R&R Child Care Service Data Report FY 2024-25
Summary Report of Resource & Referral Program Aggregate Service Data
Reporting Period: July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025
Section 1 - Service Data Number of Requests for Referrals and Other Child Care Information
All Requests
| Type of Request
|
1st Quarter
|
2nd Quarter
|
3rd Quarter
|
4th Quarter
|
Total
|
| Requests for child care referrals
|
141,929
|
112,222
|
95,321
|
105,485
|
454,957
|
| Requests for other child care information
|
132,149
|
128,094
|
140,966
|
138,985
|
540,194
|
Age Category of Child Care Requests for Referrels
| Age Category
|
1st Quarter
|
2nd Quarter
|
3rd Quarter
|
4th Quarter
|
Total
|
| Infants & Toddlers (under 2 years old)
|
22,318
|
18,596
|
22,172
|
19,315
|
82,401
|
| Preschool (2-5 years old)
|
28,885
|
24,215
|
30,268
|
27,740
|
111,108
|
| School-Age (6 years and older)
|
11,816
|
7,979
|
9,563
|
11,719
|
41,077
|
| Age Category Total
|
63,019
|
50,790
|
62,003
|
58,774
|
234,586
|
Time Category of Child Care Requests for Referrals
| Time Category
|
1st Quarter
|
2nd Quarter
|
3rd Quarter
|
4th Quarter
|
Total
|
| Full-time child care (35 hours or more per week)
|
55,872
|
47,442
|
54,105
|
49,934
|
207,353
|
| Part-time child care (less than 35 hours per week)
|
15,150
|
11,174
|
13,701
|
12,231
|
52,256
|
| Time Category Total
|
71,022
|
58,616
|
67,806
|
62,165
|
259,609
|
Need Category of Child Care Requests for Referrals
| Number of Children Needing
|
1st Quarter
|
2nd Quarter
|
3rd Quarter
|
4th Quarter
|
Total
|
| Before- and/or after-school child care
|
9,704
|
5,339
|
6,531
|
5,580
|
27,154
|
| Summer-only child care
|
1,545
|
744
|
1,135
|
2,447
|
5,871
|
| Other child care (Non-school-age)
|
9,949
|
8,700
|
8,569
|
8,210
|
35,428
|
| Need Category Total
|
21,198
|
14,783
|
16,235
|
16,237
|
68,453
|
Reasons for Child Care Requests for Referrals
| Reasons
|
1st Quarter
|
2nd Quarter
|
3rd Quarter
|
4th Quarter
|
Total
|
| Employed
|
32,240
|
27,413
|
32,666
|
33,836
|
126,155
|
| Looking for work
|
7,224
|
5,456
|
6,731
|
3,322
|
22,733
|
| In school/training
|
4,476
|
3,312
|
3,927
|
3,971
|
15,686
|
| Other parental needs
|
2,478
|
2,046
|
2,298
|
2,363
|
9,185
|
| Child Protective Services (CPS/respite referral):
|
652
|
1,154
|
919
|
1,090
|
3,815
|
| Alternative/back-up care
|
1,455
|
1,144
|
1,223
|
1,425
|
5,247
|
| Mildly ill child
|
69
|
25
|
35
|
39
|
168
|
| Enrichment and/or development
|
1,444
|
943
|
1,151
|
1,259
|
4,797
|
| Reasons Category Total
|
50,038
|
41,493
|
48,950
|
47,305
|
187,786
|
Section 2 - Office Procedures Data
Numbers of Requests by Types of Care Providers
| Type of Care Provider
|
1st Quarter
|
2nd Quarter
|
3rd Quarter
|
4th Quarter
|
Total
|
| Number of licensed child care centers:
|
15,717
|
14,538
|
14,546
|
14,717
|
59,518
|
| Number of licensed family child care homes:
|
35,060
|
34,621
|
35,499
|
36,534
|
141,714
|
| Number of license-exempt child care centers:
|
3,851
|
3,884
|
3,951
|
3,874
|
15,560
|
| Number of license-exempt providers (optional):
|
1,686
|
1,789
|
1,571
|
1,593
|
6,639
|
September 2025
Questions: Child Care and Development Division | RRAS@DSS.ca.gov