The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Child Care and State Preschool

Nov 14, 2025 - Supports New State Operations Positions. The budget includes a total of $9.8  million in funding and authority for 41 new child care related positions at the Department of Social Services (DSS). Of the total, $6.4  million in federal funding and 29 positions are provided to support a variety of activities, including maintaining compliance with federal rules and administrative functions of the Child Care and Development Division.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5088

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - Some of the largest budget solutions in the June budget package involved the MCO tax, a tax on health plans that supports the Medi ‑Cal program. Last year ’s budget notably increased the size of the MCO tax, generating more revenue for Medi ‑Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - The specific rates providers receive in 2025 ‑ 26 —as well as the overall amount of funding needed to support these rates —will depend on the collective bargaining process, decisions regarding the alternative reimbursement rate structure, and actions by the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

The 2023-24 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten and State Preschool Proposals

Feb 14, 2023 - State Provided One ‑Time Funding to Support TK Expansion. Between 2021 ‑22 and 2022 ‑23, the state provided a total of $1.2  billion in one ‑time General Fund to support TK expansion. These augmentations include: Facility Support.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4682

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Child Care and State Preschool

Nov 17, 2023 - Trailer legislation also requires DSS to submit the necessary information to support the use of a single rate structure based on the alternative methodology to the f ederal government no later than July 1, 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4817

The 2021-22 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - Supporting Child Care Programs During the Pandemic In this section, we provide background on how the pandemic has affected child care providers and families. We then provide information on actions the state has taken to support child care providers and families.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4363

The 2022-23 Budget: State Preschool

Feb 22, 2022 - We recommend the Legislature set aside a larger portion of IEEEP funding for state ‑level assistance and support that can be accessed by non ‑LEA providers. The Legislature could also consider redirecting others sources of funding for non ‑LEA training and support.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4555

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Child Care and Preschool

Oct 27, 2022 - Of this amount, $4.6  billion is for preschool and transitional kindergarten (TK) programs, $5.2  billion is for other child development programs, and $2.2  billion is for support programs. As Figure  1 shows, the 2022-23 Budget Act increases these programs by a total of $4.1  billion (52  percent) from the revised 2021-22 level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4643

Overview of Federal Relief for K-12 Education and Child Care

Apr 29, 2021 - California will receive $99  million to support homeless students. Similar to the first two federal packages, ARP requires states accepting ESSER funds to maintain their support for K-12 education and higher education for fiscal years 2022 and 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4419

The 2021-22 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Expansion Package

Feb 5, 2021 - Some One ‑Time Support Seems Reasonable to Support Districts in Meeting Expansion Requirements. If the Legislature is interested in expanding TK, providing one ‑time funds will likely help some districts to expand their TK programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4350