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State policies that promote health, education, and strong families can help the early development and school readiness of America's youngest citizens. This profile highlights Idaho's policy choices alongside other contextual data related to the well-being of young children.
State Highlights1
In FY 2010, the Idaho Senate passed legislation making significant improvements to the state's child care regulations. The bill includes provisions that require criminal background checks for providers, licensing for facilities serving 7-12 children, improved teacherchild ratios, and new minimum annual training hours for child care providers. The state's Quality Rating and Improvement System, IdahoSTARS will receive $1.6 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA); with an additional $1.4 million in ARRA funds allocated to expand professional development opportunities for IdahoSTARS participants.
- Young children (under age 6)2: 147,925
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Data Notes and Sources
Last Updated: December 4, 2009
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- State Highlights are drawn from states' government and organization websites and reports. For more information, contact ITO@nccp.org.
- State data were calculated from the Annual Social and Economic Supplement (the March supplement) of the Current Population Survey from 2007, 2008, and 2009, representing information from calendar years 2006, 2007, and 2008. NCCP averaged three years of data because of small sample sizes in less populated states. The national data were calculated from the 2009 data, representing information from the previous calendar year.
- National and state data were calculated from the 2008 American Community Survey.