July 2018

Child Care and Preschool

Early Education Subsidized Slots

   2016-17 
Revised		 2017-18  Revised 2018-19  
Enacted		 Change from 2017-18
  Amount Percent
CalWORKs Child Care          
Stage 1 40,949 38,795 38,843 48 0.1%
Stage 2 51,083 52,913 58,674 5,761 10.9
Stage 3 34,770 33,516 44,320 10,804 32.2
Subtotals (126,802) (125,224) (141,837) (16,613) (13.3%)
Non-CalWORKs Programs          
Alternative Payment Program 30,614 29,804 44,785 14,981 50.3%
General Child Care 28,737 28,563 28,427 -136 -0.5
Migrant Child Care 3,064 3,046 3,037 -9 -0.3
Care for Children with Severe Disabilities 104 106 103 -3 -3.1
Subtotals (62,519) (61,519) (76,352) (14,833) (24.1%)
Preschool Programs          
State Preschool—part day 101,598 101,101 102,501 1,400 1.4%
State Preschool—full day 62,005 64,528 66,609 2,080 3.2
Transitional Kindergarten 90,707 90,725 90,462 -263 -0.3
Subtotals (254,310) (256,355) (259,572) (3,218) (1.3%)
Totals 443,631 443,097 477,761 34,664 7.8%
           
Notes: Generally based on appropriation and annual average rate per child. Slot numbers reflect DSS estimates for CalWORKs Stage 1; DOF estimates for CalWORKs Stage 2 and 3, General Child Care, Migrant Child Care, and Care for Children with Severe Disabilities; and LAO estimates for all other programs. For Transitional Kindergarten, reflects preliminary estimates, as enrollment data not yet publicly available for 2017-18 and 2018-19.
Table does not include slots funded through emergency bridge program for foster children.
Table reflects actuals for all stages of CalWORKs in 2016-17 and updated DSS estimates for Stage 1 in 2017-18.
Stage 2 does not include certain community college child care slots (1,300 to 1,800 slots annually).
State Preschool wraparound slots for non-LEAs (funded by General Child Care) are shown in State Preschool—full day.
DSS = Department of Social Services. DOF = Department of Finance. LEAs = local education agencies.