More than one in three children younger than age 6 with working parents have parents who work early in the mornings, evenings, nights, or weekends. Understanding the child care needs of parents who work nontraditional hours (NTH) is a growing concern for policymakers trying to make child care more accessible. In the products below, Urban researchers are exploring key questions, such as how many children have parents working NTH schedules, what the characteristics of families are who work these hours, what parents recommend is the best care for their children, and what policy contexts affect parents’ NTH child care options.
Exploring Potential Demand and Parental Preferences for Nontraditional-Hour Child Care in Three Sites
Findings from parent interviews
- What Child Care Arrangements Do Parents Want during Nontraditional Hours? Findings from Connecticut, the District of Columbia, and Oklahoma (report)
- Executive Summary: What Child Care Arrangements Do Parents Want during Nontraditional Hours? Findings from Connecticut, the District of Columbia, and Oklahoma (executive summary)
- What Child Care Arrangements Do Parents Want during Nontraditional Hours? Insights from Parents in Connecticut (fact sheet)
- What Child Care Arrangements Do Parents Want during Nontraditional Hours? Insights from Parents in the District of Columbia (fact sheet)
- What Child Care Arrangements Do Parents Want during Nontraditional Hours? Insights from Parents in Oklahoma (fact sheet)
- Child Care Systems Don’t Align with What Parents Working Nontraditional Hours Recommend (blog post)
Findings from analyses of the American Community Survey and Survey of Income and Program Participation on the incidence of nontraditional-hour work for parents in select sites
- Parents with Nontraditional Work Schedules in Connecticut: Implications for Child Care (brief)
- Parents with Nontraditional Work Schedules in the District of Columbia: Implications for Child Care (brief)
- Parents with Nontraditional Work Schedules in Oklahoma: Implications for Child Care (brief)
- To Make the Child Care System More Equitable, Expand Options for Parents Working Nontraditional Hours (blog post)
Comparing Potential Demand for Nontraditional-Hour Child Care and Planned Policies across States
- Comparing Potential Demand for Nontraditional-Hour Child Care and Planned Policies across States (report)
- States Can Pursue Policies to Make Child Care More Accessible during Nontraditional Hours (blog post)
- State Snapshots of Potential Demand for and Policies to Support Nontraditional-Hour Child Care (snapshots)
Study of Nontraditional-Hour Child Care in the District of Columbia
- Nontraditional-Hour Child Care in the District of Columbia (report)
- Study of Nontraditional-Hour Child Care in the District of Columbia (presentation)
Ensuring Access to Quality Child Care for Four Priority Populations (Including Families Needing Nontraditional-Hour Child Care)
- Increasing Access to Quality Child Care for Four Priority Populations: Challenges and Opportunities with CCDBG Reauthorization (report)
- Increasing Access to Quality Child care for Four Priority Populations: Executive Summary (brief)
- Insights on Access to Quality Child Care for Families with Nontraditional Work Schedules (brief)
- Who Might Face Barriers to Accessing Quality Child Care? (data feature)