July 2019

Child Care and Preschool

Child Care and Preschool Subsidized Slots

  2017-18  Revised  2018-19 Revised 2019-20  Enacted Change from 2018-19
  Amount Percent
CalWORKs Child Care          
Stage 1 38,324 33,760 35,628 1,868 5.5%
Stage 2 52,629 58,674 62,314 3,640 6.2%
Stage 3 39,398 44,320 54,437 10,117 22.8%
Subtotals (130,351) (136,754) (152,379) (15,625) (11.4%)
Non-CalWORKs Programs          
Alternative Payment Program 29,804 44,785 54,340 9,555 21.3%
General Child Care 28,563 28,427 32,190 3,763 13.2%
Migrant Child Care 3,046 3,037 3,018 -19 -0.6%
Care for Children with Severe Disabilities 106 103 102 -1 -1.0%
Subtotals (61,519) (76,352) (89,650) (13,298) (17.4%)
Preschool Programs          
State Preschool— part day 101,101 102,501 101,095 -1,406 -1.4%
State Preschool— full day 64,528 66,609 70,876 4,268 6.4%
Transitional Kindergarten 88,934 88,705 88,535 -170 -0.2%
Subtotals (254,564) (257,815) (260,507) (2,692) (1.0%)
Totals 446,433 470,921 502,536 31,615 6.7%
           
Notes:
Generally based on appropriation and annual average rate per child. 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. Table reflects actuals for all stages of CalWORKs child care in 2017-18 and updated DSS estimates for Stage 1 in 2018-19. Stage 2 does not include certain community college child care slots (1,300 to 1,800 slots annually). State Preschool wraparound slots for non-LEAs (funded by General Child Care) are shown in State Preschool—full day. For Transitional Kindergarten, reflects preliminary estimates, as enrollment data not yet publicly available for 2018-19 and 2019-20. Table does not include slots funded through emergency bridge program for foster children.
DSS = Department of Social Services. DOF = Department of Finance. LEAs = local education agencies.