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

Nov 14, 2025 - The refill amount is based on the number of providers enrolled in the fund. Up to $80  million annually for the CCPU Retirement Trust, which supports retirement costs for enrolled providers. The refill is only available in years when child care reimbursement rates do not increase or when both rates and the number of enrolled providers increase.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5088

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - This would ensure that funding levels for direct contractors are more closely aligned with the number of children they serve. If a contractor ’s attendance remains below pre ‑pandemic levels, they likely would see reductions in the amount of funding they receive.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

Overview of Federal Relief for K-12 Education and Child Care

Apr 29, 2021 - Of this funding, 60  percent was allocated to states based on their population aged 5 through 24 and 40  percent was allocated based on the number of low-income and disadvantaged students counted under Title I, Part A of ESSA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4419

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

Jan 13, 2020 - The new Climate Catalyst Revolving Loan Fund would lend money to private sector organizations for projects determined to advance the state ’s environmental goals, along with other priorities —such as creating high ‑quality jobs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2022-23 Budget: State Preschool

Feb 22, 2022 - Implementing the Governor ’s proposal would require State Preschool to effectively increase by 2.5 times the number of students with disabilities they serve in each classroom. In turn, this likely would require a number of changes to how providers operate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4555

The 2024-25 Budget: State Preschool

Apr 16, 2024 - Returning to the reimbursement policy prior to the pandemic, State P reschool providers would only receive funding based on the number of for children served. Concerns With CDE ’s New Rate Augmentation Authority.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4894

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

Mar 19, 2018 - (Providers also may charge fees and serve private-pay families.) For other programs, the state contracts directly with providers to serve a specified number of eligible children. Figure 1 State Funds Child Care Through Vouchers and Direct Contracts Program Care for Children with Severe Disabilities Direct contract Migrant Child Care Voucher and direct contract Some Providers Reimbursed Using Regional Market Rate (RMR).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3787

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

May 14, 2020 - The state has also solicited donations from private entities to expand distance-learning access by providing some children with Internet hotspots, tablets, and other devices. Teacher Preparation. The COVID-19 outbreak has also affected teacher preparation and credentialing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4231

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

Jan 13, 2025 - This is a relatively small number on a net basis, but is the result of many, much larger, offsetting differences. For example, the administration’s estimate of baseline costs in Medi‑Cal, the state’s Medicaid program, is higher than our November 2024 estimate by $3.1 billion in 2025‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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