The 2023-24 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 9, 2023 - Prior to COVID ‑19, voucher ‑based child care payments would be based on the actual hours of care provided to a child. Providers that served families who did not always use all of the care they were authorized would experience fluctuations in their payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4672

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of Child Care and Preschool Proposals [Publication Details]

Mar 16, 2017 - In the following two sections, we provide in‑depth analyses of (1) the state’s various quality improvement activities and (2) Alternative Payment agencies, which administer certain child care programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3618

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

Mar 16, 2017 - In this report, we analyze the Governor’s child care and preschool proposals. The report has six main sections. In the first section, we provide background on child care and preschool programs in California. In the second section, we provide an overview of the Governor’s child care and preschool proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3618

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

Nov 14, 2025 - Stabilization Payments. The budget provides $158  million in non-Proposition  98 General Fund for one-time payments to State Preschool and child care providers. Licensed providers will receive a one-time stabilization payment of $431 per child based on their enrollment in April 2025, while license-exempt providers will receive $300 per child enrolled that month.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5088

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - However, there is no clear rationale for applying a COLA to the portion of funding that covers child care provider payments as these payment amounts are typically adjusted through other mechanisms in the state budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

Child Care Attendance Records: Comparing Paper and Electronic Processes

Dec 12, 2018 - The Timing of Record Collection and Provider Payments Timing Varies Among AP Agencies. Alternative Payment (AP) agencies determine when attendance records are due and when provider payments are processed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3908

The 2024-25 Budget: State Preschool

Apr 16, 2024 - CDE issued two types of temporary payments under this new authorit y. The first payment provided an additional $1,442 per child to providers on a one-time basis. The second payment brought 2023 ‑24 provider rates to the 87 th percentile of the RMR.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4894

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

Feb 28, 2019 - In addition, since the state already provides a supplemental payment for well ‑child visits, it could make that supplemental payment contingent upon the concurrent delivery of a developmental screening.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3954

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

Jan 13, 2025 - We understand that while the administration indicates it will provide this payment in the future—after the final calculation of the minimum funding requirement—it also has not scored this future obligation in its multiyear budget.
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 - For programs that receive voucher payments, the state provides funds to administering entities —either county welfare departments or Alternative Payment agencies. These entities, in turn, make child care voucher payments to providers on behalf of eligible children.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3787