The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - (County welfare departments are responsible for administering CalWORKs Stage 1, although most counties contract with an AP agency to administer the program.) Most AP agencies are community ‑based organizations, but in some regions the AP agency is a local governmental agency, such as a county office of education, county welfare department, or school district.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - Home Safe provides homelessness prevention and housing interventions to support safety and housing stability for individuals served by the local APS agency. 2025-26 DSS Housing and Homelessness Spending Plan Makes One-Time Augmentations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/7

Child Care Attendance Records: Comparing Paper and Electronic Processes

Dec 12, 2018 - Figure  1 shows the distribution of AP agencies by contract amount. Whereas ten AP  agencies have total contract amounts less than $ 1  m illion, two have contract amounts in excess of $ 100  m illion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3908

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - Coronavirus Disease 2019-Related Flexibilities in Adult Protective Services (APS) Program. In March  2020, the state allowed county APS offices to supplant immediate in-person visits with a phone call for reports that do not involve immediate life threats such as physical and sexual abuse.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4286/8

^[PDF] Governor's Proposals on Advanced Placement Courses SB 1504 (Escutia)

If equitable access to UC and CSU is the driving concern, the strategy to be developed should draw upon these alternatives to AP courses. n Rural and Urban High Schools—Different Solutions Needed? Preliminary information indicates that rural high schools lack AP courses for different reasons than urban high schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/pre_1999/ho_32900_sb1504.pdf

LAO Analysis of the 2002-03 Budget: Education, Governor's Distinguished Math and Science Scholars Program

In addition, colleges generally consider student performance in AP courses and on their AP exams when making admission decisions . Thus, high school students already have strong incentives to take AP courses and to excel on AP tests.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2002/education/ed_06_cc_MathandScience_Scholars_anl02.htm

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Early Education

Oct 26, 2020 - The budget also provides a $47  million increase for ongoing AP slots which will be prioritized to provide ongoing care for children previously served with temporary emergency child care vouchers. These increases are somewhat offset by a $6  million decrease in Proposition  64 funds available for AP slots.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4289

^[PDF] Overview of Early Education Issues

PAGE 5 MAY 2019 Child Care and Preschool Slots „ All Plans Add AP Slots. In 2019-20, the Governor provides $183 million, the Senate $276 million, and the Assembly $268 million for this purpose. — All plans include $102 million to fund 11,307 AP slots initiated in 2018-19 on an ongoing basis. — The Governor includes $80 million for 8,158 additional
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/Conf_Comm/2019/Early-Education-Overview-053019.pdf

Improving Academic Success for Economically Disadvantaged Students

Advanced Placement (AP) Programs. California currently operates two AP programs. The first program is intended to increase the number of students who participate and succeed in AP courses. The AP courses prepare high school students for the rigor of college courses.
https://lao.ca.gov/2009/edu/academic_success/academic_success_0109.aspx

^[PDF] State Has Two Child Care and Development Systems

State Has Two Child Care and Development Systems 1L E G I S L A T I V E A N A L Y S T ’ S O F F I C E March 14, 2012 LAO 70 YEARS OF SERVICE State Has Two Child Care and Development Systems State Has Two Subsidized Child Care Systems Voucher-Based System Direct Contractor System Description The California Department of Education (CDE) allocates funding to local Alternative Payment
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/education/2012/Two_Child_Care_Systems_031412.pdf