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

Nov 14, 2025 - The budget modifies this requirement so that when families already receiving child care services add a child to the family size and request services for the child, eligibility is not recertified until the new chil d has received at least 12 months of services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5088

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

Oct 27, 2022 - Figure 1 Child Care and Preschool Budget (Dollars in Millions) Bridge program for foster children 58 Care for Children With Severe Disabilities 2 Non ‑Proposition 98 General Fund 1,945 1337 57.0 a Reflects administration ’s revised estimates for CalWORKs Child Care and budget appropriation for all other programs. b Does not include $9.6 million provided to community colleges for certain child
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4643

The 2021-22 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - Given the magnitude of the proposed backfill for CDE, it does appear that D SS would likely have more funding and positions under the Governor ’s proposal than required to address its new workload. Since there is no new workload across both departments, a cost neutral shift would be reasonable.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4363