The Snapshot is made up of 4 key categories:

• Wyoming Demographics
• Child Care Statistics
• The Wyoming Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) State Plan
• 2004 Child Care Market Survey

Wyoming Demographics

Category	Number	Percent
2000 Total Population	493,782	100.0
2000 Children 0-4 years old	30,940	6.3
2000 Children 5-9 years old	31,127	6.9
2000 Children 10-14 years old	38,376	7.8
2000 Total Children under 18	41,903	8.5

Wyoming census data

Child Care Statistics

Child Care Centers
Number of licensed Child Care Centers:	268
Licensed capacity in Child Care Centers:	14852
Family Child Care Centers
Number of licensed Family Child Care Centers:	269
Licensed capacity in Family Child Care Centers:	14887
Family Child Care Centers
Number of licensed Family Child Care Centers:	416
Licensed capacity in Family Child Care Centers:	3976
Totals
Total number of licensed facilities:	856
Total capacity of licensed facilities:	21290
Number of families served:	856
Number of children served:	21290

*April 2005 Child Care Subsidy Report

The Wyoming Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) State Plan (View document)

Child Care and Development Services Plan For the period: 10/1/07 – 9/30/09 (View document)

The federal funds through the CCDF are Wyoming’s largest source of child care funds. States are required to submit a biennial plan describing how CCDF funds will be used. CCDF funds must be used by states to:

• provide child care subsidies to assist low income families pay for the cost of child care:
• improve the quality of child care.

2004 Child Care Market Survey View document)

The CCDF requires states to conduct a market survey every two years to ensure that the Child Care Subsidy Program reimbursement rates are adequate to allow low income families equal access to all types of care. The survey also includes additional information regarding the qualifications and wages of Wyoming early childhood professionals