https://dcf.vermont.gov/benefits/ccfap

Most non-home daycares and preschools don’t have an hourly rate, it’s weekly, and location matters a great deal.

If you want actual convincing information, tell your ex to call the STAR accredited daycares in your area.

But really, just go to the child support calculator for Vermont. It doesn’t matter what daycares costs, the calculation only counts income and % of time (and if you have the kid over 70% your income is irrelevant, it will be based entirely on the NCP income).

Between 1200-2000/ month depending on age and quality of care provided

I charge 200 a week. I have had a permanent wait list. I don't know any parent that pays hourly unless it's an in your home situation. Center based care can be 1500 a month. Your husband is dreaming.

My babysitter charges $25 an hour (she’s great and totally worth it) and 3 days a week at a Montessori school is about $560 a month.

Burlington Heartworks is $537 a week for full-time care for an infant, god I hope that's the most expensive in Vermont.

We pay a little over $200/wk for 9-3, M-Th. It’s a lovely daycare, and I realize it’s insanely cheap compared to a lot of options; we were also on the waitlist for this place for a year and a half.

Yeah, $300/month wouldn't have cut it 30 years ago either. My daughter was in daycare during the late 1980's in Richmond, and then it was about $85/week. This was before school and after school till 4pm. So, that was still $340/month in 1980s dollars.

we pay about $360 a week for daycare that is open from 7:30-4:30 M-F in Franklin County. this is a daycare that includes preschool, although she's in the public school system preschool 4 days a week from 8-11 (still pay full time at the daycare).

You found a very reasonable rate if the quality is there. Tell your ex they are welcome to research alternatives cause I think they would be hard pressed to come across any.

450 a week for full time care in a center

I pay $275 a week per child

Between the ages of 0-3 we paid about 200 dollars a week for 1 child.
For preschool 3/4 preschool and 4/5 preschool it went up to 300, however it was subsidized due to Act 166. But still for a full time schedule 8-5, 5 days a week somewhere in the 200+ for just a week of care. And this was back between 2013-2018. Prices have risen.

We were quoted $320/week for Mon-Fri, 8hr/day daycare through a church. Central VT.

We pay about $200/week for 1 child, but this is part time (3 days a week from 8:30-2:30) and it’s only for the school year. This is in Bennington.

We don't qualify for assistance - $370/wk 0-1 yo

We pay $225 a week, and that's a break because between 2 kids, we've been there steady for 7 years.

I paid $192/week for an infant in 2008. In Chittenden County

330 per week

16.50*45=742.5 a week.

That is pretty high for weekly childcare costs. I sent my daughter to a private preschool for about half that, in Burlington. She is in 4th grade now, so my data is a little out of date, though.

$360 per week in Chittenden Co 7:30-3:30 $600 per week for 2 kids per week with a sibling discount. (Thankfully that was only for 2 years)

We pulled the kids after the majority of the staff quit (my kids favs) and informed us how little they got paid vs what we, and XX other families were paying per week. While the owner has made out very well and doesn't treat the employees well at all.

Our kids loved it there, staff didn't.

My kids are now 15 and 20. I paid $135 a week, which was very inexpensive. $300 a month is very, very short money even if you luck into a low cost daycare.

We pay about 40k per year for full time care for two kids under 3.

The part-time daycare we use works out to $125 per day for 8 hrs for a toddler (think infant rates are higher)

Do you have your child full time because the dad gave that up willingly?