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State officials outline childcare funding, federal enrollment rule and large estimated unspent contract funds
Summary
Department of Social Services and Department of Finance described California's childcare budget totals, upcoming federal rules requiring payments based on enrollment, and an estimated $1.1'billion to $1.3'billion in unspent childcare contract funds for 2023'24.
Jennifer Troia, director of the California Department of Social Services, told Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 that the governor's budget proposes about $6.4 billion (including $4.6 billion General Fund) for state-administered childcare and development programs and that the state has nearly doubled childcare funding in the last five years.
Troia said the department administers vouchers and direct contracts, negotiated memorandums with childcare providers and has worked to unify reimbursement-rate structures. She said more than 129,000 additional childcare slots were added since 2021 and that approximately 11,000 of those slots were for California Childcare and Technical Resources (CCTR) awarded in the 2024 budget act.
The federal government finalized a 2024 rule requiring states to make timely payments based on enrollment rather than attendance and to provide prospective payments at the start…
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