -$26 -$52 $379 $398 $608 $628 $670 . $650 $737 . . $670 $682 $694 $705 $717 $291 $284 $86 $77 $47 $380 $399 $513 $563 $637 . . $650 $563 . $541 $548 $555 $563 $570 $161 $149 $42 $0 -$67 $379 $398 $532 $571 $644 . . . $571 $569 $492 $514 $536 $558 $580 $113 $116 $4 -$13 -$64 $379 $398 $609 $648 $687 $607 . $585 $737 $845 $657 $668 $695 $749 $839 $278 $270 $86 $101 $152 $379 $398 $865 $891 $1,023 $802 . $953 . $1,300 $930 $949 $999 $1,098 $1,260 $551 $551 $134 $207 $237 $379 $398 $556 $576 $608 . . . . . $583 $591 $598 $606 $614 $204 $193 $42 $30 $6 $446 $469 $742 $760 $789 $758 $1,300 $1,192 $1,300 $1,083 $1,100 $1,143 $1,186 $1,229 $1,272 $654 $674 $444 $469 $483 $379 $398 $566 $583 $632 $693 . . . . $534 $541 $548 $555 $562 $155 $143 -$18 -$28 -$70 $379 $398 $588 $616 $662 . . . . . $967 $980 $992 $1,005 $1,018 $588 $582 $404 $389 $356 $379 $398 $668 $692 $715 $600 $737 . $867 . $700 $724 $749 $773 $798 $321 $326 $81 $81 $83 $379 $398 $595 $610 $633 . . . . . $520 $527 $534 $540 $547 $141 $129 -$61 -$70 -$86 $379 $398 $658 $669 $686 $845 . $823 $693 . $782 $794 $805 $817 $829 $403 $396 $147 $148 $143 $485 $509 $685 $706 $741 $758 . $607 . . $731 $743 $755 $766 $778 $246 $234 $70 $60 $37 $379 $398 $495 $519 $559 . . . . . $437 $442 $448 $454 $460 $58 $44 -$47 -$65 -$99 $379 $398 $486 $498 $524 . . . $499 . $474 $480 $486 $492 $498 $95 $82 $0 -$6 -$26 $379 $398 $491 $503 $523 . . . . . $544 $551 $558 $566 $573 $165 $153 $67 $63 $50 $379 $398 $538 $576 $639 $672 . $398 $520 $780 $699 $702 $711 $727 $755 $320 $304 $173 $151 $116 $379 $398 $573 $584 $605 $802 . $573 . . $521 $527 $534 $541 $548 $142 $129 -$39 -$43 -$57 $379 $398 $713 $730 $759 . $845 $802 $800 $650 $771 $783 $794 $806 $818 $392 $385 $81 $76 $59 $335 $351 $823 $838 $861 $737 $1,040 $843 $1,012 $967 $915 $923 $945 $988 $1,058 $580 $572 $122 $150 $197 $379 $398 $541 $570 $617 . . $1,300 . . $564 $572 $579 $586 $594 $185 $174 $38 $16 -$23 $379 $398 $736 $754 $782 $953 . . $867 . $705 $715 $724 $733 $743 $326 $317 -$12 -$21 -$39 One-Year-Old Home Rates

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APPENDIX D. Current, Surveyed, and Modeled Rates for Homes: 2023 *DCDEE Hold Harmless Policy: No current market rates will be decreased based upon modeled rates. Child Care Market Rate Survey 2023 Page | 79 County Davidson Davie Duplin Durham Edgecombe Forsyth Franklin Gaston Gates Graham Granville Greene Guilford Halifax Harnett Haywood Henderson Hertford Hoke Hyde Iredell Jackson Johnston Jones Lee Lenoir Lincoln Macon Madison Current (Subsidy) 75th Percentile Modeled Difference - Modeled vs. Current* One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One-Year-Old Home Rates $338 $354 $774 $788 $811 . $542 $910 $953 $823 $723 $757 $792 $826 $861 $385 $403 $18 $38 $50 $379 $398 $646 $672 $715 . . . . . $650 $658 $667 $675 $684 $271 $260 $21 $3 -$31 $379 $398 $521 $535 $588 $585 . $585 $555 . $625 $637 $649 $661 $672 $246 $239 $128 $126 $84 $469 $492 $969 $988 $1,018 $1,300 $1,200 $1,278 $1,083 $1,181 $1,137 $1,149 $1,161 $1,173 $1,184 $668 $657 $192 $185 $166 $379 $398 $617 $653 $713 $607 $693 . $650 $758 $677 $688 $700 $712 $724 $298 $290 $83 $59 $11 $402 $422 $727 $752 $792 $812 $802 $1,083 $1,083 $1,127 $1,075 $1,078 $1,084 $1,096 $1,115 $673 $656 $357 $344 $323 $379 $398 $638 $653 $701 $715 . . . . $638 $646 $654 $663 $671 $259 $248 $16 $10 -$30 $379 $398 $702 $757 $848 . . $867 . $650 $752 $762 $771 $781 $791 $373 $364 $69 $24 -$57 $379 $398 $532 $546 $586 $650 . . . . $596 $604 $612 $620 $628 $217 $206 $80 $74 $42 $379 $398 $534 $547 $570 $607 . . . . $467 $473 $479 $485 $491 $88 $75 -$55 -$62 -$79 $379 $398 $656 $671 $697 $1,127 . . . . $638 $647 $655 $663 $672 $259 $249 -$1 -$8 -$25 $379 $398 $518 $530 $551 . . $628 . . $444 $449 $455 $461 $467 $65 $51 -$63 -$69 -$84 $386 $406 $858 $866 $878 $672 $758 $975 $867 $940 $862 $874 $886 $898 $909 $476 $468 $28 $32 $31 $379 $398 $582 $599 $628 . $672 $650 $646 . $628 $639 $651 $663 $675 $249 $241 $69 $64 $47 $379 $398 $729 $775 $834 $800 $1,083 $758 $693 . $762 $773 $785 $797 $809 $383 $375 $56 $22 -$25 $379 $398 $544 $557 $578 . . . $716 $735 $585 $605 $640 $689 $752 $206 $207 $96 $132 $174 $379 $398 $706 $733 $777 . . $867 $1,083 $910 $829 $865 $900 $936 $972 $450 $467 $194 $203 $195 $379 $398 $514 $530 $557 $555 . $520 . $557 $493 $500 $506 $513 $519 $114 $102 -$8 -$17 -$38 $379 $398 $707 $743 $802 $693 $650 $823 $607 . $819 $830 $842 $854 $866 $440 $432 $135 $111 $64 $379 $398 $736 $759 $814 . . . . . $473 $479 $486 $492 $498 $94 $81 -$250 -$267 -$316 $379 $398 $698 $723 $765 . $836 $867 $1,083 . $954 $967 $980 $994 $1,007 $575 $569 $282 $271 $242 $379 $398 $573 $590 $702 $589 . . . . $554 $561 $569 $576 $583 $175 $163 -$4 -$14 -$119 $338 $354 $701 $759 $853 $823 $607 $1,150 $932 . $861 $872 $884 $896 $908 $523 $518 $183 $137 $55 $379 $398 $526 $548 $590 . . . . . $525 $532 $539 $546 $553 $146 $134 $13 -$2 -$37 $379 $398 $591 $606 $631 $979 . . . . $659 $668 $677 $685 $694 $280 $270 $86 $79 $63 $379 $398 $582 $593 $627 $379 . . . $737 $1,051 $1,063 $1,075 $1,087 $1,098 $672 $665 $493 $494 $471 $379 $398 $766 $776 $793 . . $1,083 $693 $780 $813 $824 $835 $845 $856 $434 $426 $69 $69 $63 $379 $398 $643 $658 $684 . . . . . $589 $597 $605 $612 $620 $210 $199 -$38 -$46 -$64 $379 $398 $554 $567 $589 . . . . . $722 $732 $741 $751 $760 $343 $334 $187 $184 $171

