January 2019

Child Care and Preschool

Child Care and Preschool Budget

(Dollars in Millions)

  2017-18 Revised 2018-19 Reviseda 2019-20 Proposed Change from 2018-19
  Amount Percent
Expenditures          
CalWORKs Child Care          
Stage 1 $323 $292 $276 -$16 -5.5%
Stage 2b 504 560 597 37 6.6%
Stage 3 339 399 482 84 21.0%
Subtotals ($1,167) ($1,250) ($1,355) ($105) (8.4%)
Non-CalWORKs Child Care          
General Child Carec $340 $412 $457 $45 10.9%
Alternative Payment Program 292 530d 340 -189 -35.8%
Bridge program for foster children 20 41 45 4 9.8%
Migrant Child Care 35 40 45 5 12%
Care for Children With Severe Disabilities 2 2 2 —e 2.6%
Subtotals ($349) ($1,024) ($889) -($136) -(13.3%)
Preschool Programsf          
State Preschool—full day $738 $804 $977 $173 21.5%
State Preschool—part dayg 503 538 552 14 2.6%
Transitional Kindergartenh 808 861 890 29 3.3%
Preschool QRIS Grant 50 50 50 — —
Subtotals ($2,098) ($2,253) ($2,468) ($215) (9.5%)
Support Programs $91 $144 $629 $485 336.1%
Totals $3,704 $4,672 $5,341 $669 14.3%
Funding          
Proposition 98 General Fund $1,930 $2,077 $1,865 -$211 -10.2%
Non-Proposition 98 General Fund 746 1,417 2,524 1,107 78.1%
Federal CCDF 635 857 639 -218 -25.4%
Federal TANF 388 311 298 -13 -4.1%
Federal Title IV-E 5 10 14 4 41.3%
           
a Reflects Department of Social Services' revised Stage 1 estimates. Reflects budget act appropriation for all other programs. The 2018-19 budget plan also funds Inclusive Early Education Expansion Program ($167 million) using 2017-18 Proposition 98 General Fund. Funding for this proposal is not included in this table.
b Does not include $9.2 million provided to community colleges for certain child care services.
c General Child Care funding for State Preschool wraparound care shown in State Preschool—full day.
d Includes $205 million for additional slots in 2018-19 and 2019-20.
e Less than $500,000.
f Some CalWORKs and non-CalWORKs child care providers use their funding to offer preschool.
g Includes $1.6 million each year used for a family literacy program offered at certain State Preschool sites.
h Reflects preliminary LAO estimates. Transitional Kindergarten enrollment data are not yet publicly available for any year of the period.
QRIS = Quality Rating and Improvement System. CCDF = Child Care and Development Fund. 
TANF = Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.