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

Oct 27, 2022 - Figure 1 Child Care and Preschool Budget (Dollars in Millions) Bridge program for foster children 58 Care for Children With Severe Disabilities 2 Non ‑Proposition 98 General Fund 1,945 1337 57.0 a Reflects administration ’s revised estimates for CalWORKs Child Care and budget appropriation for all other programs. b Does not include $9.6 million provided to community colleges for
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The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Child Care and State Preschool

Nov 14, 2025 - The budget makes available $63  million Proposition  98 and $35  million non-Proposition  98 General Fund on an ongoing basis to increase contracts for anticipated growth of the number of three-year old children served in State Preschool.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5088

The 2020-21 Budget: CalWORKs Child Care Outlook

Nov 21, 2019 - 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.
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Recent Congressional Action on the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)

Jan 23, 2018 - Governor ’s Budget Assumed State Share of 35  Percent. At the time the administration was putting together the proposed budget, Congress had not yet acted on a longer-term CHIP funding plan. As such, for the purposes of the budget, the administration assumed Congress would reauthorize the program for the remainder of the state ’s 2017 ‑18 and 2018 ‑19 fiscal years at the lower,
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The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - The reason for the reduction is the recent voter approval of Proposition  35 (2024), which requires the state to spend less MCO tax money on offsetting General Fund spending and more money on provider rate increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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 2023-24 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten and State Preschool Proposals

Feb 14, 2023 - Specifically, 43  percent of school districts report they plan to offer TK to four ‑year olds with birthdays after February  3, whereas 35  percent report they do not plan to offer TK to this population.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4682

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Early Education

Oct 26, 2020 - . $35  million for granting voucher providers an additional 14 paid non-operation days (to the extent funding already provided in the budget is insufficient to cover costs). $100  million for temporary AP voucher slots available through June 30, 2021. $30  million for temporary State Preschool and General Child Care slots, available for up to two years. $15  million for reopening grants for child care providers. $90  million for stipends to child care providers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4289

The 2020-21 Budget: Early Education Analysis

Feb 21, 2020 - In 2018 ‑19, for example, 35  p ercent of LEAs who applied for slots were denied their request during CDE ’s application review. The bulk of the rejected requests ( 80  p ercent of those denied) were from existing providers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4167

Options for Modifying the State Child Care Tax Credit

Apr 7, 2016 - For example, option  4 would increase the state credit percentage from: 50  percent to 75  percent (under $40,000), 43  percent to 50  percent ($40,000 to $70,000), and 34  percent to 35  percent ($70,000 to $100,000).
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