The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - In 2021 ‑22, Most Direct Contract Providers Shifted to RMR. In 2021 ‑22, the state began funding most direct contract providers based on the RMR —the rate used for voucher ‑based providers —which reflects the 75th percentile of a county ’s market rates for child care identified in the 2018 survey.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024