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

Jan 13, 2025 - The reason for the reduction is the recent voter approval of Proposition  35 (2024), which requires the state to spend less MCO tax money on offsetting General Fund spending and more money on provider rate increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - A transition plan for represented family child care homes and license ‑exempt providers would need to be collectively bargained. However, the Legislature could establish transition rates for child care centers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

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

Jan 13, 2020 - This represents an increase of $1. 7  b illion from the 2019 ‑ 20 e nacted reserve level of $18. 8  b illion. Total reserves has three components: $18   Billion in the BSA. Under the Governor ’s estimates and the constitutional rules of Proposition  2, the state is required to make a nearly $ 2  b illion deposit into its constitutional reserve, the BSA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2019-20 Budget: Early Education Analysis

Mar 4, 2019 - Removing the work requirement would result in some children from families where one parent stays at home receiving priority for full ‑day programs over other children from families with child care needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3956

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

Nov 14, 2025 - The budget makes available $63  million Proposition  98 and $35  million non-Proposition  98 General Fund on an ongoing basis to increase contracts for anticipated growth of the number of three-year old children served in State Preschool.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5088

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

Feb 28, 2019 - Better educating physicians about the early intervention system, in particular its eligibility requirements and how to make a referral. Assisting parents in following through on physician referrals. Increasing provider rates or providing supplemental payments to providers willing to serve children in their families ’ homes, thereby decreasing the number of parents unable to find a nearby provider.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3954

The 2020-21 Budget: Early Education Analysis

Feb 21, 2020 - Similarly, the WIC program and several maternal and infant health and home visiting programs would not shift to the new department. As currently proposed, the new department would include only child care programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4167

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

Oct 27, 2022 - Makes Changes to Eligibility Criteria and Enrollment Priorities. Budget trailer legislation increases the income eligibility threshold for State Preschool from 75  percent of the state median income to 100  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4643

The 2020-21 Budget: CalWORKs Child Care Outlook

Nov 21, 2019 - We make several assumptions in developing these estimates. This year, the following two assumptions changed significantly from our previous forecasts. Attrition Rate in Stages 2 and 3 Down From Prior Years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4115