July 2019

Child Care and Preschool

Early Education Budget

(Dollars in Millions)

  2017-18 Actual 2018-19 Reviseda 2019-20 Enacted Change from 2018-19
  Amount Percent
Expenditures          
CalWORKs Child Care          
Stage 1 $202 $291 $326b $35 12.0%
Stage 2c 504 581 615 33 5.7%
Stage 3 339 457 503 46 10.0%
Subtotals ($1,045) ($1,329) ($1,443) ($114) (8.6%)
Non-CalWORKs Child Care          
General Child Cared $340 $412 522 $110 26.6%
Alternative Payment Program 292 427 536 109 25.4%
Bridge program for foster children 20 41 54 13 33.0%
Migrant Child Care 35 40 45 5 12%
Care for Children With Severe Disabilities 2 2 2 —e 2.6%
Subtotals ($349) ($922) ($1,158) ($236) (25.6%)
Preschool Programsf          
State Preschool—full day $738 $804 $883 $79 9.9%
State Preschool—part dayg 503 538 548 10 1.8%
Transitional Kindergartenh 796 847 873 26 3.1%
Preschool QRIS Grant 50 50 50
Subtotals ($2,086) ($2,239) ($2,354) ($115) (5.1%)
Support Programs $91 $144 $642 ($498) (345.3%)
Totals $3,571 $4,634 $5,598 $963 20.8%
Funding          
Proposition 98 General Fund $1,918 $2,063 $1,846 -$216 -10.5%
Non-Proposition 98 General Fund 625 1,496 2,432 $937 62.6%
Proposition 64 Special Fund 80 $80
Federal CCDF 635 755 931 $176 23.3%
Federal TANF 388 311 294 -$18 -5.7%
Federal Title IV-E 5 10 13 $3 35.3%
           
a Reflects Department of Social Services' revised Stage 1 estimates; Department of Finance's revised estimates for Stage 2, Stage 3, and Alternative Payment; and 2018-19 Budget Act appropriation for all other programs.
b Includes one-time data sharing automation costs.
c Does not include $9.2 million provided to community colleges for certain child care services.
d General Child Care funding for State Preschool wraparound care shown in State Preschool—full day.
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 2018-19 and 2019-20.
QRIS = Quality Rating and Improvement System. CCDF = Child Care and Development Fund. 
TANF = Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.