July 2020

Child Care and Preschool

Child Care and Preschool Subsidized Slots

        Change from 2019-20
  2018-19 Revised 2019-20 Revised 2020-21 Enacted Amount Percent
CalWORKs Child Care          
Stage 1 33,381 39,356 56,803 17,447 44.3%
Stage 2 60,053 55,054 55,484 430 0.8%
Stage 3 50,396 59,290 66,073 6,783 11.4%
Subtotals (143,830) (153,701) (178,360) (24,659) (16.0%)
Non-CalWORKs Programs          
Alternative Payment Program 44,785 54,340 66,869 12,529 23.1%
General Child Care 28,427 32,190 32,190 — —
Migrant Child Care 3,037 3,018 3,018 — —
Care for Children with Severe Disabilities 103 102 102 — —
Subtotals (76,352) (89,650) (102,179) (12,529) (14.0%)
Preschool Programs          
State Preschool— part day 120,956 124,525 110,469 -14,056 -11.3%
State Preschool— full day 55,051 60,752 53,894 -6,858 -11.3%
Transitional Kindergarten 90,659 90,251 89,691 -560 -0.6%
Subtotals (266,666) (275,528) (254,055) (-21,474) (-7.8%)
Totals 486,848 518,879 534,594 15,715 3.0%
           
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. Table reflects actuals for all stages of CalWORKs child care in 2018-19 and updated DSS estimates for Stage 1 in 2019-20. 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. For Transitional Kindergarten, reflects preliminary estimates, as enrollment data not yet publicly available for 2019-20 and 2020-21.
 
DSS = Department of Social Services. DOF = Department of Finance. LEAs = local education agencies.