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APPENDIX D. Current, Surveyed, and Modeled Rates for Homes: 2023 *DCDEE Hold Harmless Policy: No current market rates will be decreased based upon modeled rates. Child Care Market Rate Survey 2023 Page | 80 County Martin McDowell Mecklenburg Mitchell Montgomery Moore Nash New Hanover Northampton Onslow Orange Pamlico Pasquotank Pender Perquimans Person Pitt Polk Randolph Richmond Robeson Rockingham Rowan Rutherford Sampson Scotland Stanly Stokes Surry Current (Subsidy) 75th Percentile Modeled Difference - Modeled vs. Current* One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One-Year-Old Home Rates $379 $398 $532 $540 $554 . . $497 $607 . $511 $518 $524 $531 $538 $132 $120 -$8 -$9 -$16 $379 $398 $499 $527 $563 $607 . . . $563 $665 $673 $682 $691 $700 $286 $275 $183 $164 $137 $446 $469 $898 $903 $911 $1,040 $910 $1,213 $1,127 $1,148 $1,144 $1,149 $1,154 $1,160 $1,165 $698 $680 $256 $257 $254 $410 $421 $482 $493 $532 . . . . . $529 $536 $543 $550 $557 $119 $115 $61 $57 $25 $410 $424 $530 $547 $563 . . . . . $396 $402 $407 $412 $417 -$14 -$22 -$123 -$135 -$146 $379 $398 $655 $662 $673 $780 . $1,083 $845 . $813 $825 $837 $849 $860 $434 $427 $182 $187 $187 $379 $398 $725 $739 $786 $737 . $739 $845 . $796 $807 $819 $831 $843 $417 $409 $94 $92 $57 $402 $422 $708 $724 $765 $975 . $975 . $910 $975 $987 $999 $1,011 $1,022 $573 $565 $291 $287 $257 $379 $398 $661 $677 $703 . . . . . $584 $592 $599 $607 $615 $205 $194 -$62 -$70 -$88 $338 $354 $716 $723 $733 $802 . . . . $958 $970 $982 $993 $1,005 $620 $616 $266 $270 $272 $550 $567 $1,034 $1,053 $1,082 $1,300 $1,000 . $1,053 $1,225 $966 $978 $991 $1,004 $1,016 $416 $411 -$43 -$49 -$66 $379 $398 $474 $497 $533 $500 . $693 . . $494 $501 $507 $514 $520 $115 $103 $33 $17 -$13 $443 $465 $565 $584 $608 $584 . $584 $584 . $564 $576 $588 $599 $611 $121 $111 $23 $15 $3 $379 $398 $645 $681 $742 $742 . $753 $819 $780 $749 $760 $772 $784 $796 $370 $362 $127 $103 $54 $379 $398 $495 $507 $529 . . . $532 . $492 $498 $505 $511 $518 $113 $100 $10 $4 -$11 $379 $398 $691 $722 $777 $758 . $867 $780 . $796 $808 $819 $831 $843 $417 $410 $128 $109 $66 $356 $374 $672 $704 $758 . $542 $802 $867 $832 $840 $852 $864 $876 $887 $484 $478 $192 $172 $129 $379 $398 $574 $601 $647 . . . . . . . . . . $379 $398 $590 $604 $627 $637 . . $737 . $667 $679 $691 $703 $715 $288 $281 $101 $99 $88 $379 $398 $561 $604 $648 . . $693 . $604 $539 $546 $553 $561 $568 $160 $148 -$8 -$43 -$80 $379 $398 $597 $622 $678 $715 . $390 $622 . $672 $684 $696 $707 $719 $293 $286 $99 $85 $41 $379 $398 $519 $542 $583 $563 . . . . $519 $525 $532 $539 $546 $140 $127 $13 -$3 -$37 $379 $398 $585 $612 $670 $607 . . $650 . $744 $756 $767 $779 $791 $365 $358 $182 $167 $121 $379 $398 $513 $521 $551 $542 . . . $597 $580 $581 $583 $587 $594 $201 $183 $70 $66 $43 $379 $398 $588 $605 $634 $607 $650 $588 . . $610 $622 $634 $645 $657 $231 $224 $46 $40 $23 $379 $398 $557 $589 $643 $676 . $650 $633 . $677 $688 $700 $712 $724 $298 $290 $143 $123 $81 $379 $398 $583 $606 $635 . . $693 $693 $400 $606 $617 $629 $641 $653 $227 $219 $46 $35 $18 $379 $398 $585 $614 $661 . $780 . . . $628 $636 $645 $653 $661 $249 $238 $60 $39 $0 $379 $398 $575 $598 $634 $628 $650 . . . $571 $579 $586 $594 $601 $192 $181 $11 -$4 -$33

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APPENDIX D. Current, Surveyed, and Modeled Rates for Homes: 2023 *DCDEE Hold Harmless Policy: No current market rates will be decreased based upon modeled rates. Child Care Market Rate Survey 2023 Page | 82 County Alamance Alexander Alleghany Anson Ashe Avery Beaufort Bertie Bladen Brunswick Buncombe Burke Cabarrus Caldwell Camden Carteret Caswell Catawba Chatham Cherokee Chowan Clay Cleveland Columbus Craven Cumberland Currituck Dare Current (Subsidy) 75th Percentile Modeled Difference - Modeled vs. Current* One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star $356 $374 $724 $753 $800 $932 . $737 . . $772 $785 $798 $812 $825 $416 $411 $74 $59 $25 $356 $374 $508 $522 $551 . . . . . $500 $500 $502 $505 $510 $144 $126 -$6 -$17 -$41 $356 $374 $394 $408 $427 . . . . . $474 $475 $477 $480 $485 $118 $101 $83 $72 $58 $356 $374 $625 $701 $825 $1,192 . . $1,083 . $683 $694 $704 $715 $725 $327 $320 $79 $14 -$100 $356 $374 $416 $427 $445 . . . $975 . $523 $570 $618 $666 $714 $167 $196 $202 $239 $269 $356 $374 $541 $561 $596 . . . . . $560 $561 $563 $566 $572 $204 $187 $22 $5 -$24 $356 $374 $571 $600 $648 . $667 . $758 . $729 $734 $739 $744 $749 $373 $360 $168 $144 $101 $356 $374 $496 $517 $551 . . $433 $517 . $566 $566 $568 $572 $578 $210 $192 $72 $55 $27 $356 $374 $463 $480 $510 . . . . $467 $471 $472 $474 $477 $483 $115 $98 $11 -$3 -$27 $356 $374 $569 $593 $617 $607 . $758 $737 $845 $630 $683 $736 $789 $842 $274 $309 $167 $196 $225 $356 $374 $871 $884 $897 $802 . $867 . $1,300 $851 $875 $940 $1,065 $1,272 $495 $501 $69 $181 $375 $356 $374 $552 $566 $613 $566 . . $580 . $611 $611 $613 $616 $622 $255 $237 $61 $50 $9 $356 $374 $691 $720 $769 $758 $1,300 $1,148 $780 $975 $857 $870 $884 $897 $910 $501 $496 $193 $177 $141 $356 $374 $533 $567 $635 $693 $563 . . . $517 $525 $533 $541 $549 $161 $151 $0 -$26 -$86 $356 $374 $577 $588 $606 . . . . . $1,015 $1,016 $1,020 $1,026 $1,037 $659 $642 $443 $438 $431 $356 $374 $643 $647 $651 $600 . . . . $634 $635 $637 $641 $648 $278 $261 -$6 -$6 -$3 $356 $374 $567 $589 $625 . . $607 . . $557 $560 $563 $566 $569 $201 $186 -$4 -$23 -$56 $356 $374 $627 $655 $691 $802 . $704 $693 . $817 $818 $823 $832 $847 $461 $444 $196 $177 $156 $356 $374 $629 $672 $743 $607 . $607 $676 . $764 $771 $778 $785 $792 $408 $397 $149 $113 $49 $356 $374 $497 $506 $523 . . . . . $458 $459 $460 $463 $468 $102 $85 -$37 -$43 -$55 $356 $374 $467 $486 $518 . . . $486 . $496 $497 $498 $501 $505 $140 $123 $31 $15 -$13 $356 $374 $468 $486 $516 . . . . . $571 $572 $574 $577 $583 $215 $198 $106 $91 $67 $356 $374 $519 $535 $567 $607 . $374 $520 $520 $649 $656 $662 $668 $675 $293 $282 $143 $133 $108 $356 $374 $548 $586 $624 . . $548 . . $545 $548 $551 $554 $557 $189 $174 $3 -$32 -$67 $356 $374 $704 $723 $748 . $845 $845 $802 $650 $743 $756 $769 $783 $796 $387 $382 $65 $60 $48 $335 $351 $787 $790 $794 $650 $953 $823 $938 $967 $835 $844 $867 $913 $988 $500 $493 $80 $123 $194 $356 $374 $546 $559 $580 . . $1,083 . . $547 $555 $563 $572 $580 $191 $181 $17 $13 $0 $362 $380 $693 $730 $791 $867 $802 . $867 . $683 $694 $704 $715 $726 $321 $314 $11 -$15 -$65 Two-Year-Old Home Rates

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APPENDIX D. Current, Surveyed, and Modeled Rates for Homes: 2023 *DCDEE Hold Harmless Policy: No current market rates will be decreased based upon modeled rates. Child Care Market Rate Survey 2023 Page | 83 County Davidson Davie Duplin Durham Edgecombe Forsyth Franklin Gaston Gates Graham Granville Greene Guilford Halifax Harnett Haywood Henderson Hertford Hoke Hyde Iredell Jackson Johnston Jones Lee Lenoir Lincoln Macon Madison Current (Subsidy) 75th Percentile Modeled Difference - Modeled vs. Current* One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star Two-Year-Old Home Rates $356 $374 $699 $730 $780 $758 . $910 $953 $823 $768 $791 $814 $837 $860 $412 $417 $115 $107 $80 $356 $374 $639 $651 $673 . . . . . $682 $683 $685 $689 $696 $326 $309 $46 $38 $23 $356 $374 $497 $519 $554 $585 . $585 $519 . $659 $660 $665 $674 $689 $303 $286 $168 $155 $135 $453 $476 $864 $894 $945 $1,100 $1,083 $1,192 $1,040 $1,300 $1,143 $1,149 $1,167 $1,200 $1,255 $690 $673 $303 $306 $310 $356 $374 $623 $645 $667 $607 $693 . $680 $867 $694 $702 $723 $765 $835 $338 $328 $100 $120 $168 $379 $398 $732 $755 $793 $845 $802 $867 $1,083 $932 $922 $943 $963 $983 $1,003 $543 $545 $231 $228 $210 $356 $374 $610 $632 $669 $737 . . . . $618 $627 $637 $646 $656 $262 $253 $27 $14 -$13 $356 $374 $677 $712 $771 . . $867 $585 . $728 $739 $751 $762 $773 $372 $365 $74 $50 $2 $356 $374 $510 $520 $553 . . . . . $626 $627 $629 $633 $639 $270 $253 $119 $113 $86 $356 $374 $522 $538 $564 $607 . . . . $452 $459 $466 $473 $480 $96 $85 -$56 -$65 -$84 $356 $374 $628 $648 $682 $1,127 . . $585 . $618 $628 $637 $647 $656 $262 $254 $9 -$1 -$26 $356 $374 $496 $515 $626 . . $628 . . $430 $436 $443 $450 $456 $74 $62 -$53 -$65 -$170 $379 $398 $795 $797 $802 $758 $780 $867 $867 $953 $845 $850 $863 $889 $932 $466 $452 $68 $92 $130 $356 $374 $553 $582 $630 . $672 $582 $611 . $674 $675 $676 $679 $683 $318 $301 $123 $97 $53 $356 $374 $721 $768 $828 $800 $542 $832 $715 . $816 $820 $824 $827 $831 $460 $446 $103 $59 $3 $356 $374 $558 $569 $580 . . . $669 $680 $551 $569 $600 $643 $699 $195 $195 $42 $74 $119 $356 $374 $706 $734 $780 . . $867 $975 $910 $776 $816 $857 $898 $938 $420 $442 $151 $164 $158 $356 $374 $496 $517 $552 $542 . $520 . $552 $530 $530 $532 $536 $541 $174 $156 $36 $19 -$11 $356 $374 $792 $901 $1,041 $693 $650 $823 $758 . $860 $860 $863 $867 $874 $504 $486 $71 -$34 -$167 $356 $374 $718 $740 $781 . . . . . $497 $497 $499 $502 $507 $141 $123 -$219 -$238 -$274 $356 $374 $665 $700 $779 . $710 $802 $1,031 . $864 $880 $905 $942 $988 $508 $506 $240 $242 $209 $356 $374 $539 $560 $594 $589 . . . . $589 $589 $589 $590 $591 $233 $215 $50 $30 -$3 $356 $374 $692 $706 $733 $650 $737 $691 $823 . $896 $900 $905 $910 $915 $540 $526 $213 $204 $182 $356 $374 $523 $533 $552 . . . . . $551 $552 $554 $557 $563 $195 $178 $31 $24 $11 $356 $374 $559 $589 $640 . . . . . $692 $693 $695 $700 $707 $336 $319 $136 $111 $67 $356 $374 $545 $562 $600 $356 . $607 $563 $737 $1,089 $1,090 $1,094 $1,102 $1,114 $733 $716 $549 $540 $514 $356 $374 $722 $751 $799 . . $1,083 $758 $780 $788 $800 $812 $824 $836 $432 $426 $90 $73 $37 $356 $374 $605 $632 $677 . . . . . $618 $619 $621 $625 $632 $262 $245 $16 -$7 -$45 $356 $374 $527 $548 $581 . . . . . $758 $759 $761 $766 $774 $402 $385 $234 $218 $193

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APPENDIX D. Current, Surveyed, and Modeled Rates for Homes: 2023 *DCDEE Hold Harmless Policy: No current market rates will be decreased based upon modeled rates. Child Care Market Rate Survey 2023 Page | 84 County Martin McDowell Mecklenburg Mitchell Montgomery Moore Nash New Hanover Northampton Onslow Orange Pamlico Pasquotank Pender Perquimans Person Pitt Polk Randolph Richmond Robeson Rockingham Rowan Rutherford Sampson Scotland Stanly Stokes Surry Current (Subsidy) 75th Percentile Modeled Difference - Modeled vs. Current* One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star Two-Year-Old Home Rates $356 $374 $512 $518 $544 . . $542 $607 . $533 $542 $552 $562 $572 $177 $168 $40 $44 $28 $356 $374 $509 $522 $534 $607 . . . $607 $697 $698 $701 $706 $715 $341 $324 $192 $184 $181 $423 $445 $793 $810 $838 $1,083 $867 $1,213 $1,000 $1,083 $1,111 $1,123 $1,134 $1,145 $1,156 $688 $678 $341 $335 $318 $356 $374 $474 $483 $506 . . . . . $555 $556 $558 $561 $567 $199 $182 $84 $78 $61 $356 $374 $492 $511 $542 . . . . . $416 $417 $418 $421 $425 $60 $43 -$74 -$90 -$117 $356 $374 $670 $677 $684 $780 . $1,083 $845 $758 $785 $799 $812 $825 $839 $429 $425 $142 $148 $155 $356 $374 $709 $711 $727 $758 $867 $711 $845 $767 $835 $836 $840 $848 $860 $479 $462 $131 $137 $133 $402 $422 $704 $715 $735 $975 . $1,287 . . $1,040 $1,130 $1,221 $1,311 $1,402 $638 $708 $517 $596 $667 $356 $374 $622 $650 $696 . . $1,950 . . $566 $574 $583 $592 $601 $210 $200 -$39 -$58 -$95 $356 $374 $678 $694 $721 $758 . $1,083 . . $996 $1,012 $1,028 $1,044 $1,060 $640 $638 $350 $350 $339 $513 $523 $987 $1,054 $1,210 $1,282 $1,000 $1,403 $1,053 $1,225 $935 $950 $964 $979 $993 $422 $427 -$23 -$75 -$217 $356 $374 $530 $567 $648 $475 . $737 . . $479 $486 $494 $501 $508 $123 $112 -$36 -$66 -$140 $356 $374 $583 $586 $590 . . $586 $498 . $600 $602 $606 $614 $627 $244 $228 $23 $28 $37 $356 $374 $670 $697 $740 $740 . $758 $697 $780 $780 $782 $788 $799 $816 $424 $408 $118 $102 $76 $356 $374 $472 $490 $520 . . . $507 . $516 $516 $518 $520 $525 $160 $142 $46 $30 $5 $356 $374 $671 $680 $725 $758 . $802 $650 . $827 $829 $834 $843 $860 $471 $455 $163 $163 $135 $356 $374 $672 $679 $739 . $823 $780 $845 $888 $875 $877 $882 $892 $908 $519 $503 $210 $213 $169 $379 $398 $562 $573 $599 . . . . . . . . . . $356 $374 $561 $592 $632 $607 . . $737 . $625 $649 $672 $696 $719 $269 $275 $111 $104 $87 $356 $374 $547 $595 $644 . . $693 . $595 $522 $530 $539 $547 $555 $166 $156 -$8 -$48 -$89 $356 $374 $578 $588 $630 . . $390 $672 . $713 $714 $717 $723 $733 $357 $340 $139 $135 $103 $356 $374 $529 $550 $578 $563 . . $650 . $562 $574 $586 $598 $611 $206 $200 $57 $48 $33 $356 $374 $567 $594 $657 $802 . . $672 . $716 $729 $743 $756 $769 $360 $355 $176 $162 $112 $356 $374 $478 $489 $520 . . . . . $551 $551 $553 $557 $563 $195 $177 $75 $68 $43 $356 $374 $592 $607 $679 $607 $650 $536 $615 . $647 $654 $660 $667 $673 $291 $280 $68 $60 -$6 $356 $374 $542 $555 $573 $676 . $628 $598 . $712 $713 $718 $726 $739 $356 $339 $176 $171 $166 $356 $374 $565 $585 $619 $628 . $693 . . $656 $665 $675 $684 $693 $300 $291 $110 $99 $74 $356 $374 $573 $584 $608 . $780 . . . $608 $618 $627 $637 $646 $252 $244 $54 $53 $38 $356 $374 $548 $591 $646 $628 $650 . $715 $542 $553 $562 $570 $579 $587 $197 $188 $22 -$12 -$59

