The 2020-21 Budget: Early Education Analysis

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The 2023-24 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 9, 2023 - This means that the 2023 ‑24 funding levels technically reflect costs of all 146,500 new slots being filled by July 1, 2023. However, the administration acknowledges that all 146,500 new slots will not be fully filled by the end of 2022 ‑23 and providers will continue to work on filling all new slots throughout 2023 ‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4672

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of Governor’s Preschool Slot Estimate

May 6, 2019 - The administration, however, assumes all 30,000 additional slots will be used by four-year olds. Given local logistical issues, having all new slots used by four-year olds is very unlikely. Were the same share of new slots to be used by three-year olds as is currently the case, the state would need to provide an
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4027

The 2018-19 Budget: Child Care Programs—Analysis of Governor’s Hold Harmless Rate Proposal

Mar 19, 2018 - At the 75 th percentile of the most recent survey, families in all areas of the state have access to the vast majority of child care providers in their areas. With Same Amount of Proposed Funding, Could Add 1,500 Slots.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3787

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Early Education

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The 2019-20 Budget: Early Education Analysis

Mar 4, 2019 - Given this would be such a large increase, we think non ‑LEAs might be unable to accommodate all 10, 000 n ew slots in 2019 ‑20. Although non ‑LEAs filled all available slots when slots were last earmarked for them (in 2015 ‑16), they received a much smaller number of additional slots (1,20 0) t hat year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3956

The 2016-17 Budget: Analysis of Child Care and Preschool Proposals

Feb 24, 2016 - Given the RMR ceilings are higher than the SRR in most cases, transitioning all slots to vouchers likely would entail some cost. Assuming all families previously receiving care in centers continued to choose center care when given the voucher option, converting SRR slots into vouchers would cost roughly $70  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3367

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

Nov 17, 2023 - Other Child Care Actions Pauses Child Care Slot Expansion by One Year. The 2021 ‑22 budget agreement included a plan to add 200,000 child care slots by 2025 ‑26. Since 2021 ‑22, the state has added about 146,000 new slots, which more than doubled the number of subsidized child care slots in the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4817

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - If the AP agency does not have sufficient funding to serve all eligible families, it may place families on a waiting list. 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.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

The 2024-25 Budget: State Preschool

Apr 16, 2024 - If all $33  million is awarded to providers, then only $105  million of the $138  million would be unused in 2024 ‑25 on an ongoing basis. If not all $33  million is awarded to providers, additional funding would go unused.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4894