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Table 15. Percent of Children Receiving Subsidies Enrolled in Facilities That Charge the Difference Between Subsidy Rates and Their Private Pay Rates: 2023. Type Facility / Age of Children Star Rating / Children Enrolled in Facility Three-Star Four-Star Five-Star Total Number of Children Centers Infants and Toddlers 42.2 29.0 28.7 1,856 Two-Year-Olds 40.0 29.5 30.5 1,467 Three-to-Five-Years 39.7 30.1 30.2 2,884 School-Age 41.0 28.1 31.0 1,760 TOTAL 3,237 2,366 2,394 7,967 Homes Infants 9.1 54.5 36.4 11 One-Year-Olds 33.3 42.9 23.8 21 Two-Year-Olds 15.8 57.9 26.3 19 Three-to-Five-Years 23.5 41.2 35.3 34 School-Age 37.5 45.9 16.7 24 TOTAL 28 51 30 109

E. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRIVATE-PAY RATE AND THE NC SUBSIDY REIMBURSEMENT RATE PAID BY PARENTS FOR FACILITIES CHARGING FAMILIES THE DIFFERENCE All providers participating in the NC Subsidized Child Care Assistance Program were asked if they charged families the difference when their weekly private-pay price was higher than the total of the NC Subsidy Reimbursement payment. Of the 2,560 facilities that participated in the NC Subsidized Child Care Assistance Program, 442 facilities reported that they charged families the difference between their private-pay rate and the subsidy reimbursement rate (Table 16). There are 396 centers of the 1,895 that are participating in the subsidy program that charge the difference, and 46 homes of the 665 participating in the subsidy program that reported charging the difference. The providers that participated in the NC Subsidized Child Care Assistance Program who charged the difference were asked to give the dollar amount paid between their private-pay price and the total of the NC Subsidy reimbursement payment per month. These average dollar amounts are shown in Table 10 by star ratings.