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

Oct 27, 2022 - Establishes Preschool Work Group. Trailer legislation requires the Superintendent to convene a work group of stakeholders that will provide recommendations for increasing access to high-quality preschool programs and updating preschool standards.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4643

The 2019-20 Budget: Early Education Analysis

Mar 4, 2019 - Keep Work Requirement and Give New Slots to Providers Operating at Least a 10 ‑Hour Day. To ensure full ‑day State Preschool slots are available to address the needs of working families, we recommend maintaining the requirement that parents be working or in school.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3956

The 2023-24 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 9, 2023 - We continue to work with DSS to understand the amount and fund source of backfill dollars included in 2023 ‑24 and how these levels increase in future years as the remaining one ‑time federal funds expire in September 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4672

Options for Modifying the State Child Care Tax Credit

Apr 7, 2016 - Encourage Work. Evidence suggests that child care subsidies encourage parents to work in the formal labor market. Families must weigh the potential gains from working in the labor market against the substantial costs of paying for child care that they would otherwise provide at home.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3417

The 2020-21 Budget: CalWORKs Child Care Outlook

Nov 21, 2019 - Consistent with overall CalWORKs enrollment, CalWORKs child care caseload declined from 2010 ‑11 through 2016 ‑17, as the state ’s economic recovery reduced the number of families seeking welfare-to-work support.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4115

Child Care Attendance Records: Comparing Paper and Electronic Processes

Dec 12, 2018 - Specifically, AP agencies use the records in this way for families that have variable, or changing, work schedules. For providers who care for children with parents who have consistent, unchanging work schedules, the contents of the attendance record are not used to calculate the providers’ payment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3908

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

Feb 24, 2016 - More recently, the state has worked with local consortia to establish local Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) in some areas of the state, using a mix of federal, state, and local resources.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3367

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: Analysis of Governor’s Preschool Slot Estimate

May 6, 2019 - Other Factors Governor ’s Plan Does Not Account for Cost of Removing Work Requirement. The administration ’s estimate does not take into account several factors that would increase the cost of serving all eligible children.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4027

The 2021-22 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Expansion Package

Feb 5, 2021 - Work Requirement None for the part ‑day program. Working families are prioritized for the full ‑day program. Staffing Ratio 1 to 33 maximum  teacher ‑child  ratio. 1 to 24 maximum teacher ‑child ratio and 1 to 8 maximum adult ‑child ratio.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4350