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

Oct 27, 2022 - Figure  3 shows these adjustments in more detail. Figure 3 Changes in Preschool Adjustment Factors Previous Adjustment Receiving mental health consultation services 1.05 1.10 Requires State Preschool Providers Serve Children With Disabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4643

The 2020-21 Budget: CalWORKs Child Care Outlook

Nov 21, 2019 - We estimate that CalWORKs child care costs for 2019 ‑20 will be $25  million lower than estimated in the June 2019 budget plan (Figure  3). This amount is the net effect of changes across the three stages of CalWORKs child care, with Stage 1 costs estimated to be $20  million higher, Stage 2 costs $58  million lower, and Stage 3 costs $14  million higher.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4115

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of Child Care and Preschool Proposals

Mar 16, 2017 - Currently, California has 48 QRIS consortia serving a small percentage of child care and preschool providers located across all 58 counties. These consortia are comprised of a variety of county ‑level support entities such as R &Rs, LPCs, and First  5 commissions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3618

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

Nov 14, 2025 - Beginning 2026-27, the budget package sets a new policy to fund direct contrac t providers based on the lesser of (1)  the maximum reimbursable amount in their contract, (2)  the contractor ’s reimbursable program costs, or (3)  the contract rate per child day of enrollment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5088

Options for Modifying the State Child Care Tax Credit

Apr 7, 2016 - Option  3 provides filers making less than $40,000 a credit equal to 80  percent of the federal credit rather than 50  percent under current law. Figure  9 compares the credit values under option  3 to current law for one adult with two dependents in child care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3417

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

Jan 13, 2025 - (On a technical basis, under the administration ’s estimates, we estimate the balance of the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties [SFEU] would be about $3  billion before the Governor ’s proposals.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

COVID-19: Federal and State Actions Affecting K-12 Education and Child Care

May 14, 2020 - Of this amount, $50  million was provided for temporary child care vouchers based child care for essential workers and an additional $50  million was provided for gloves, face coverings, cleaning supplies, and labor costs associated with cleaning.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4231

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - Prior to the pandemic, the specific amount that a contractor would be reimbursed was based on the lesser of (1)  the maximum reimbursable amount; (2)  the contractor ’s reimbursable program costs; or (3)  the contract rate per child day of enrollment, multiplied by the attendance rate of its children.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - The 2018 ‑ 19 b udget package included statutory intent language stating the Legislature ’s goal to increase CalWORKs grants to ensure participating families ’ incomes are above 50  p ercent of the federal poverty level (FPL) by 2020 ‑21.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2021-22 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Expansion Package

Feb 5, 2021 - Must operate at least 246 days per year, 6.5 hours per day for full ‑day program; at least 175 days per year, 3 hours per day for part ‑day program. Work Requirement None for the part ‑day program. Working families are prioritized for the full ‑day program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4350