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Budget Year / Version:
FY 26
RECOMMENDED
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Program Description

  Early Care and Education

  • 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 Approved$10,260,34426
Enhance: Funding for Early Care and Education Initiative to Continue Ongoing Services and Programs in FY26$4,038,6340
Shift: Funding from Children's Opportunity Alliance NDA to Early Care and Education NDA to Create Pre-Kindergarten Seats$1,000,0000
Increase Cost: Annualization of FY25 Personnel Costs$260,4200
Increase Cost: FY26 Compensation Adjustment$74,0980
Increase Cost: Three Percent Inflationary Adjustment to Non-Profit Service Provider Contracts$11,4270
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 NDA$0-5
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
Multi-program adjustments, including negotiated compensation changes, employee benefit changes, changes due to staff turnover, reorganizations, and other budget changes affecting multiple programs.$6,1270
FY26 Recommended$15,651,05016