Childcare & Pre-K – Resource Kit
The Utah Women & Leadership Project (UWLP) team, together with the Childcare & Pre-K Programs Spoke advisors within A Bolder Way Forward, have curated a collection of recommended resources. This includes UWLP research and materials as well as valuable contributions from statewide and national community partners and organizations. To get involved in positive change, take action by exploring what you can do as individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
Key Resources
- Childcare & Pre-K Programs: What Utahns Need to Know
- Childcare Policy Recommendations [Spanish]
- Childcare Solutions For Employers [Spanish]
- Conversation Guide: Childcare in Utah
- Infographic: Childcare: What Utahns Need to Know [Spanish]
- Working Parent Childcare Resources [Spanish]
Research Reports
- Childcare—What Utahns Need to Know Now - 2023
- Childcare: What Utahns Need to Know - 2018
- Childcare: Impact Recommendation Report - 2017
- Childcare & Pre-K Programs Research Summary - 2024
- The Complex Childcare Landscape: Public Policy Solutions for Utah - 2024
- The Impact of COVID-19 on Utah Women and Work: Caregiver Experiences - 2021
- The Impact of COVID-19 on Utah Women and Work: Childcare and Homeschooling - 2021
- Women in the Workplace: Part 1 – Utahn’s Awareness, Understanding, and Attitudes - 2025
- Women in the Workplace in 2025: Utahns’ Awareness, Understanding, and Attitudes - 2026
Articles & Editorials
- Business Leaders: Childcare Solutions are Not ‘All or Nothing’ (Forbes, 2022)
- Childcare – What Utahns Need to Know (LinkedIn, 2024)
- Childcare Controversy Falls into the Either/Or Trap (The Salt Lake Tribune, 2021)
- Childcare Resources for Working Parents (Standard-Examiner, 2022)
- Childcare Solutions for Utah Employers (Standard-Examiner, 2021)
- Public Policy Solutions for the Complex Childcare Landscape (LinkedIn, 2022)
- Shirking Families and the State of Motherhood – What do Moms Need? (Deseret News, 2022)
- The Childcare Single Story is Not Helping Utah (Deseret News, 2021)
- The Complex Childcare Landscape: Public Policy Solutions for Utah (LinkedIn, 2024)
- Utah is Finally Addressing the Crisis of Unaffordable Quality Childcare (The Salt Lake Tribune, 2022)
- What Utahns Are Saying About Childcare: Insights from 3,815 Qualitative Responses (LinkedIn, 2026)
- What Utahns Need to Know Now about Childcare (LinkedIn, 2024)
- What Utahns Really Think About Childcare: New Statewide Data from 4,820 Residents (LinkedIn, 2026)
Podcasts & Videos
- Podcast: A Bolder Way Forward Conversations: Childcare & Pre-K Programs
- Podcast: Childcare - What Utahns Need to Know
- Podcast: Childcare - What Utahns Need to Know: A 2023 Update
- Podcast: Understanding Childcare/Pre-K Programs in Utah
- Video: A Bolder Way Forward: Childcare & Pre-K Programs
- Video: Childcare Symposium: Practices, Policies, and Strategies to Move Utah Forward
Community Resources By Topic
- Care.com
- Envision Utah Early Learning
- Five Before Five
- Kindergarten Transition Toolkit
- Parent Resources
- Provider Resources
- Utah Child Care Licensing Program
- Utah Office of Child Care
- Utah Women in the Workforce
- Utah’s Childcare Solutions and Workplace Productivity Plan
- Vroom (Early Learning Brain-Building Tool)
- 2017 State Child Care Facts in The State of: Utah (ChildCare Aware of America, 2017)
- Child Care Access in Utah (Workforce Services, 2020)
- Early Childhood Utah (DHHS, n.d.)
- Early Childhood Services Study (Utah Education Policy Center and Workforces Services Childcare, 2017)
- Parents and the High Cost of Childcare [search word: "Utah"] (ChildCare Aware of America, 2017)
- Sharp Contrast (University of Utah Magazine, Jan. 2021)
- States Where Child Care is Most Affordable [search word: “Utah”] (U.S. News, 2019)
- The Cost of Childcare in Utah (Economic Policy Institute, 2020)
- Utah 2024 Child Care Market Rate Study and Narrow Cost Analysis (Utah Department of Workforce Services, 2024)
- Utah Employer Child Care Toolkit (PromisePartnership & Voices for Utah Children)
- Utah Kids Count Databook 2024 (Voices for Utah Children, 2025)
- What Are My Child Care Options? (ChildCare.gov, n.d.)
