EdBudget Figures
July 2025
Child Care and Preschool
2025-26 Changes in Child Care Spending
In Millions
| General Fund | |||||
| Change | Prop. 98 | Non- Prop. 98 | Prop. 64 |
Federal |
Total |
| Monthly cost of care plus payments | — | $628 | — | — | $628 |
| Child care stabilization payments | — | 158 | — | — | 158 |
| CalWorks caseload and cost of care | — | 157 | — | -$62 | 95 |
| Reimbursement based on maximum certified need | — | 89 | — | — | 89 |
| Annualization of General Child Care slots added fall 2025 | — | 76 | -$3 | — | 73 |
| Administrative support for AP agencies | — | 70 | — | — | 70 |
| Child and Adult Care Food Program caseload and COLA | -$1 | 0.3 | — | 40 | 40 |
| Prospective pay | — | 30 | — | — | 30 |
| Technical adjustments | — | 22 | -32 | -108 | -119 |
| One-time adjustmentsa | — | -756 | -409 | 16 | -1,149 |
| Totals | -$1 | $473 | -$444 | -$114 | -$85 |
| a Includes prior year one-time costs associated with quality carryover, SB 140 carryover, child care infrastructure program, court cases, and the whole child community equity program. Assumes no spending in 2025-26 for CCPU retirement, health, and funds. The budget authorizes the Department of Finance to increase spending by up to $195 million for this purpose. | |||||
| AP = Alternative Payment; MOU = Memorandum of Understanding; COLA = cost-of-living adjustment; CCPU = Child Care Providers United. | |||||