The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - For CalWORKs child care, the administration has authority to increase funding midyear if the amou nt of funding is not sufficient to cover all eligible families. State Applies a Statutory COLA to Total CAPP and CMAP Funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

The 2024-25 Budget: State Preschool

Apr 16, 2024 - CDE Recently Granted Authority to Augment Rates Set in Budget Package. Assembly Bill  110 provided CDE new authority to issue temporary rate increases to contractors if funding was available within the State Preschool budget appropriation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4894

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

Jan 13, 2023 - Specifically, the administration views the following as baseline spending: a $3  billion unallocated set ‑aside for inflation ‑related costs and a shift of $1.4  billion in authorized capital outlay projects from lease revenue bonds to cash.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

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

May 13, 2021 - 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

Recent Congressional Action on the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)

Jan 23, 2018 - However, funding for CHIP was only authorized by Congress through September 30, 2017, meaning the state would have the higher funding level only for the first three months of its 2017 ‑18 fiscal year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3734

The 2021-22 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - The vast majority of children participate in programs currently administered by CDE, while DSS administers two programs. 2020 ‑21 Budget Authorized the Transition of Child Care Programs and One Nutrition Program From CDE to DSS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4363

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Early Education

Oct 26, 2020 - This funding is allocated for the following activities: $152  million for 2019-20 expenses related to COVID-19. $73  million to extend temporary emergency vouchers (as mentioned above). $62.5  million to pay voucher based providers for a child ’s authorized hours of care instead of the amount of care used.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4289

The 2023-24 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 9, 2023 - Providers that served families who did not always use all of the care they were authorized would experience fluctuations in their payments. We have heard from stakeholders that the general unpredictability of how many hours of care a family would ultimately use in any given month may dete r some child care providers from enrolling families that receive vouchers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4672

COVID-19: Federal and State Actions Affecting K-12 Education and Child Care

May 14, 2020 - Chapter  3 provides the state Superintendent authority to address 2019 ‑20 contractual and reporting requirements for child care and preschool programs through informal directives and bulletins. As a result of this authority, the Superintendent issued a number of flexibilities for providers and families.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4231

Recent Congressional Action on the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) [Publication Details]

Jan 23, 2018 - The federal cost share authorized by Congress for the program is higher than what was assumed in the Governor’s budget. These actions reduce estimated General Fund Medi-Cal costs by about $300 million in 2017-18 and about $600 million in 2018-19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3734