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Program Description

  Early Care and Education

In March 2019, the County Executive and County Council launched the Early Care and Education Initiative, an interagency and stakeholder group with representatives from the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS), and Montgomery College to address the need for comprehensive support of quality early care and education opportunities in Montgomery County with a targeted and strategic focus on:

  • Sustainability: provide new and ongoing resources to sustain partnerships and high-quality early childhood education across types of child care providers;
  • Access and Affordability: provide ease of access and affordable options for families with children ages 0-5;
  • Alignment: create partnerships and alignment of services for ease and access for families of young children, early educators, and the public; and
  • Expansion: expand the supply and options for high quality early education programs in multiple settings.

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Program Contacts

Contact Payne Tarkenton of the Office of Management and Budget at 240-777-2758 for more information regarding the operating budget for the Non-Departmental Accounts.

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Program Budget Changes

FY27 Recommended ChangesExpendituresFTEs
FY26 Approved1565105016.00
Add: Funding to Early Care and Education NDA Base Budget to Move 23 Children from State Child Care Scholarship Waitlist to County Working Parents Assistance Program5000000.00
Increase Cost: FY27 Compensation Adjustment691210.00
Increase Cost: Two and a Half Percent Inflationary Adjustment to Non-Profit Service Provider Contracts221630.00
Shift: Existing Expense from Operating Expense to Personnel Cost to Reflect Addition of Seven Merit Staff Positions That Will Support the Early Care and Education Initiative07.00
Multi-program adjustments, including negotiated compensation changes, employee benefit changes, changes due to staff turnover, reorganizations, and other budget changes affecting multiple programs.612010.00
FY27 Recommended1630353523.00