- Care for Business
- Data Deep Dive: A Decline of Women in the Workforce (US Chamber)
- Employer Child Care Options (CAC)
- Family Friendly Workplaces: A Guide for Utah Business Leaders (SL Chamber)
- National Association of Workforce Boards Family Centered Employment Toolkit
- The Childcare Roadmap for Employers (US Chamber)
- Tootris for Employers
- Understanding America’s Labor Shortage: The Scarce and Costly Childcare Issue (US Chamber)
- Untapped Potential in Utah (SL Chamber)
- Upwards for Employers
- Utah Childcare Cooperative for Businesses
- Utah Employer Child Care Toolkit
- Work/Life Balance Preferences: Utah Parents (SL Chamber)
- Boys and Girls Club (Salt Lake County)
- Care About Childcare (South Western Region)
- Care.com (National)
- ChildCare Center (National)
- Childcare.gov
- Children’s Service Society (CAC, SL and Tooele)
- Kids in Care (for job search)
- Neighborhood House (Salt Lake County)
- Regional Child Care Resource Agencies (Statewide)
- Root For Kids (Washington County)
- Upwards (National)
- YWCA (Salt Lake County)
- Early Learning Essentials Headstart (Utah, Juab, Wasatch Counties)
- How to Apply for Headstart (Statewide)
- Neighborhood House (Salt Lake County)
- Private Preschools in Utah
- Root for Kids (Washington County)
- UCA Headstart (Salt Lake County, Tooele County)
- Waterford Upstart (Online preschool)
- YWCA (Salt Lake County)
- Child Development Associate Credential Program
- Childcare Licensing (Utah)
- Childcare Provider Resources and Programs (CAC)
- Childcare Quality System Resources
- Free Business Training for Providers
- NAEYC (National)
- National Association for Family Child Care
- Professional Family Child Care Association
- Resources for Child Care Providers (CSS)
- Utah Afterschool Network – Professional Development
- Utah Association for the Education of Young Children
- Utah Private Child Care Association
- Utah Workforce Services Childcare Subsidies
- BYU Preschool
- Care About Childcare (USU)
- Center for Child Care and Family Resources (UofU)
- Childcare and Family Services (SLCC)
- Little Badgers Early Learning Center
- Sorenson Legacy Foundation Center for Hope (SUU)
- Student Parent Support Center (UofU)
- USU Care About Childcare
- Weber State Hourly Childcare
- Wee Care (UVU)
- Crisis Respite Care (Utah, Wasatch, Summit, Millard, Juab counties)
- Early Intervention
- Early Intervention (Washington, San Juan counties)
- Maternal Mental Health Referral Network (Utah)
- Office of Children with Special Health Care Needs
- Project SCOPE: Supporting Children of the Opioid Epidemic
- The Children’s Center (Mental Health/Trauma)
- Tips for Finding Inclusive Childcare
- Care About Childcare
- ChildCare.gov (Utah)
- Children’s Service Society of Utah
- Early Intervention
- Envision Utah
- First Five Years Fund
- Head Start
- Neighborhood House
- Office of Early Childhood
- Promise Partnership
- USBE – Preschool
- Utah Community Action
- Utah Community Builders
- Utah Office of Childcare
- Voices for Utah Children
- Utah Women & Leadership Project
- YWCA Utah
- Childcare Market Failure (Richmond School of Law, 2015)
- Expecting Better: A State-By-State Analysis of Laws That Help Expecting and New Parents [search word: "Utah"] (National Partnership for Women & Families, 2016)
- National Survey of Children’s Health: Utah Child Care and Parental Employment (Data Resource Center for Child & Adolescent Health, 2011-2012)
- National Survey of Children’s Health: Utah Non-parental Child Care (Data Resource Center for Child & Adolescent Health, 2007)
- National Survey of Children’s Health: Utah Non-relative Child Care (Data Resource Center for Child & Adolescent Health, 2011-2012)
- Status of Women in States: Utah (Institute for Women’s Policy Research, 2015)
- The Cost of Child Care in Utah (Economic Policy Institute, 2016)
- The Status of Women in Utah (Institute for Women’s Policy Research, 2004)
If you have any changes or additions, please email UWLP@usu.edu.