Page 12 - PROGRAM IMPACT AND SATIFACTION AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF HEAD START PARENTS

Of 153 parents who needed child care, 151 responded to questions about the specific type of child care they needed. As reported last year in the 2012-2013 End-of-the-Year Parent Survey, parents this year also indicated a greater need for child care for their child in the Head Start program than for another child in the family. This year, of the 151 respondents, 58.8% indicated that they needed child care exclusively for their Head Start child, while three parents (2.0%) reported that they needed child care only for another child in the family. Similar to the 2012- 2013 findings in which 35.3% of parents reported this need, this year 39.2% of parents needed child care for their Head Start child and another child in the family.
Child care for a Head Start child was needed by 58.9% of English-speaking parents who responded to this question. Furthermore, 25.2% of English-speaking parents indicated a need for child care for another child in the family. Of 60 Spanish-speaking parents 35.8% reported that they needed child care for a Head Start child while 15.9% indicated a need for child care for another child in the family. Chart 3 compares the need for child care among English-speaking parents and Spanish-speaking parents. Chart 3 also highlights a greater need for child care for the Head Start child than for another child in the family.
CHART 3: Child care needs among English and Spanish-speaking parents
Tulsa was the Head Start Center with the greatest percentage of parents who reported a need for child care for a Head Start child (27.6%). Reseda reported the greatest need for child care for another child in the family (17.9%). Table 8 in the Appendix has a complete list of child care needs for a Head Start child and another child in the family by Head Start Center. Chart 4 on the following page identifies the Head Start Center with the highest percentage of parents for each type of child care needed.
CCRC’s Head Start Parents Page | 9 December 2014