The 2020-21 Budget: CalWORKs Child Care Outlook

Nov 21, 2019 - Once CalWORKs families become stable (as determined by the county welfare department), they move into Stage 2. Families are eligible to stay in Stage 2 for two years after they stop receiving cash aid.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4115

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 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 2012-13 Budget: The Governor's CalWORKs and Child Care Proposals [Publication Details]

Feb 22, 2012 - Additionally, the Governor’s proposal would make major changes to the way the state administers both welfare-to-work and child care services. In this report, we describe and analyze the Governor’s proposals related to the CalWORKs program and then turn to a similar discussion of the proposed changes to child care programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2570

The 2019-20 Budget: Early Education Analysis

Mar 4, 2019 - By 2021 ‑22, the Governor ’s proposal would more than double the number of non ‑LEA full ‑day State Preschool slots. Given this would be such a large increase, we think non ‑LEAs might be unable to accommodate all 10, 000 n ew slots in 2019 ‑20.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3956

The 2015-16 Budget: Major Features of the Adopted Plan (Child Care and Preschool)

Jun 19, 2015 - For the CalWORKs programs, the 4 percent increase in caseload primarily is due to more families projected to participate in welfare-to-wor k activities and, as a result, use Stage 1 child care. Figure 3 Child Care and Preschool Subsidized Slots a 2013-14 Actual
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3276

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

Mar 19, 2018 - For programs that receive voucher payments, the state provides funds to administering entities —either county welfare departments or Alternative Payment agencies. These entities, in turn, make child care voucher payments to providers on behalf of eligible children.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3787

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

Feb 28, 2019 - For managed care plans that base their reimbursement off Medi ‑Cal fee ‑for ‑service, the Governor ’s proposal would exactly double the total payment currently provided for these screenings. (Although the state sometimes provides supplemental payments for other services required by managed care plans, such as well ‑child visits, the administration has not provided a compelling
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3954

Child Care Attendance Records: Comparing Paper and Electronic Processes

Dec 12, 2018 - Of the 76 AP agencies, 51 are nonprofit community–based organizations, 14 are county of fices of education, 9 are county welfare departments, 1 i s a school district, and 1 i s a city government. AP Agencies Have a Variety of Administrative Responsibilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3908

The 2023-24 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 9, 2023 - The increases enacted over the past two years more than doubled the number of slots available in the AP  program (from about 66,700 to about 161,300) and GCC (from about 28,400 to about 78,500). It  was expected these slots would not be immediately filled given the amount of time needed by DSS to allocate funds to providers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4672