July 2018

Child Care and Preschool

Early Education Funding Rates by Rate System, Setting, and Age

  2016-17 Estimated 2017-18 Estimated 2018-19 Enacted Change from 2017-18
  Amount Percent
Local Control Funding Formula Rates          
Transitional Kindergarten $8,695 $8,935 $9,567 $632 7.1%
Standard Reimbursement Rates          
State Preschool Centers          
State Preschool— part day $4,386 $4,956 $5,233 $277 5.6%
State Preschool— full day 10,114 11,433 12,070 638 5.6
Child Care Centers          
Infants $17,087 $19,312 $24,830 $5,518 28.6%
Toddlers 14,072 15,904 19,192 3,288 20.7
Preschoolers 10,051 11,360 11,995 635 5.6
School-aged children 10,051 11,360 11,995 635 5.6
Family Child Care Homes          
Infants $14,072 $15,904 $23,030 $7,126 44.8%
Toddlers 14,072 15,904 19,192 3,288 20.7
Preschoolers 10,051 11,360 11,995 635 5.6
School-aged children 10,051 11,360 11,995 635 5.6
Regional Market Reimbursement Rates (Averages)      
Centers          
Infants and toddlers $16,927 $17,847 $18,312 $464 2.6%
Preschoolers 12,970 13,476 13,660 184 1.4
School-aged children 9,387 10,310 10,881 571 5.5
Family Child Care Homes          
Infants and toddlers $10,127 $11,041 $11,300 $259 2.3%
Preschoolers 9,405 10,205 10,509 304 3.0
School-aged children 7,915 8,311 8,449 139 1.7
           
Notes: All rates reflect full-time, full-year care, with the exception of Transitional Kindergarten and State Preschool—part day, which operate at least 3 hours per day for 180 and 175 days per year respectively.
Averages for regional market rates are weighted by the number of subsidized children receiving child care in each setting and county. Estimates assume half of children reimbursed at weekly rate and half at monthly rate.