Index on the Need for Daycare and Estimated Attendance (INC - 2018-2020)

The Daycare Necessity Index (INC) , a study directed towards municipal education administrators, that covers all Brazilian states and municipalities, was finalized in November 2021, with a channel launched live on the Conviva Educação ’ YouTube channel. The aim is to discuss access to daycare in Brazil, to ascertain the needs and attendance of the priority publics.

Based upon a methodology that identifies and gauges the demand for access to daycare, the publication allows for the number of places needed in each municipality and state of the country, whilst prioritizing those groups most in need of the service: families in situations of poverty, single-parent families, and families in which the main carer is economically active, or would be if a job existed.

The study, which involved a technical partnership with the Quantis Consultancy and an institutional partnership with Undime, provided attendance estimates for each one of these groups in order to be able to calculate the INC. Its importance was widely recognized

Meeting the demand and quality of daycare: laying paths in the municipalities

Entitled “Meeting the demand for Daycare and Quality: laying paths in the municipalities”, the study was launched in 2022 as a publication designed to provide support for administrators within the organization on the demand for daycare in municipalities, with recommendations for good citizen services practices by the press, which has published more than 100 reports on the issue since it was launched and through until the publication of this report.

Ranging from a precise diagnosis of the children not attending daycare through to the best way of structuring the enrollment process and waiting list, the study looked at funding, ways of increasing the number of places through the opening or refurbishment of centers, and signing of agreements. Undime acted as an institutional partner providing technical support for researchers at the University of Brasília, the Dom Bosco Catholic University, and the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul.

The publication, developed using collected data on the supply and demand of daycare places, and consultation of municipal documents and legislation, presented actions that have been implemented in the municipalities of Campo Grande (MS), Caucaia (CE), Florianópolis (SC), Palmas (TO) and Santos (SP).