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APPENDIX D. Current, Surveyed, and Modeled Rates for Homes: 2023 *DCDEE Hold Harmless Policy: No current market rates will be decreased based upon modeled rates. Child Care Market Rate Survey 2023 Page | 86 County Alamance Alexander Alleghany Anson Ashe Avery Beaufort Bertie Bladen Brunswick Buncombe Burke Cabarrus Caldwell Camden Carteret Caswell Catawba Chatham Cherokee Chowan Clay Cleveland Columbus Craven Cumberland Currituck Dare Current (Subsidy) 75th Percentile Modeled Difference - Modeled vs. Current* One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star $335 $351 $666 $686 $718 $780 . $737 . . $764 $766 $770 $778 $792 $429 $415 $104 $92 $74 $335 $351 $470 $501 $506 . . . . . $425 $438 $451 $463 $476 $90 $87 -$19 -$38 -$30 $335 $351 $368 $382 $397 . . . . . $404 $416 $428 $440 $452 $69 $65 $60 $58 $55 $335 $351 $580 $649 $815 . . . $748 . $630 $663 $696 $729 $762 $295 $312 $116 $80 -$53 $335 $351 $401 $416 $436 . . . $975 . $446 $536 $626 $715 $805 $111 $185 $225 $299 $369 $335 $351 $512 $524 $547 . . . . . $477 $491 $505 $520 $534 $142 $140 -$7 -$4 -$13 $335 $351 $549 $561 $629 . $628 $598 $693 . $598 $624 $650 $676 $702 $263 $273 $101 $115 $73 $369 $387 $464 $476 $496 . . $433 $476 . $483 $498 $512 $527 $542 $114 $111 $48 $51 $46 $335 $351 $452 $462 $474 . . $460 $462 . $406 $424 $442 $460 $479 $71 $73 -$10 -$2 $5 $335 $351 $590 $609 $629 $607 . $758 $737 $845 $610 $671 $731 $791 $851 $275 $320 $141 $182 $222 $335 $351 $740 $817 $957 $802 . $1,040 . $1,192 $822 $909 $997 $1,085 $1,173 $487 $558 $257 $268 $216 $335 $351 $528 $541 $559 $335 . . $560 . $520 $535 $551 $566 $581 $185 $184 $23 $25 $22 $379 $398 $682 $729 $805 $758 $1,300 $953 $737 $975 $806 $810 $821 $841 $875 $427 $412 $139 $112 $70 $335 $351 $536 $545 $568 $693 $563 $537 . . $487 $490 $496 $508 $528 $152 $139 -$40 -$37 -$40 $335 $351 $545 $558 $579 . . . . . $863 $889 $915 $941 $967 $528 $538 $370 $383 $388 $335 $351 $542 $559 $588 $500 $737 . $867 . $660 $676 $692 $708 $723 $325 $325 $150 $149 $135 $335 $351 $525 $543 $574 . . $607 . . $512 $526 $540 $554 $568 $177 $175 $15 $11 -$6 $335 $351 $606 $634 $663 $758 . $758 $693 . $753 $753 $754 $755 $757 $418 $402 $148 $121 $94 $335 $351 $610 $638 $684 $715 . $607 $650 . $652 $656 $667 $687 $721 $317 $305 $57 $49 $37 $335 $351 $475 $483 $498 . . . . . $390 $402 $413 $425 $437 $55 $51 -$62 -$58 -$61 $335 $351 $441 $459 $483 . . . $460 . $423 $436 $449 $462 $475 $88 $85 $8 $3 -$8 $335 $351 $439 $450 $474 . . . . . $486 $500 $515 $530 $544 $151 $149 $76 $80 $70 $335 $351 $486 $494 $507 $672 . $351 $433 $780 $618 $624 $640 $670 $720 $283 $273 $154 $176 $213 $335 $351 $489 $525 $623 $802 . $542 $581 . $475 $477 $483 $495 $515 $140 $126 -$6 -$30 -$108 $335 $351 $668 $670 $672 . $845 $758 $758 $650 $759 $760 $761 $763 $768 $424 $409 $93 $93 $96 $313 $329 $639 $646 $658 $672 $867 $780 $823 $967 $768 $775 $793 $829 $888 $455 $446 $154 $183 $230 $335 $351 $579 $597 $619 . . $867 . . $515 $517 $524 $537 $558 $180 $166 -$55 -$60 -$61 $362 $369 $659 $682 $728 $867 $802 . $867 . $644 $647 $655 $671 $698 $282 $278 -$4 -$11 -$30 Three-to-Five-Year-Old Home Rates

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APPENDIX D. Current, Surveyed, and Modeled Rates for Homes: 2023 *DCDEE Hold Harmless Policy: No current market rates will be decreased based upon modeled rates. Child Care Market Rate Survey 2023 Page | 87 County Davidson Davie Duplin Durham Edgecombe Forsyth Franklin Gaston Gates Graham Granville Greene Guilford Halifax Harnett Haywood Henderson Hertford Hoke Hyde Iredell Jackson Johnston Jones Lee Lenoir Lincoln Macon Madison Current (Subsidy) 75th Percentile Modeled Difference - Modeled vs. Current* One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star Three-to-Five-Year-Old Home Rates $335 $351 $675 $690 $715 $758 $542 $910 $953 $758 $751 $759 $767 $775 $784 $416 $408 $92 $85 $69 $335 $351 $610 $621 $642 . . . . . $580 $597 $615 $632 $650 $245 $246 $5 $11 $8 $335 $351 $500 $529 $558 $585 . $542 $529 . $582 $583 $587 $596 $609 $247 $232 $87 $67 $51 $446 $469 $837 $878 $946 $1,083 $1,083 $975 $1,137 $1,100 $1,072 $1,080 $1,093 $1,111 $1,134 $626 $611 $256 $233 $188 $335 $351 $583 $590 $606 $585 . . $628 $758 $562 $572 $600 $653 $741 $227 $221 $17 $63 $135 $356 $374 $712 $729 $758 $1,278 $563 $910 $1,083 $1,083 $981 $985 $996 $1,016 $1,050 $625 $611 $284 $287 $292 $335 $351 $574 $590 $616 $650 . . $589 . $582 $585 $592 $607 $631 $247 $234 $18 $17 $15 $335 $351 $646 $708 $809 . . . $438 $650 $671 $691 $712 $732 $752 $336 $340 $66 $24 -$57 $335 $351 $489 $502 $525 $650 . $300 . . $544 $547 $554 $567 $590 $209 $196 $65 $65 $65 $335 $351 $519 $536 $553 $607 . . . . $426 $428 $433 $444 $462 $91 $77 -$86 -$92 -$91 $335 $351 $582 $595 $618 $585 . . $585 . $585 $588 $595 $610 $634 $250 $237 $13 $15 $16 $335 $351 $465 $516 $602 . . $585 . $477 $470 $487 $505 $522 $539 $135 $136 $40 $6 -$63 $356 $374 $750 $758 $767 $758 $1,083 $845 $867 $767 $840 $844 $854 $875 $908 $484 $470 $104 $117 $141 $335 $351 $527 $538 $577 . $661 $563 $607 . $549 $553 $563 $584 $618 $214 $202 $36 $46 $41 $335 $351 $678 $745 $854 $800 $650 $768 $758 . $683 $687 $697 $718 $751 $348 $336 $19 -$27 -$103 $335 $351 $474 $485 $504 $1,750 . . $659 $604 $487 $490 $496 $508 $528 $152 $139 $22 $23 $24 $335 $351 $683 $709 $752 . . . $921 $737 $708 $734 $759 $785 $811 $373 $383 $76 $76 $59 $335 $351 $464 $482 $512 $507 . $477 . $512 $481 $482 $484 $488 $495 $146 $131 $20 $6 -$17 $335 $351 $768 $889 $1,045 $650 $650 $780 $758 . $739 $752 $765 $779 $792 $404 $401 -$3 -$110 -$253 $335 $351 $704 $725 $761 . . . . . $422 $435 $448 $461 $473 $87 $84 -$256 -$264 -$288 $335 $351 $635 $694 $769 . $710 $693 $910 . $704 $766 $828 $890 $952 $369 $415 $193 $196 $183 $335 $351 $506 $564 $708 $500 . . . . $502 $509 $521 $537 $558 $167 $158 $15 -$27 -$150 $335 $351 $656 $679 $717 $1,083 $737 $975 $758 . $782 $786 $796 $817 $851 $447 $435 $140 $138 $134 $335 $351 $495 $506 $529 . . . . . $469 $483 $497 $511 $525 $134 $132 $2 $5 -$4 $335 $351 $529 $553 $591 $780 . $529 . . $602 $604 $612 $627 $652 $267 $253 $83 $74 $61 $335 $351 $537 $543 $573 $2,210 . $607 $543 $693 $973 $977 $987 $1,008 $1,041 $638 $626 $450 $465 $468 $335 $351 $679 $699 $732 . . . $758 . $733 $743 $760 $783 $813 $398 $392 $81 $84 $81 $335 $351 $557 $582 $623 . . . . . $526 $542 $558 $574 $590 $191 $191 $1 -$8 -$33 $335 $351 $523 $534 $546 . . . . . $645 $664 $684 $703 $722 $310 $313 $161 $169 $176

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APPENDIX D. Current, Surveyed, and Modeled Rates for Homes: 2023 *DCDEE Hold Harmless Policy: No current market rates will be decreased based upon modeled rates. Child Care Market Rate Survey 2023 Page | 88 County Martin McDowell Mecklenburg Mitchell Montgomery Moore Nash New Hanover Northampton Onslow Orange Pamlico Pasquotank Pender Perquimans Person Pitt Polk Randolph Richmond Robeson Rockingham Rowan Rutherford Sampson Scotland Stanly Stokes Surry Current (Subsidy) 75th Percentile Modeled Difference - Modeled vs. Current* One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star Three-to-Five-Year-Old Home Rates $335 $351 $508 $522 $533 . . $522 $607 . $466 $492 $518 $544 $571 $131 $141 $10 $22 $38 $335 $351 $514 $528 $542 $607 . . . $607 $609 $613 $623 $642 $674 $274 $262 $109 $114 $132 $404 $424 $763 $776 $797 $975 $910 $1,083 $1,137 $1,148 $1,030 $1,062 $1,094 $1,126 $1,158 $626 $638 $331 $350 $361 $335 $351 $450 $463 $488 . . . . . $472 $487 $501 $515 $529 $137 $136 $51 $52 $41 $335 $351 $547 $557 $611 . . . . . $354 $365 $375 $386 $397 $19 $14 -$172 -$171 -$214 $335 $351 $629 $646 $663 $672 . $650 $910 $758 $718 $754 $790 $826 $862 $383 $403 $161 $180 $199 $356 $363 $662 $669 $677 $737 $867 $669 $802 $771 $763 $778 $793 $808 $823 $407 $415 $131 $139 $146 $379 $398 $667 $677 $692 $867 . $964 . $867 $883 $913 $942 $971 $1,001 $504 $515 $275 $294 $309 $335 $351 $574 $601 $646 . . . . . $521 $537 $553 $569 $584 $186 $186 -$21 -$32 -$62 $313 $329 $653 $655 $666 $707 . $802 . . $862 $890 $917 $945 $972 $549 $561 $264 $290 $306 $513 $523 $910 $926 $963 $1,265 . $1,243 $2,383 $1,225 $1,193 $1,464 $1,736 $2,007 $2,279 $680 $941 $826 $1,081 $1,316 $335 $351 $443 $455 $473 $475 . $693 . . $527 $544 $561 $578 $594 $192 $193 $118 $123 $121 $335 $351 $511 $518 $524 . . $518 $518 . $496 $509 $523 $537 $550 $161 $158 $12 $19 $26 $338 $354 $594 $598 $601 $601 . $758 $598 $780 $667 $693 $720 $746 $773 $329 $339 $126 $148 $172 $335 $351 $445 $456 $478 . . . $507 . $439 $460 $481 $502 $522 $104 $109 $36 $46 $44 $339 $355 $654 $663 $720 $802 . $867 $769 . $717 $721 $732 $752 $786 $378 $366 $78 $89 $66 $335 $351 $631 $646 $708 . $542 $737 $758 $867 $774 $779 $792 $817 $859 $439 $428 $161 $171 $151 $335 $351 $531 $544 $564 . . . . . . . . . . $335 $351 $525 $542 $565 $568 . . $650 . $560 $580 $600 $620 $640 $225 $229 $75 $78 $75 $335 $351 $475 $501 $527 . $325 $693 . . $537 $558 $578 $599 $620 $202 $207 $103 $98 $93 $335 $351 $555 $572 $634 $715 . $390 $672 . $593 $597 $608 $628 $662 $258 $246 $53 $56 $28 $335 $351 $512 $558 $603 $563 . . $650 . $558 $561 $567 $576 $586 $223 $210 $55 $18 -$17 $335 $351 $568 $581 $658 $650 . . $672 . $652 $657 $671 $698 $742 $317 $306 $103 $117 $84 $335 $351 $490 $504 $519 $542 . . . $517 $479 $481 $487 $499 $519 $144 $130 -$3 -$5 $0 $335 $351 $543 $562 $592 $542 . $542 $689 . $526 $565 $603 $641 $679 $191 $214 $60 $79 $87 $335 $351 $519 $539 $610 $676 . $628 $581 . $598 $602 $612 $633 $667 $263 $251 $93 $94 $57 $335 $351 $565 $581 $597 $628 . $596 $693 $400 $601 $612 $623 $634 $645 $266 $261 $58 $53 $48 $335 $351 $556 $562 $570 . $780 . . . $573 $576 $583 $597 $621 $238 $225 $27 $35 $51 $335 $351 $526 $568 $591 . $563 $585 $715 . $524 $570 $617 $664 $710 $189 $219 $91 $96 $119

