The 2019-20 Budget: Governor's Proposals for Infants and Toddlers With Special Needs

Feb 28, 2019 - Depending on how such a strategy was structured, it too may increase state costs by tens of millions of dollars. We recommend the Legislature consider these costs when constructing its overall budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3954

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

Jan 13, 2025 - We suggest the Legislature take heed of these risks and avoid putting too much stock in the recent revenue rebound until it is accompanied by clear improvements in California ’s broader economy. Governor ’s Use of Reserves Remains Reasonable.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

Nov 17, 2023 - Since 2021 ‑22, the state has added about 146,000 new slots, which more than doubled the number of subsidized child care slots in the state. As of April 2023, about 30  percent of the recently added slots have been filled.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4817

The 2023-24 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 9, 2023 - We understand that DSS is still in the process of finalizing contracts with many of these GCC providers. As a result, many GCC providers have not been able to draw down all of the funding needed to begin to fill the new slots.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4672

A Review of Child Care and Preschool Program Flexibilities in Certain Counties

May 13, 2021 - Since many of the pilot flexibilities are applicable to both General Child Care and State Preschool, we anticipate DSS and CDE will need to have increased coordination to implement and oversee the pilot plans.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4431

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - Although these initiatives are broadly consistent with the priorities of the Legislature, many key details on how the programs would operate are not yet available. Moreover, many of these proposals provide one ‑time funding for staffing and achievement issues that have been ongoing for many years and may require ongoing funding to address.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2020-21 Budget: CalWORKs Child Care Outlook

Nov 21, 2019 - To project caseload, we use the most recent caseload data and estimate how many children will enter and exit each stage of CalWORKs child care during each year of the outlook period. We make several assumptions in developing these estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4115

Recent Congressional Action on the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)

Jan 23, 2018 - CHIP is a joint federal-state program that provides health insurance coverage to children in low-income families, but with incomes too high to qualify for Medicaid. The state and federal governments share the cost of CHIP.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3734

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - One goal of the change was to address concerns that —because the SRR is not adjusted by region —direct contract providers in many high ‑cost counties received lower rates than voucher ‑based providers funded through the RMR.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

The 2022-23 Budget: State Preschool

Feb 22, 2022 - Many State Preschool providers also operate Head Start programs, often blending the two into one unified program. For these providers, the requirement proposed by the Governor will be aligned with other programs they currently operate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4555