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Cedar County Early Childhood Quality and Capacity Survey (ECQCS) 2026

Community Questions

The Cedar County Communities for Kids (C4K) team is seeking community input to better understand local child care quality and capacity. We invite anyone who lives, works, or owns a business in Cedar County —whether or not you have young children—to complete this survey. Your responses will help identify early childhood needs and guide future solutions.
Thank you for your time and input—together, we can strengthen our community!
By completing this survey, you consent to the collection of information used to support the statewide story of early childhood in Nebraska. Data may be shared with other C4K communities, statewide partners and funders involved in expanding and improving early childhood systems. Only community name is shared—no personal identifying information is disclosed.
1.In which community do you reside?
2.Do you currently attend school, work, own/manage a business, or volunteer in Cedar County?
3.Do you believe your community has enough high-quality child care options?
4.Do you believe child care offered in your community is accessible to all families who need it?
5.Do you know families that would like to return to Cedar County but are unable to, because of a lack of child care?
6.How important is having enough high-quality, accessible child care for the success and growth of Cedar County?(Required.)
Very Important
Important
Somewhat Important
Not Important
7.Which of the following areas do you believe are positively impacted by access to high-quality child care in your community? (Select all that apply)
8.Since becoming a C4K Community in 2022, have you become aware of, or directly utilized, any of the following Early Childhood supports created by Cedar County C4K? (Select all that apply)
9.The Cedar County C4K work is rooted in the Collective Impact Model, which prioritizes local partnerships and investment in the development of a sustainable Early Childhood infrastructure. Are you currently engaged as a partner is these efforts?
10.If No, how do you envision yourself becoming a community partner to this work?
11.Do you have children ages birth through age 12 or plan to have children in the next five (5) years?(Required.)