The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - Given the COLA is not targeted to AP agency operational costs (the component of these programs that faces inflationary costs), the Legislature may want to consider modifying the statutory COLA to better align funding with costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

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

Nov 14, 2025 - Funds One-Time Administrative Costs. The budget provides $115  million one-time non-Proposition  98 General Fund to support administrative costs for Alternative Payment agencies. Of this total, $70  million is to cover the costs of implementing aspects of the agreement between the state and CCPU, such as collecting provider dues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5088

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

Jan 13, 2025 - 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. This is largely due to increased pharmacy costs, higher caseload, and a lower General Fund offset from the MCO tax package.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2024-25 Budget: State Preschool

Apr 16, 2024 - The 2024-25 Budget: State Preschool 11 — CDE Estimates Set-Aside for Collective Bargaining Exceeds Anticipated Costs. CDE estimates the two-year collectively bargained early education and parity agreement will cost $282  million Proposition  98 General Fund and $138  million non-Proposition  98 General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4894

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Child Care and State Preschool

Nov 17, 2023 - Increases in CalWORKs Caseload and Cost Per Case. The spending plan provides an additional $140  million total funds for expected net cost increases in CalWORKs child care programs. The net cost increase is due to increases in caseload and cost per case.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4817

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - Cost Shifts In addition to spending solutions, we estimate the Governor ’s budget includes $4.3  billion in cost shifts. Cost shifts occur when the state moves costs between entities or fund sources.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

The 2023-24 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 9, 2023 - Governor ’s Budget Overestimates 2023 ‑24 COLA Costs for GCC. The Governor ’s budget calculates COLA costs by applying the 8.13  percent to the total costs of each child care program. In theory, this amount of funding reflects the costs associated with providing an across ‑the ‑board funding increase to all child care providers by 8.13  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4672

The 2014-15 Budget: Child Care and Preschool Programs [Publication Details]

Mar 4, 2014 - In this report, we provide an analysis of the Governor's budget proposals for the state's child care and preschool programs. Specifically, we review the caseload and cost assumptions underlying the Governor's proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2961

The 2023-24 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten and State Preschool Proposals

Feb 14, 2023 - The budget also includes an increase of $165  million to reflect higher costs of maintaining an average of 1 adult for every 12 students in TK classrooms. These costs are associated with maintaining these ratios for a growing number of TK students and providing a COLA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4682

The 2020-21 Budget: CalWORKs Child Care Outlook

Nov 21, 2019 - This amount is the net effect of changes across the three stages of CalWORKs child care, with Stage 1 costs estimated to be $20  million higher, Stage 2 costs $58  million lower, and Stage 3 costs $14  million higher.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4115