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

Nov 14, 2025 - The budget authorizes the Department of Finance (DOF) to provide additional funding to restore the balance in three funds administered by CCPU: Up to $100  million annually for the CCPU Workers Health Care Fund, which funds health insurance for CCPU members.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5088

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Some of the largest spending augmentations proposed include: (1) $60  million to provide additional grants under the Cal Competes program; (2)  the intent to partially restore an ongoing reduction to the trial courts, which, if enacted, would cost $42  million ongoing; and (3)  the Governor ’s proposed expansion to College Corps, which would cost $5  million in 2025 ‑26, but grow to $84  million  ongoing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - In 2021 ‑22, the state began funding most direct contract providers based on the RMR —the rate used for voucher ‑based providers —which reflects the 75th percentile of a county ’s market rates for child care identified in the 2018 survey.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

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 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Child Care and Preschool

Oct 27, 2022 - This post summarizes the state’s 2022-23 spending package for child care and preschool. It is part of our Spending Plan series, which contains posts focused on each major sector of the state budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4643

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - The Governor ’s budget includes nearly $3  billion in reductions, the largest of which is withdrawing a discretionary principal payment on state ’s unemployment insurance loan (which otherwise is paid by employers ’ payroll taxes).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

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

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

May 13, 2021 - First, LPCs must submit a plan which requests specific flexibilities to CDE. The plan must specify which providers in the county agreed to participate in the pilot and want these flexibilities. Next, CDE reviews the plan and must approve or disapprove within 30 days.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4431

The 2023-24 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 9, 2023 - (The final estimate of the COLA will be available in the May Revision, which will impact our potential savings estimate.) COLA for AP Agencies Would Result in Additional Slots, Running at Odds With Proposal to Delay Scheduled Slot Increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4672

The 2022-23 Budget: State Preschool

Feb 22, 2022 - Moreover, unlike non ‑LEA providers, LEAs would have access to the IEEEP grant funding proposed by the Governor, which would cover one ‑time costs for training, facility renovations, and equipment. Recommend Redirecting Funding to Better Support Non ‑LEA Providers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4555