January 2018

Child Care and Preschool

Child Care and Preschool Subsidized Slots

    2016-17 Reviseda  2017-18 Reviseda  2018-19 Proposed Change from 2017-18
Amount Percent
CalWORKs Child Care           
Stage 1 40,949 38,795 38,760 -35 -0.1%
Stage 2b 51,083 52,913 53,840 927 1.8%
Stage 3 34,770 33,516 36,089 2,573 7.7%
Subtotals (126,802) (125,224) (128,689) (3,465) (2.8%)
Non-CalWORKs Child Care          
General Child Carec 28,737 28,563 28,427 -136 -0.5%
Alternative Payment Program 30,614 29,804 31,997 2,192 7.4%
Migrant Child Care 3,064 3,046 3,037 -9 -0.3%
Care for Children with Severe Disabilities 104 106 103 -3 -3.1%
Subtotals (62,519) (61,519) (63,564) (2,045) (3.3%)
Preschool          
State Preschool–part day 101,598 101,101 102,721 1,620 1.6%
State Preschool–full day 62,005 64,528 66,599 2,071 3.2%
Transitional Kindergarten 82,580 82,596 82,357 -239 -0.3%
Subtotals (246,183) (248,226) (251,677) (3,452) (1.4%)
Totals 435,504 434,968 443,930 8,961 2.1%
           
Note: Generally derived based on budget appropriation and annual average rate per child. Except where noted, slot numbers reflect DSS estimates for CalWORKs Stage 1; DOF estimates for CalWORKs Stage 2 and 3, General Child Care, Migrant Child Care, and Care for Children with Severe Disabilities; and LAO estimates for all other programs. For Transitional Kindergarten, reflects preliminary estimates, as enrollment data not yet publicly available for any year of the period. Table does not include slots funded through emergency bridge program for foster children.
a Reflects actuals for all stages of CalWORKs in 2016-17 and updated DSS estimates for Stage 1 in 2017-18.
b Does not include certain community college child care slots (1,300 to 1,800 slots annually).
c State Preschool wraparound slots for non-LEAs (funded by General Child Care) are shown in State Preschool–full day.
DSS = Department of Social Services. DOF = Department of Finance. LEAs = local education agencies.