Early Care and Education Quiz

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1. How many neural connections form every second during the first few years of life?
5
800
10,000
500,000
1,000,000
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2. What does Nobel Laureate Economist at the University of Chicago James Heckman estimate is the ROI for comprehensive, high-quality, birth-to-five early education?
3%
7%
11%
13%
20%
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3. Using Harvard’s marginal value of public funds (MVPF) analysis, which measures the “bang for the buck” of government spending on a given policy, which of the 133 policies over the past half century is found to provide the most benefit and often pay for themselves?
Direct investments in low-income children’s health and education
Job Housing
Housing Vouchers
Unemployment Insurance
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4. How many additional licensed childcare spaces for children under age 2 are estimated to be needed in Summit County to meet the present demand?
140
287
412
554
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5. What percentage of families in Summit County with children aged 5 and younger responded to the survey that childcare has not affected their employment situation?
7%
17%
37%
47%
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6. What does the Bipartisan Policy Center estimate is the annual economic burden of Summit County’s childcare gaps on households, businesses, and tax revenues (high end of estimate)?
$15,450,000
$25,230,000
$32,183,000
$46,500,000
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7. The federal government states that in order to be affordable, families should spend no more than 7% of their income on childcare. What percentage of families in Summit County are spending more than 10% of their income on childcare costs for children aged five and younger?
35%
47%
65%
72%
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8. What is the average total cost for center-based childcare in Summit County from birth to age five in 2022?
$50,000
$75,000
$100,000
$150,000
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9. In 2022, Summit County childcare providers received $2.372 million in Childcare Stabilization Grants (from federal Covid ARPA funds), in 2023, Summit County is expected to receive $1.942 million. How much ARPA stabilization funding are Summit County childcare providers expected to receive in 2024?
$239,044
$375,289
$758,241
$1,420,973
$1,942,229
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10. When surveyed by the National Association for the Education of Young Children, what percentage of Utah childcare providers responded that their program would have closed without the stabilization grants?
5%
21%
37%
42%
68%
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11. Which of the following childcare initiatives did the Utah state legislature pass in the 2023 session?
$216 million to extend federal stabilization payments
$38 million for two additional years of retention incentives for childcare professionals
$3 million to continue coverage of licensing fees for 3 years
$2.1 million for regional grants to support new and growing childcare programs in childcare deserts throughout the state
None of the Above
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12. Which of the following ski towns invest local public funds in early care and education?
Breckenridge
Aspen
Telluride
All of the Above
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