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APPENDIX D. Current, Surveyed, and Modeled Rates for Homes: 2023 *DCDEE Hold Harmless Policy: No current market rates will be decreased based upon modeled rates. Child Care Market Rate Survey 2023 Page | 90 County Alamance Alexander Alleghany Anson Ashe Avery Beaufort Bertie Bladen Brunswick Buncombe Burke Cabarrus Caldwell Camden Carteret Caswell Catawba Chatham Cherokee Chowan Clay Cleveland Columbus Craven Cumberland Currituck Dare Current (Subsidy) 75th Percentile Modeled Difference - Modeled vs. Current* One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star $335 $351 $730 $818 $905 $932 . $693 . . $616 $617 $620 $626 $637 $281 $266 -$110 -$192 -$268 $335 $351 $422 $440 $471 . . . . . $395 $397 $401 $409 $423 $60 $46 -$21 -$31 -$48 $335 $351 $372 $383 $393 . . . . . $375 $377 $381 $388 $401 $40 $26 $9 $5 $8 $335 $351 $491 $605 $792 $1,170 . $650 $649 . $560 $561 $564 $569 $577 $225 $210 $73 -$36 -$215 $335 $351 $409 $449 $488 . . . $975 . $415 $478 $540 $603 $665 $80 $127 $131 $154 $177 $335 $351 $457 $473 $499 . . . . . $443 $445 $449 $459 $474 $108 $94 -$8 -$14 -$25 $335 $351 $511 $523 $542 . $628 $563 $641 . $586 $589 $595 $608 $628 $251 $238 $84 $85 $86 $369 $387 $424 $443 $463 . . $433 $476 . $453 $456 $462 $475 $496 $84 $69 $38 $32 $33 $335 $351 $416 $422 $463 . . $330 $422 $455 $371 $376 $389 $415 $457 $36 $25 -$27 -$7 -$6 $335 $351 $571 $655 $738 $607 . $758 . $845 $612 $624 $656 $719 $824 $277 $273 $85 $64 $86 $335 $351 $669 $698 $747 $812 . $867 . $607 $708 $709 $712 $718 $729 $373 $358 $43 $20 -$18 $335 $351 $503 $582 $684 . . . $582 . $485 $512 $539 $566 $593 $150 $161 $36 -$16 -$91 $379 $398 $569 $600 $650 . . . $867 . $733 $766 $798 $830 $863 $354 $368 $229 $230 $213 $335 $351 $410 $423 $445 . . $510 . . $463 $468 $473 $478 $484 $128 $117 $63 $55 $39 $335 $351 $430 $457 $491 . . . . . $802 $805 $814 $831 $859 $467 $454 $384 $374 $368 $335 $351 $521 $524 $530 . . . . . $501 $503 $509 $519 $536 $166 $152 -$12 -$5 $6 $335 $351 $479 $496 $524 . . . . . $431 $433 $438 $447 $462 $96 $82 -$41 -$49 -$62 $335 $351 $549 $572 $611 $758 . $715 $498 . $598 $599 $602 $609 $619 $263 $248 $53 $37 $8 $335 $351 $479 $508 $554 $650 . $607 $628 . $547 $548 $551 $558 $568 $212 $197 $72 $50 $14 $335 $351 $397 $411 $434 . . . . . $362 $364 $368 $375 $388 $27 $13 -$29 -$36 -$46 $335 $351 $455 $490 $525 . . . $490 . $394 $413 $433 $452 $472 $59 $62 -$22 -$38 -$53 $335 $351 $395 $409 $432 . . . . . $451 $453 $458 $468 $483 $116 $102 $63 $59 $51 $335 $351 $424 $461 $519 $368 . $650 $433 $780 $391 $407 $448 $530 $664 $56 $56 $24 $69 $145 $335 $351 $389 $405 $451 . . $542 $542 . $486 $505 $523 $541 $559 $151 $154 $134 $136 $108 $335 $351 $624 $638 $652 $542 $758 $542 $715 $650 $649 $654 $667 $693 $735 $314 $303 $43 $55 $83 $313 $329 $590 $632 $687 $650 $780 $715 $663 $500 $662 $663 $666 $673 $683 $349 $334 $76 $41 -$4 $335 $351 $477 $511 $553 . . $650 . . $448 $449 $451 $455 $462 $113 $98 -$26 -$56 -$91 $362 $369 $640 $652 $664 . . . $867 . $586 $650 $714 $778 $842 $224 $281 $74 $126 $178 School-Age Home Rates

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APPENDIX D. Current, Surveyed, and Modeled Rates for Homes: 2023 *DCDEE Hold Harmless Policy: No current market rates will be decreased based upon modeled rates. Child Care Market Rate Survey 2023 Page | 91 County Davidson Davie Duplin Durham Edgecombe Forsyth Franklin Gaston Gates Graham Granville Greene Guilford Halifax Harnett Haywood Henderson Hertford Hoke Hyde Iredell Jackson Johnston Jones Lee Lenoir Lincoln Macon Madison Current (Subsidy) 75th Percentile Modeled Difference - Modeled vs. Current* One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star School-Age Home Rates $335 $351 $654 $695 $761 $758 . . $650 $791 $563 $575 $609 $674 $781 $228 $224 -$45 -$21 $20 $335 $351 $490 $507 $535 . . . . . $539 $541 $547 $558 $577 $204 $190 $57 $51 $42 $335 $351 $488 $529 $580 $585 . $542 $529 . $441 $442 $446 $452 $462 $106 $91 -$42 -$77 -$118 $446 $469 $715 $753 $814 $1,040 $975 $975 $867 $1,012 $918 $920 $923 $929 $940 $472 $451 $208 $176 $126 $335 $351 $461 $520 $618 $585 . . $542 $730 $536 $542 $559 $592 $646 $201 $191 $98 $72 $28 $356 $374 $619 $663 $736 $845 $563 $693 $932 $780 $780 $792 $814 $843 $881 $424 $418 $195 $180 $145 $335 $351 $516 $536 $567 $563 . . $537 . $507 $508 $510 $514 $522 $172 $157 -$6 -$22 -$45 $335 $351 $543 $657 $846 . . $867 . $650 $672 $678 $684 $690 $696 $337 $327 $141 $33 -$150 $335 $351 $479 $518 $558 $485 . $300 $502 . $500 $502 $507 $519 $537 $165 $151 $28 $1 -$21 $335 $351 $465 $495 $533 $607 . . . . $371 $372 $373 $377 $382 $36 $21 -$92 -$118 -$151 $335 $351 $550 $562 $581 $585 . . $585 . $576 $576 $577 $580 $584 $241 $225 $27 $18 $3 $335 $351 $456 $468 $481 . $530 $477 . $477 $353 $353 $355 $358 $363 $18 $2 -$101 -$110 -$118 $356 $374 $587 $616 $662 $650 $693 $737 $754 $806 $736 $739 $747 $763 $789 $380 $365 $160 $147 $127 $335 $351 $431 $434 $481 . . $477 $542 . $471 $478 $496 $531 $590 $136 $127 $65 $97 $109 $335 $351 $559 $594 $651 $750 $542 $542 $758 . $633 $641 $662 $703 $771 $298 $290 $103 $109 $120 $335 $351 $477 $485 $493 . . . $585 $593 $428 $472 $516 $561 $605 $93 $121 $39 $76 $112 $335 $351 $539 $568 $614 . . . $867 $737 $631 $682 $733 $784 $835 $296 $331 $194 $216 $221 $335 $351 $431 $443 $463 $443 . . . $463 $431 $432 $434 $440 $449 $96 $81 $3 -$3 -$14 $335 $351 $543 $579 $635 $477 $650 $758 $1,000 . $643 $701 $798 $933 $1,107 $308 $350 $255 $354 $472 $335 $351 $618 $637 $668 . . $400 . . $393 $394 $399 $407 $420 $58 $43 -$219 -$230 -$248 $335 $351 $550 $594 $668 . $624 $693 $910 . $658 $689 $740 $811 $902 $323 $338 $190 $217 $234 $335 $351 $517 $552 $591 . . . . . $460 $461 $466 $476 $492 $125 $110 -$51 -$76 -$99 $335 $351 $586 $643 $737 $693 $650 $910 $715 . $676 $678 $681 $687 $698 $341 $327 $95 $44 -$39 $335 $351 $423 $438 $463 . . . . . $436 $437 $442 $451 $466 $101 $86 $19 $13 $3 $335 $351 $514 $546 $586 $780 . $514 . . $524 $525 $527 $532 $540 $189 $174 $13 -$14 -$46 $335 $351 $510 $542 $575 $510 . $433 $543 $481 $901 $903 $908 $917 $932 $566 $552 $398 $375 $357 $335 $351 $613 $637 $676 . . . $650 . $667 $669 $674 $683 $699 $332 $318 $61 $46 $23 $335 $351 $518 $536 $566 . . . . . $489 $491 $496 $506 $523 $154 $140 -$22 -$30 -$43 $335 $351 $446 $461 $487 . . . . . $599 $602 $608 $621 $641 $264 $251 $162 $160 $154

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APPENDIX D. Current, Surveyed, and Modeled Rates for Homes: 2023 *DCDEE Hold Harmless Policy: No current market rates will be decreased based upon modeled rates. Child Care Market Rate Survey 2023 Page | 92 County Martin McDowell Mecklenburg Mitchell Montgomery Moore Nash New Hanover Northampton Onslow Orange Pamlico Pasquotank Pender Perquimans Person Pitt Polk Randolph Richmond Robeson Rockingham Rowan Rutherford Sampson Scotland Stanly Stokes Surry Current (Subsidy) 75th Percentile Modeled Difference - Modeled vs. Current* One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star One- Star Two- Star Three- Star Four- Star Five- Star School-Age Home Rates $335 $351 $522 $541 $560 . . $542 $628 . $455 $496 $538 $580 $621 $120 $145 $16 $39 $61 $335 $351 $497 $521 $544 . . . . $607 $549 $552 $561 $576 $603 $214 $201 $64 $55 $59 $404 $424 $738 $742 $748 $867 $650 $1,213 $867 $975 $961 $962 $965 $972 $982 $557 $538 $227 $230 $234 $335 $351 $383 $398 $423 . . . . . $439 $441 $445 $455 $470 $104 $90 $62 $57 $47 $335 $351 $482 $504 $525 . . . . . $329 $330 $334 $341 $352 -$6 -$21 -$148 -$163 -$173 $335 $351 $492 $556 $662 $780 . $650 $693 $758 $629 $630 $634 $640 $650 $294 $279 $142 $84 -$12 $356 $363 $548 $593 $652 $737 $758 $593 $650 . $611 $613 $616 $622 $633 $255 $250 $68 $29 -$19 $379 $398 $561 $602 $670 $780 . $767 . $802 $828 $831 $841 $858 $888 $449 $433 $280 $256 $218 $335 $351 $559 $591 $631 . . $575 . . $535 $541 $547 $552 $558 $200 $190 -$12 -$39 -$73 $313 $329 $624 $635 $653 $1,127 . $1,083 . . $774 $775 $778 $785 $795 $461 $446 $154 $150 $142 $513 $523 $870 $892 $927 $892 $500 . . . $767 $769 $772 $779 $790 $254 $246 -$98 -$113 -$137 $335 $351 $382 $391 $409 $249 . $650 . . $393 $394 $395 $399 $405 $58 $43 $13 $8 -$4 $335 $351 $420 $430 $446 $396 . $477 $518 . $425 $450 $476 $501 $527 $90 $99 $56 $71 $81 $338 $354 $534 $539 $544 $600 . $758 $589 $780 $643 $663 $684 $705 $726 $305 $309 $150 $166 $182 $335 $351 $402 $418 $443 . . . $418 . $407 $409 $413 $421 $435 $72 $58 $11 $3 -$8 $339 $355 $597 $639 $709 $650 . $867 $693 . $672 $688 $704 $720 $736 $333 $333 $107 $81 $27 $335 $351 $579 $592 $612 . $542 $693 $975 . $611 $673 $778 $924 $1,112 $276 $322 $199 $332 $500 $335 $351 $460 $476 $503 . . . . . . . . . . $335 $351 $468 $497 $527 $507 . . $563 . $508 $516 $530 $548 $572 $173 $165 $62 $51 $45 $335 $351 $458 $501 $544 $758 $325 . $390 $517 $429 $429 $431 $435 $441 $94 $78 -$27 -$66 -$103 $335 $351 $531 $542 $554 $715 . $390 $672 . $488 $489 $492 $499 $509 $153 $138 -$39 -$43 -$45 $335 $351 $468 $471 $475 $520 . . . . $412 $413 $415 $418 $424 $77 $62 -$53 -$53 -$51 $335 $351 $445 $472 $517 $682 . . $585 . $560 $561 $564 $571 $581 $225 $210 $119 $99 $64 $335 $351 $609 $657 $706 . . . . $450 $433 $436 $443 $456 $478 $98 $85 -$166 -$201 -$228 $335 $351 $473 $514 $581 $542 . $542 $516 . $426 $427 $430 $437 $447 $91 $76 -$43 -$77 -$134 $335 $351 $408 $422 $466 $676 . $585 $490 . $493 $494 $497 $503 $514 $158 $143 $89 $81 $48 $335 $351 $435 $457 $493 $585 . $585 . $400 $422 $423 $426 $432 $443 $87 $72 -$9 -$25 -$50 $335 $351 $470 $485 $511 . $650 . . . $499 $500 $502 $507 $514 $164 $149 $32 $22 $3 $335 $351 $490 $502 $522 $542 . . $542 . $524 $524 $526 $528 $533 $189 $173 $36 $26 $11

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