Welcome to the Texas Child Care Provider Cost of Quality Calculator!
Use this calculator to estimate costs for your child care center.
The Texas Child Care Provider Cost of Quality Calculator (PCQC) was developed with you in mind! The intent of this calculator is to simplify the process of estimating the costs of providing child care. This tool can assist you with identifying the most common expenses incurred when providing child care services for infant to school age children. It can also help you understand the financial implications of providing increasing levels of quality. With the Texas PCQC, you will create a unique scenario utilizing various data inputs to estimate a summary of costs, revenue, and efficiency of student enrollment. You may use the Texas PCQC as many times as you like to capture different scenarios. Click the "Get Started" button below to begin!
No, you will not need to log in. The Texas PCQC does not save any data entered by users.
The Texas PCQC is a tool to help you estimate the costs associated with operating a child care center and the potential revenue that can be earned.
For the most accurate results, it helps to have your desired classroom compositions, staff compensation expectations, and a detailed breakdown of your other operating, facility and administrative expenses.
The Texas PCQC dynamically calculates your child care center's costs, revenue, and enrollment capacity efficiency based on the data you enter. Once you complete all steps, a results page will display a detailed summary of the costs per child for each classroom.