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

Jan 13, 2025 - Significant Changes to Solutions From June 2024 Budget Package Managed Care Organization (MCO) Tax Package. Some of the largest budget solutions in the June budget package involved the MCO tax, a tax on health plans that supports the Medi ‑Cal program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - Shifts Some County IHSS Costs to General Fund, Potentially Addressing Some State ‑County Cost ‑Sharing Issues. The budget proposes a number of changes to the mechanism by which the state provides counties with funding for IHSS costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

A Review of Child Care and Preschool Program Flexibilities in Certain Counties

May 13, 2021 - Counties With Flexibilities Has Grown to 13. From 2015 through 2017, the state authorized 11 “temporary pilot ” counties, which received similar authority to San Mateo and San Francisco Counties. The temporary authority of these counties expires July 1, 2021 for Alameda County, July 1, 2022 for Santa Clara County, and July 1, 2023 for the nine remaining counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4431

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

Feb 24, 2016 - While federal and state spending (approximately $200  million since 2012) for these QRIS is set to sunset in 2015 –16 , First  5 California —a commission established to use tobacco tax revenues to benefit children birth through five —has recently announced that it plans to spend $190  million between 2015 –16 and 2019 –20 to expand and enhance QRIS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3367

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

Oct 27, 2022 - The Superintendent of Public Instruction is to develop a methodology to determine grant awards to each county based on the number of three- and four-year olds in the county. Funds can be used for a variety of purposes including assessing parental preferences for preschool and engaging in community-level coordination to implemen t preschool options.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4643

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of Child Care and Preschool Proposals

Mar 16, 2017 - Funds Used for Mix of State ‑ and County ‑Level Activities. In California, quality improvement funding is used for a mix of state ‑level activities, base allocations for certain county ‑level support entities, and specific county ‑level activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3618

A Review of Child Care and Preschool Program Flexibilities in Certain Counties [Publication Details]

May 13, 2021 - A Review of Child Care and Preschool Program Flexibilities in Certain Counties [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4431

The 2020-21 Budget: CalWORKs Child Care Outlook

Nov 21, 2019 - For Stage 1 child care, the state provides the Department of Social Services an appropriation for the county single allocation block grant. This block grant is intended to cover counties ’ costs for determining families ’ CalWORKs eligibility, providing employment services, covering Stage  1 child care costs, and undertaking various other related administrative functions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4115

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

Jan 13, 2023 - The Governor ’s budget includes nearly $3  billion in reductions, the largest of which is withdrawing a discretionary principal payment on state ’s unemployment insurance loan (which otherwise is paid by employers ’ payroll taxes).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662