Child Care Waiting List SFY 2019 - Current Statewide Human Services
data.pa.gov | Last Updated 19 Apr 2024This list contains children on the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS), Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL), Child Care Works (CCW) subsidized child care program, Low Income waiting list. The waiting list numbers may vary throughout the year due to funding, eligibility of applicants and children leaving the program. In rare instances where a child is in a shared custody situation, this child may appear on the waiting list more than once. DISCLAIMER: The information posted only reflects data tabulated using the last day of each month. Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) can only confirm the accuracy of the specific data displayed and shall not be held liable or assume any responsibility for any improper use or interpretation of the information posted.
This dataset has the following 15 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Name | state_name | text | This is the State Name - Pennsylvania. | PA view top 100 |
| State FIPS Code | state_code | text | These are the first 2 digits of the 5-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code that designate the State association. Each State has its own 2-digit number and each County within the state has its own 3-digit number which are combined into a 5-digit number to uniquely identify every US county. For more technical details : Federal Information Processing Standards Publications (FIPS PUBS) are issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) after approval by the Secretary of Commerce pursuant to Section 111 (d) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 as amended by the Computer Security Act of 1987, Public Law 100-235. Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 6-4, Counties and Equivalent Entities of the U.S., Its Possessions, and Associated Areas -- 90 Aug 31 , provides the names and codes that represent the counties and other entities treated as equivalent legal and/or statistical subdivisions of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the possessions and freely associated areas of the United States. Counties are considered to be the "first-order subdivisions" of each State and statistically equivalent entity, regardless of their local designations (county, parish, borough, etc.). Information gathered from census data - https://www.census.gov/library/reference/code-lists/ansi.html | 42 view top 100 |
| Year | year | text | This is the year that corresponds with the data in this row. | 2020 2019 2021 2022 2023 view top 100 |
| Month | month | number | This is the number of the month that corresponds with the data in this row. | 10 11 7 9 8 view top 100 |
| Name of Month | month_name | text | This is the name of the month that corresponds with the data in this row. | October November July September August view top 100 |
| State Fiscal Year | fiscal_year | text | This is the begin year to end year of the State Fiscal Year. The State Fiscal Year starts in July and ends in June of each Fiscal year. | FY 2019-2020 FY 2020-2021 FY 2021-2022 FY 2023-2024 FY 2022-2023 view top 100 |
| State County Code | county_cde | number | This is the Pennsylvania State County code as a number. | 0 51 39 48 6 view top 100 |
| County Name | coutny_name | text | This is the name of the county where the child is on the waitlist. | Statewide Philadelphia Lehigh Northampton Berks view top 100 |
| County FIPS Code | fips_code | text | The FIPS county code is a five-digit Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code (FIPS 6-4) which uniquely identifies counties and county equivalents in the United States, certain U.S. possessions, and certain freely associated states. This is the 3-digit part of the 5-digit county FIPS code specifically standing for the county. | 000 101 077 011 095 view top 100 |
| Number of Children on the Child Care Waiting List | waitlist_count | number | This is the unique count of the number of children on the child care waiting list for the date in this row. If the row shows data for Pennsylvania, that is a complete count for the state. Do not add this count for PA to the rest of the county counts or the total number will be duplicated. | 1 2 3 4 5 view top 100 |
| Care Level Code | care_level_code | text | PRE YSA INF YOT OLT view top 100 | |
| Care Level Name | care_level_name | text | Preschool Young School-Age Infant Young Toddler Older Toddler view top 100 | |
| Latitude of County | latitude | number | If the Latitude point is null, then the county is unknown. This is a generic point for latitude in each county to give the ability to create visualizations such as map layers. The latitude for the state of Pennsylvanian will fall to the south east of Pennsylvania actually in Maryland so that the information for a statewide total can also be displayed on a map layer without affecting information in another county. | 39.346129 40.004444 40.614648 40.754595 40.419396 view top 100 |
| Longitude of County | longitude | number | If the Longitude point is null, then the county is unknown. This is a generic point for longitude in each county to give the ability to create visualizations such as map layers. The longitude for the state of Pennsylvanian will fall to the south east of Pennsylvania actually in Maryland so that the information for a statewide total can also be displayed on a map layer without affecting information in another county. | -75.167756 -75.140236 -75.600995 -75.312637 -75.930773 view top 100 |
| Georeferenced Latitude & Longitude | geocoded_column | point | A generic georeferenced Latitude & Longitude point within the county. These points can be used to create visualizations such as maps to show the data by county. A point is also provided for outside of the state (on a map it will sit to the southeast of the state). This number represents the total number for the state and this location provides a spot on a map to display the PA number without having it duplicate within a county when using in a mapping visual. | {"coordinates":[-75.167756,39.346129],"type":"Point"} {"coordinates":[-75.140236,40.004444],"type":"Point"} {"coordinates":[-75.600995,40.614648],"type":"Point"} {"coordinates":[-75.930773,40.419396],"type":"Point"} {"coordinates":[-75.312637,40.754595],"type":"Point"} view top 100 |