State and Territory Profile

STATE/TERRITORY PROFILE - Puerto Rico

This profile highlights a current innovative effort to promote a subsidy system that is child-focused, family friendly, and fair to providers. It also provides demographic information, Early Care and Education (ECE) program participation and funding, subsidy innovation and program integrity information, program quality improvement activities, and professional development and workforce initiatives. Sources and links are provided at the end of the document.

Demographics

Source(s): U.S. Census Bureau. (2023). In American Community Survey. Single Years of Age and Sex. Retrieved from U.S. Census Bureau: https://data.census.gov/table?q=ACS+Survey+&g=0100000US$0400000&tid=ACSDP1Y2022.DP05
Source(s): U.S. Census Bureau. (2023). In American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, 2023. C23008 Age of own Children under 18 Years in Families and Subfamilies by Living Arrangements by Employment Status of Parents: Universe: Own children under 18 years in families and subfamilies.
https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT1Y2022.C23008?q=C23008&g=010XX00US$0400000
  Below 100% of Poverty Below 185% of Poverty
Under 6-Years Old 56.50% 76.91%
6 to 17-Years Old 53.66% 73.87%
Source(s): U.S. Census Bureau. (2024). In American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, 2023. B17024: Age By Ratio Of Income To Poverty Level In The Past 12 Months - Universe: Population for whom poverty status is determined. https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT1Y2022.B17024?q=B17024&g=010XX00US$0400000

ECE Program Participation and Funding

Percentage and Number of Children/Families Served
Source(s): U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Child Care. (2022). FFY 2022 CCDF data tables [Preliminary estimates]. Table 9 Average Monthly Percentages of Children In Care By Age Group https://www.acf.hhs.gov/occ/data/fy-2022-preliminary-data-table-9 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Child Care. (2022). FY 2022 CCDF data tables [Preliminary estimates].Table 1 Average Monthly Adjusted Number of Families and Children Served.
https://www.acf.hhs.gov/occ/data/fy-2022-preliminary-data-table-1
Average Monthly Percentages of Children Served in All Types of Care
Source(s): U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Child Care. (2022). FFY 2022 CCDF data tables [Preliminary estimates]. Table 6 Average Monthly https://www.acf.hhs.gov/occ/data/fy-2022-preliminary-data-table-6 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Child Care. (2022). FFY 2022 CCDF data tables [Preliminary estimates]. Table 6 Average Monthly https://www.acf.hhs.gov/occ/data/fy-2022-preliminary-data-table-6
Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF)
  • Total CCDF Expenditure
 $40,214,184
  • CCDF Federal Expenditure
 $39,982,219
  • CCDF State/Territory Expenditure
 $0
Source(s):
CCDF Quality Expenditures
  • Quality Investments - Infant and Toddler (Targeted Funds)
 Not Available
  • Quality Expansion Funds (Targeted Funds)
 Not Available
  • Quality Investments -School-Age/Resource and Referral (Targeted Funds)
 Not Available
  • Quality Activities (Set Aside Funds)
 $6,041,028
  • Total Quality Investments
 $6,041,028
Source(s):
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) for Child Care
  • TANF Total Child Care Expenditure
 Not available
  • TANF Direct Expenditure on Child Care
 Not available
  • TANF Transfer to CCDF
 Not available
Source(s): U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance. (2024). Fiscal Year 2023 TANF Financial Data. https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ofa/data/tanf-financial-data-fy-2023
Child Care Tax Credits
  • Tax Credit Federal Total Amount Claimed
 $159
  • Tax Credit Federal Number of Claims
 250
  • State/Territory Tax Credit Available - 2023
 Not available
  • State/Territory Tax Credit Refundable - 2023
 Not available
Source(s): Internal Revenue Service. (2024). SOI Tax Stats - Historic Table 2, Tax Year 2022. http://www.irs.gov/uac/SOI-Tax-Stats-Historic-Table-2" target="_blank">http://www.irs.gov/uac/SOI-Tax-Stats-Historic-Table-2 />
National Women’s Law Center. (2024). States Can Make Care Less Taxing: Tax Credits Related to Child Care, Tax Year 2024. https://nwlc.org/resource/states-can-make-care-less-taxing-tax-credits-related-to-child-care-tax-year-2024/
Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)
  • CACFP Funding
 Not available
  • CACFP Number of Family Child Care Homes
 Not available
  • CACFP Number of Child Care Centers
 Not available
Source(s): Food Research and Action Center. (2020). State of the States: Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) in FY 2019. http://www.frac.org/maps/sos/tables/sos_tab_cacfp.html
Head Start
  • Head Start Federal Allocation
 Not available
  • Head Start State/Territory Allocation
 Not available
  • Head Start Number of Children Participating
 18,525
Source(s): National Institute for Early Education Research. (2024). The 2023 state of preschool yearbook. https://nieer.org/the-state-of-preschool-yearbook-2022
IDEA Part B, Section 619
  • Part B Funding
 $3,394,855
  • Part B Number of Children Served (3- Through 5-Years Old)
 9,400
Source(s): U.S. Department of Education. (2023). Fiscal Years 2023-2025 State Tables for the U.S. Department of Education. https://www2.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/statetables/index.html
IDEA Part C
  • Part C Funding
 $2,714,464
  • Part C Number of Children Served (Birth Through 2-Years Old)
 2,191
Source(s): U.S. Department of Education. (2023). Fiscal Years 2023-2025 State Tables for the U.S. Department of Education. https://www2.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/statetables/index.html
Pre-kindergarten
  • Pre-K Total Expenditure
 Not Available
  • Pre-K Enrollment (4-Years Old and Under)
 Not Available
Source(s): National Institute for Early Education Research. (2024). The 2024 state of preschool yearbook. https://nieer.org/yearbook/2024