July 2021

Child Care and Preschool

Early Education Budget

(Dollars in Millions)

  2019-20 Reviseda 2020-21 Reviseda 2021-22 Enacted Change from 2020-21
  Amount Percent
Expenditures          
CalWORKs Child Care          
Stage 1 $367 $486 $366 -$120 -24.7%
Stage 2b 536 560 402 -$158 -28.3
Stage 3 539 663 705 $43 6.4
Subtotals ($1,443) ($1,709) ($1,473) (-$236) (-13.8%)
Non-CalWORKs Child Care          
Alternative Payment Program 536 820 1,304 $483 58.9%
General Child Carec $522 $526 785 $259 49.2
Bridge program for foster children 54 58 54 -$4 -6.5
Migrant Child Care 45 45 67 $22 48.3
Care for Children With Severe Disabilities 2 2 2 —d 3.9
Subtotals ($1,158) ($1,451) ($2,212) ($761) (52.4%)
Preschool Programse          
State Preschoolf 1,431 1,277 1,856 578 45.3
Transitional Kindergarteng 872 862 920 58 6.8
Preschool QRIS Grant 50 50 50 — —
Subtotals ($2,353) ($2,189) ($2,826) ($637) (29.1%)
Support Programs $284 $194 $2,189 $1,994 1027.4%
Totals $5,239 $5,544 $8,699 $3,156 56.9%
Funding          
Proposition 98 General Fund $1,846 $1,700 $2,445 $745 43.8%
Non-Proposition 98 General Fund 1,986 1,945 3,058 1,113 57.2
Proposition 64 Special Fund 80 146 235 89 60.8
Federal 1,326 1,753 2,962 1,209 69.0
           
a Reflects Department of Social Services' revised Stage 1 estimates; Department of Finance's revised estimates for Stage 2, and Stage 3; and budget appropriation for all other programs.
b Does not include $9.6 million provided to community colleges for certain child care services.
c General Child Care funding for State Preschool wraparound care shown in State Preschool.
d Less than $500,000.          
e Some CalWORKs and non-CalWORKs child care providers use their funding to offer preschool.  
f Includes $1.2 million each year used for a family literacy program offered at certain State Preschool sites.
g Reflects preliminary LAO estimates in 2020-21 and 2021-22 as enrollment data are not yet publicly available.
           
QRIS = Quality Rating and Improvement System.