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 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

The 2022-23 Budget: State Preschool

Feb 22, 2022 - In 2021 ‑22, the state funded 110,000 part ‑day slots and 50,000 full ‑day slots for State Preschool. Transitional Kindergarten (TK). Under state law, TK is the first year of a two ‑year kindergarten program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4555

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

May 13, 2021 - State subsidized slots are limited and not all those eligible receive care. The American Institutes for Research estimates 483,000 eligible infants and toddlers are not receiving subsidized child care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4431

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

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5088

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - All Other Spending Lower by $600 Million. Across the rest of the budget, the administration’s estimates of baseline spending (for example, for caseload growth, federal reimbursements, and statutory cost increases) are lower than ours by $600 million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2021-22 Budget: Child Care Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - The state has implemented a number of pandemic related policies, such as providing temporary child care slots, stipends, and reimbursement flexibility. (We describe these policies in more detail in the next section of this post.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4363

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - Update (1/16/25): A set of tables detailing various solutions and proposals has been appended to the online version of this report. They are available using the HTML link above. On January 10, 2025, Governor Newsom’s administration presented its proposed state budget to the California Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951/3