More Children Received Care Across all Child Care Settings, but Particularly with Family, Friend, and Neighbors

Number of Children Enrolled in Publicly Funded Child Care by Setting

This is a side-by-side column chart that shows enrollment in California child care programs by setting. The left bar reflects enrollment in 2021 and the right bar reflects enrollment in 2024. Overall, the chart shows the largest increase between 2021 and 2022 for family, friend, and neighbor providers.

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Note: Figures reflect data from October of each year. Data exclude CalWORKs Stage 2 child care offered through California Community Colleges and the Emergency Child Care Bridge Program.

Source: Budget Center analysis of data from the California Department of Social ServicesGet the dataDownload image