January 2020

Child Care and Preschool

Child Care and Preschool Subsidized Slots

        Change from 2019-20
  2018-19 Revised 2019-20 Revised 2020-21 Proposed Amount Percent
CalWORKs Child Care          
Stage 1 33,381 34,593 35,758 1,165 3.4%
Stage 2a 60,053 62,314 59,027 -3,287 -5.3%
Stage 3 50,396 54,437 64,847 10,410 19.1%
Subtotals (143,830) (151,344) (159,632) (8,288) (5.5%)
Non-CalWORKs Programs          
Alternative Payment Program 44,785 54,340 53,917 -423 -0.8%
General Child Care 28,427 32,190 32,163 -27 -0.1%
Migrant Child Care 3,037 3,018 2,957 -61 -2.0%
Care for Children with Severe Disabilities 103 102 100 -2 -2.0%
Subtotals (76,352) (89,650) (89,137) (-513) (-0.6%)
Preschool Programs          
State Preschool--part day 102,501 101,095 99,038 -2,058 -2.0%
State Preschool--full day 66,609 70,876 79,462 8,586 12.1%
Transitional Kindergarten 88,231 88,126 87,844 -282 -0.3%
Subtotals (257,342) (260,097) (266,343) (6,246) (2.4%)
Totals 477,523 501,091 515,113 14,021 2.8%
           
Note: 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 any year of the period. Table does not include slots funded through emergency bridge program for foster children.
a Does not include certain community college child care slots (1,300 to 1,800 slots annually).
           
DSS = Department of Social Services. DOF = Department of Finance. LEAs = local education agencies.