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Child care and social services training in Puerto Rico

5 child care and social services programs in 2 fields of education and social services, with costs, results and funding that can make them free

3 schools offer these programs, and Puerto Rico has approved every one for workforce funding. Compare the 2 fields below, then open one to see each program with its price and how past students did.

These programs lead to work caring for and supporting people: early childhood education for preschool and child care, addiction counseling, mental health and human services work, behavior technician (RBT) training, teacher assistant (paraprofessional) training, and community health work. Most are certificates or courses that prepare for a state credential; some are two-year degrees.

All job training programs in Puerto Rico, every line of work

Child care and social services training by state, to compare Puerto Rico with other states

Compare child care and social services programs in Puerto Rico: cost, pay and results

Each figure is the middle program of that field. Yearly earnings are the reported quarter times four, an estimate. Source: US Department of Labor, program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025). Only programs approved for workforce funding are counted; other schools in Puerto Rico may offer more. How these figures are made

Is there free child care and social services training in Puerto Rico?

Other job training in Puerto Rico, by line of work

Programs approved in Puerto Rico in each line of work.

Where the Puerto Rico child care and social services numbers come from

Which Puerto Rico programs are counted?

Programs Puerto Rico approved for WIOA funding (public workforce funding under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act) in the fields listed above. Each state keeps its approved programs on an eligible training provider list (ETPL).5 They come from the US Department of Labor's file for program year 2024 (July 2024 to June 2025), covering programs approved as of June 30, 2025. Schools that never applied for approval are missing, so this is a part of what Puerto Rico offers.

What the figures for each field mean

Each figure is the middle program among those that report it: half did better, half did worse. Prices are what most programs cost if you pay yourself (the middle half). Earnings are for the second quarter after students left, times four. Where a figure is missing, the table says why: "Not reported", "Left out" or "Not enough data" (what each means).

How reliable are the Puerto Rico figures?

The US Department of Labor's own results site lists Puerto Rico among the states with "known data quality concerns".6 We leave out the share who finished for Puerto Rico: half of its programs report exactly 100%, far more than in other states. We leave out the share working 6 months later for Puerto Rico: every program that reports it reports exactly 100%.

Sources for the funding facts about child care and social services programs in Puerto Rico

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  1. US Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov: About This Site
  2. US Department of Labor: WIOA Adult Program
  3. Code of Federal Regulations, title 20, part 680, sections 680.220, 680.230 and 680.310: career services before training, other grants such as Pell Grants first, and limits on Individual Training Accounts (GovInfo, 2024 edition)
  4. US Department of Labor: American Job Centers
  5. US Department of Labor, Training and Employment Guidance Letter 8-19, Attachment I: Requirements for Training Providers, Program Eligibility, and the State Eligible Training Provider (ETP) List
  6. US Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov: search page, note on states with known data quality concerns