References

1. Ready Nation
https://www.strongnation.org/articles/780-want-to-grow-the-economy-fix-the-child-care-crisis
2. Quicken Loans
https://www.quickenloans.com/blog/15-most-expensive-cities-in-the-us
3. ACS 1-Year Estimates Employment Characteristics of Families (2015-2018)
https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?table=S2302&tid=ACSST1Y2018.S2302&t=Families-and-Living-Arrangements
4. ACS 1-Year Estimates Children Characteristics (2015-2018)
https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=children&lastDisplayedRow=47&table=S0901&tid=ACSST1Y2015.S0901&t=Children-Families-and-Living-Arrangements
5. 2017 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates – Median Income in the Past 12 Months
https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_17_1YR_S1903&prodType=table
6. Committee for Economic Development
https://www.ced.org/assets/reports/childcareimpact/infographics/revised/United-States-Econ-Impact-Infographic-1312019.pdf

7. Workforce Partnership analysis of Census’ 2017 5-year ACS public-use microdata sample.
https://usa.ipums.org/usa/

8. Center for American Progress
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/early-childhood/reports/2016/06/21/139731/calculating-the-hidden-cost-of-interrupting-a-career-for-child-care/
9. The Long Reach of Early Childhood Poverty
https://inequality.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/PathwaysWinter11_Duncan.pdf
10. Committee for Economic Development
https://www.ced.org/childcareimpact
11. National Institute of Health
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25518706
12. YMCA Child Care Supply Map
https://www.ymcasd.org/community-support/childcare-resource-service/family-resources/child-care-supply-map
13. San Diego Regional EDC
https://sd-regional-edc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=f3196b40e28a4df6a19b7e162b209f90
14. YMCA Childcare Resource Service
https://www.ymcasd.org/community-support/childcare-resource-service
15. Child Care and Development Planning Council – May 2018 Report
https://www.sdcoe.net/student-services/early-education/Documents/planning-council/AB377StudyReport%20final_052518.pdf
16. Learning Policy Institute
https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/product-files/Building_Early_Learning_System_Works_CA_REPORT.pdf
17. YMCA – Cost of Child Care in San Diego
https://www.ymcasd.org/community-support/childcare-resource-service/family-resources/choosing-child-care/cost-child-care
18. Economic Policy Institute
https://www.epi.org/resources/budget/
19. Rent Jungle
https://www.rentjungle.com/average-rent-in-san-diego-rent-trends/
20. US Department of Health and Human Services – Federal Poverty Guidelines
https://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty-guidelines
21. Child Development Associates
https://cdasd.org/
22. California Budget & Policy Center
https://calbudgetcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Fact-Sheet_Millions-of-Children-Are-Eligible-for-Subsidized-Child-Care-but-Only-a-Fraction-Received-Services-in-2017_01.28.2019.pdf
23. Center for American Progress – Early Learning Fact Sheet 2019
https://cdn.americanprogress.org/content/uploads/2019/09/12064745/California.pdf
24. Public Policy Institute of California
https://www.ppic.org/blog/1-in-4-child-care-workers-in-california-lives-in-poverty/
25. Economic Policy Institute – Child Care and Education Costs
https://www.epi.org/publication/breaking-the-silence-on-early-child-care-and-education-costs-a-values-based-budget-for-children-parents-and-teachers-in-california/
26. Learning Policy Institute
https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/product-files/Building_Early_Learning_System_Works_CA_REPORT.pdf