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| [ |    | FACTS\         | ## Arkansas |                             |
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|   |    |                |             | ***Average annual fee for   |
|   |    |                |             | full-time child care for*** |
|   |    |                |             |                             |
|   |    |                |             | ***an infant in center      |
|   |    |                |             | based                       |
|   |    |                |             | care.....................   |
|   |    |                |             | \$4,020***                  |
|   |    |                |             |                             |
|   |    |                |             | ***Cost of child care for   |
|   |    |                |             | an infant as percent of***  |
|   |    |                |             |                             |
|   |    |                |             | ***median income for        |
|   |    |                |             | two-parent families         |
|   |    |                |             | ............. 8%***         |
|   |    |                |             |                             |
|   |    |                |             | ***Cost of child care for   |
|   |    |                |             | an infant as percent of***  |
|   |    |                |             |                             |
|   |    |                |             | ***median income for single |
|   |    |                |             | parent families.........    |
|   |    |                |             | 26%           ***           |
|   |    |                |             |                             |
|   |    |                |             | Child Care in America: 2006 |
|   |    |                |             | State Fact Book, NACCRRA    |
+---+----+----------------+-------------+-----------------------------+
|   | ## |                |             | Arkansas Child Care Lead    |
|   | ## |                |             | Agency                      |
|   |  I |                |             |                             |
|   | n  |                |             | Arkansas Department of      |
|   | Ce |                |             | Health and Human Services\  |
|   | nt |                |             | Division of Child Care and  |
|   | er |                |             | Early Education\            |
|   | -B |                |             | P.O. Box 1437, Slot S140\   |
|   | as |                |             | Little Rock, AR 72203-1437  |
|   | ed |                |             |                             |
|   |  C |                |             | Voice: 501-682-4891\        |
|   | ar |                |             | Fax: 501-682-2317\          |
|   | e  |                |             | Website:                    |
|   | th |                |             | [http://www.arkans          |
|   | e  |                |             | as.gov/childcare/](http://w |
|   | st |                |             | ww.state.ar.us/childcare/)\ |
|   | af |                |             | \                           |
|   | f- |                |             | For the CCDF                |
|   | to |                |             | Administrator's contact     |
|   | -c |                |             | information go to:\         |
|   | hi |                |             | <http://ncc                 |
|   | ld |                |             | ic.acf.hhs.gov/statedata/di |
|   |  r |                |             | rs/display.cfm?title=ccdf>\ |
|   | at |                |             | For more information about  |
|   | io |                |             | Arkansas go to:\            |
|   | s  |                |             | [                           |
|   | ar |                |             | http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/st |
|   | e  |                |             | atedata/statepro/display.cf |
|   | {# |                |             | m?state=Arkansas](http://nc |
|   | in |                |             | cic.org/statedata/statepro/ |
|   | -c |                |             | display.cfm?state=Arkansas) |
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