New San Diego tool helps families find child care

Zoom in: Providers can also use the platform to advertise to families and make enrollment easier.

Context: Child care is expensive and hard to find.

• San Diego parents can expect to spend between $16,500 and $21,100 for one year of infant care, and about $15,000 annually for a preschooler, recent YMCA data shows.
• More than two-thirds of local families live in child care deserts, according to the data.

By the numbers: Nearly 330,000 children need care because all the parents in their household work, according to the YMCA.

• There are 5,758 providers in the database, including every licensed child care provider.

The bottom line: The website may not make child care cheaper, but at least it makes the search a little easier.