Attachment 1 Page 1 of 4 Income and Family Size Guidelines for the 6-­‐step Child Care Sliding Fee Scale The Children’s Center uses income and family size, based upon guidelines used by the United States Department of Agriculture Child Care Food Program, to determine the amount of a family’s childcare fees. The USDA and the Children’s Center define family size as the total number of adults and children in one household (i.e. one adult and one child is a family size of 2; one adult and two children is a family size of 3; two adults and two children is a family size of 4). Income is defined as the total gross income of the household. Families are required to provide income and family size information at the start of each fiscal year however they have the opportunity to provide new information at any time during the year should their family size or income change and their childcare fees will be recalculated. Current Child Care Fee Rates 2014-­‐2015 Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Summer II 2014 $795 $827 $948 $979 $1,011 $1,042 Fall 2014 $2,370 $2,462 $2,828 $2,920 $3,010 $3,102 Attachment 2 Page 2 of 4 Income and Family Size Guidelines for the Proposed 8-­‐Step Fee Scale Attachment 3 Page 3 of 4 Projected Budget for Fiscal Year 2015 and Fiscal Year 2016 The three budget projections below use childcare fee-­‐determining data, family size and income, from our currently enrolled families. The other income steams listed, application fees ($25), annual comprehensive fee ($125), and the USDA Child Care Food Program reimbursement, are projected flat from year to year. The expenses projected for FY 2016 were calculated with a 4% increase from FY 2015. The center spends approximately 72% of its budget on staff salaries, 8% on student employment and 20% on other operating costs. Other operating costs include the following: • Food – As part of the childcare fees the center provides two snacks and lunch daily. • Educational supplies – These include consumables such as paint, paper, crayons, marker, glue and clay, academic-­‐skill oriented materials such as peg boards, stringing beads, stacking cubes, comparison rods, attribute blocks and STEM related materials such as ramps and balls, blocks, gears, water pumps, troughs and pipes, animal care items, worming, composting and gardening items. • Office supplies • Computers and software – Teachers use laptops and iPads to collect documentation on children’s learning and development, maintain individual child portfolios as well as classroom portfolios, communicate with parents, collect and document data related to action research. • Vehicle lease and maintenance – A van, leased from the UH transportation department, is used to transport meals daily to the three satellite classrooms on DOE campuses, transport furniture and equipment to and from the sites and carry staff to meetings on and off campus. • User fees to DOE schools – The center has three classrooms on DOE campuses in order to serve more UH faculty and staff. The Children’s Center pays a monthly user fee for these classrooms. • Replacement of furniture – Much of the center’s child-­‐size furniture, tables, chairs, shelving and cubbies, is over twenty years old and in need of replacing. The adult meeting chairs and tables, office work spaces and teachers work space furniture is also aging and in need of replacement. All of the expenses of the Children’s Center are inextricably linked so funds generated from a fee increase would be applied toward the costs in all three categories. As seen in these projections if there is no fee increase the Children’s Center will have a deficit of $154,785 in FY 2015. However with the fee increase by the end of FY 2016, the first full year of the requested increase, there will be a carry over of $45,156. Attachment 3 Page 4 of 4 INCOME Childcare fees Application fees USDA Child Care Food Program reimbursements Annual Comprehensive fee Total Income FY 2015 With requested fee increase starting Jan. 2015 $928,562 $974,915 $3,400 $3,400 FY 2015 without requested fee increase FY 2016 with requested fee increase $1,172,792 $3,400 $30,667 $30,667 $30,667 $18,000 $18,000 $18,000 $980,629 $1,026,982 $1,225,985 FY 2015 $811,543 $92,284 FY 2015 $811,543 $92,284 FY 2016 $844,004 $95,975 $231,587 $231,587 $240,850 $1,135,414 $1,135,414 $1,180,829 EXPENSES Salary & Fringe Student employees Other operating expenses Total Expenses Total Income Total Expenses NET FY 2015 With requested fee increase starting Jan. 2015 $980,629 $1,026,982 $1,135,414 $1,135,414 -­‐$154,785 -­‐$108,432 FY 2015 without requested fee increase FY 2016 with requested fee increase $1,225,985 $1,180,829 $45,156