The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - However, the Legislature could establish transition rates for child care centers. This could help provide centers clarity regarding what their reimbursement rates would be for 2025 ‑26. Reduce State Preschool Funding to Align With Contracted Costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

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

Feb 28, 2019 - State Oversight of Regional Centers Governor Proposes Increasing State Oversight of Regional Centers ’ Early Start Programs. Citing concerns about the number of children eligible for Early Start services failing to receive these services within federally ‑mandated time lines, the Governor proposes adding four full ‑time positions at DDS (at a cost of $446,000
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3954

The 2016-17 Budget: Analysis of Child Care and Preschool Proposals

Feb 24, 2016 - Assuming all families previously receiving care in centers continued to choose center care when given the voucher option, converting SRR slots into vouchers would cost roughly $70  million. If families instead made similar decisions to families currently in the AP program and relied more heavily on FCCHs and license –exempt care, converting SRR slots into vouchers would cost roughly $25  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3367

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

May 14, 2020 - This means to serve six infants in one center-based direct contract program, a provider would now need two teachers instead of an aide and a teacher as was previously allowed. These new ratios apply for the remainder of the current fiscal year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4231

The 2018-19 Budget: Child Care Programs—Analysis of Governor’s Hold Harmless Rate Proposal

Mar 19, 2018 - RMR rates differ based on various factors —most notably, the age of the child served and the child care setting (for example, a family home versus a center). The RMR reflects the maximum amount the state is willing to pay.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3787

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

Jan 14, 2019 - Centering the university budgets around explicit funding priorities likely will foster more productive budget conversations and enhance fiscal accountability. Proposes Two Cal Grant Policy Changes, Mostly Consistent With Recent Legislative Priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2020-21 Budget: CalWORKs Child Care Outlook

Nov 21, 2019 - Individual child care costs can vary significantly depending on the child ’s age, the number of hours of care a child receives, whether a child is receiving care in a center-based facility or home, and the geographic region.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4115

The 2021-22 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - The Center for the Study of Child Care Employment conducted a survey of 953 California child care providers at the end of June 2020. The vast majority of child care providers reported they were serving fewer children compared to before the pandemic and 77  p ercent of open providers reported they experienced a loss of income from families.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4363