How much it costs different types of services to care for a child is shown below.

Then we look at the profit-margins made by different services and show what profit is being made. 

This information leads to questions such as:

• Can profit-driven business models deliver what society values for its children and communities?
• And are such models better placed to do this than non-profit driven ones?

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