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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 & 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 Julie Knight of the Office of Management and Budget at 240-777-2760 for more information regarding the operating budget for the Non-Departmental Accounts.

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Program Budget Changes

FY26 Recommended ChangesExpendituresFTEs
FY25 Approved1026034426.00
Enhance: Funding for Early Care and Education Initiative to Continue Ongoing Services and Programs in FY2640386340.00
Shift: Funding from Children's Opportunity Alliance NDA to Early Care and Education NDA to Create Pre-Kindergarten Seats10000000.00
Increase Cost: Annualization of FY25 Personnel Costs2604200.00
Increase Cost: FY26 Compensation Adjustment740980.00
Increase Cost: Three Percent Inflationary Adjustment to Non-Profit Service Provider Contracts114270.00
Shift: Existing Expense from Personnel Cost to Operating Expense to Reflect Elimination of Five Vacant Merit Staff That Were Funded by the Early Care and Education NDA0-5.00
Shift: Existing Expense from Personnel Cost to Operating Expense to Reflect Shift of Five Positions to HHS Grant Fund, Consolidated Local Implementation Grant (CLIG)0-5.00
Multi-program adjustments, including negotiated compensation changes, employee benefit changes, changes due to staff turnover, reorganizations, and other budget changes affecting multiple programs.61270.00
FY26 Recommended1565105016.00