R&R Child Care Service Data Report FY 2025-26
Summary Report of Resource & Referral Program Aggregate Service Data
Reporting Period: July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026
Section 1 - Service Data Number of Requests for Referrals and Other Child Care Information
All Requests
|
Type of Request
|
|
Quarter 1
|
Quarter 2
|
Quarter 3
|
Quarter 4
|
Total
|
|
Requests for child care referrals:
|
A1
|
90859
|
70803
|
102510
|
98112
|
362284
|
|
Requests for other child care information:
|
A2
|
189616
|
126636
|
130615
|
119279
|
566146
|
Age Category of Child Care Requests for Referrels
|
Age Category
|
|
Quarter 1
|
Quarter 2
|
Quarter 3
|
Quarter 4
|
Total
|
|
Infants (under 2 years old):
|
B1
|
19953
|
16650
|
18278
|
17672
|
72553
|
|
Preschool (2 years old):
|
B2
|
24964
|
18316
|
20544
|
21034
|
84858
|
|
School Age (6 years and older):
|
B3
|
10811
|
6372
|
7760
|
10315
|
35258
|
|
Age Category Total:
|
|
55728
|
41338
|
46582
|
49021
|
192669
|
Time Category of Child Care Requests for Referrals
|
Time Category
|
|
Quarter 1
|
Quarter 2
|
Quarter 3
|
Quarter 4
|
Total
|
|
Full time child care (35 hours or more per week):
|
C1
|
48180
|
35252
|
41786
|
44813
|
170031
|
|
Part time child care (less than 35 hours per week):
|
C2
|
13789
|
10382
|
12799
|
13996
|
50966
|
|
Time Category Total:
|
|
61969
|
45634
|
54585
|
58809
|
220997
|
Need Category of Child Care Requests for Referrals
|
Number of Children Needing
|
|
Quarter 1
|
Quarter 2
|
Quarter 3
|
Quarter 4
|
Total
|
|
Before and/or after school child care:
|
D1
|
11449
|
11761
|
10301
|
11332
|
44843
|
|
Summer only child care:
|
D2
|
1069
|
963
|
810
|
2291
|
5133
|
|
Other child care:
|
D3
|
8663
|
7967
|
11619
|
10279
|
38528
|
|
(evening/no sleep over, overnight/sleepover, weekends, rotating schedule, drop-in):
|
|
|
Need Category Total:
|
|
21181
|
20691
|
22730
|
23902
|
88504
|
Reasons for Child Care Requests for Referral
|
Reasons
|
|
Quarter 1
|
Quarter 2
|
Quarter 3
|
Quarter 4
|
Total
|
|
Employed:
|
E1
|
28116
|
21699
|
23255
|
24676
|
97746
|
|
Looking for Work:
|
E2
|
6682
|
5729
|
5732
|
5575
|
23718
|
|
In school/training:
|
E3
|
4279
|
3234
|
3253
|
3187
|
13953
|
|
Other parental needs:
|
E4
|
2306
|
2060
|
2142
|
2222
|
8730
|
|
Child Protective Services (CPS/respite referral):
|
E5
|
600
|
501
|
631
|
620
|
2352
|
|
Alternative/back-up care:
|
E6
|
1197
|
1015
|
1132
|
954
|
4298
|
|
Mildly ill child:
|
E7
|
126
|
24
|
34
|
76
|
260
|
|
Enrichment and/or development:
|
E8
|
965
|
754
|
815
|
855
|
3389
|
|
Reasons Category Total:
|
|
44271
|
35016
|
36994
|
38165
|
154446
|
Section 2 - Office Procedures Data
Numbers of Requests by Types of Care Providers
|
Type of Care Provider
|
|
Quarter 1
|
Quarter 2
|
Quarter 3
|
Quarter 4
|
Total
|
|
Number of licensed child care centers:
|
|
16197
|
15568
|
16049
|
17931
|
65745
|
|
Number of licensed family child care homes:
|
|
39688
|
37915
|
40965
|
40156
|
158724
|
|
Number of license-exempt child care centers:
|
|
4332
|
4566
|
4826
|
4936
|
18660
|
|
Number of license-exempt providers (optional):
|
|
1566
|
1647
|
1665
|
1716
|
6594
|
September 2026
Questions: Child Care and Development Division | RRAS@DSS.ca.gov