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 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

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

Nov 17, 2023 - A portion of Proposition 64 revenues are used to fund Alternative Payment and General Child Care (GCC) slots. As a result of recent declines in Proposition 64 revenue levels, the spending plan reduces Proposition 64 funding levels for the GCC program by $46 million in 2023‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4817

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