July 2023
Child Care and Preschool
Early Education Annual Funding Rates by Rate System, Setting, and Age
| 2023-24 Enacted | |
| Local Control Funding Formula Ratesa | |
| Transitional Kindergarten | $16,453 |
| Voucher-Based Rates (Averages)b | |
| Child Care Centers | |
| Infants and toddlers | $18,790 |
| Preschoolers | 14,036 |
| School-aged children | 11,795 |
| Family Child Care Homes | |
| Infants and toddlers | $12,547 |
| Preschoolers | 11,483 |
| School-aged children | 9,325 |
| Family, Friend, and Neighbor | |
| Infants and toddlers | $8,750 |
| Preschoolers | 7,992 |
| School-aged children | 6,511 |
| Direct Service Rates (Averages)c | |
| State Preschool— part day | |
| 3 Year Olds | $12,149 |
| 4 Year Olds | 6,684 |
| State Preschool— full day | |
| 3 Year Olds | $27,731 |
| 4 Year Olds | 15,264 |
| Child Care Centers and Family Child Care Homes | |
| Infants | $37,894 |
| Toddlers | 28,219 |
| Preschoolers | 16,161 |
| School-aged children | 16,161 |
| a Includes statewide average estimates of base, supplemental, and concentration funding. | |
| b Averages reflect 75th percentile of the 2018 regional market rate survey weighted by the number of subsidized children receiving voucher-based child care in each setting and county. Estimates assume half of children reimbursed at weekly rate and half at monthly rate. | |
| c Averages reflect the greater of the 75th percentile of the 2018 regional market rate survey or the 2023-24 standard reimbursement rate weighted by the number of subsidized children receiving direct service child care in each setting and county. Infant, toddler and 3 year old average rates include respective adjustment factors. | |
| Note: All rates reflect full-time, full-year care, with the exception of Transitional Kindergarten and State Preschool—part day, which operate at least 3 hours per day for 180 and 175 days per year respectively. | |