Early Childhood
Department DEC · Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development · $256.1M adopted (FY2026)
In fiscal year 2026, San Francisco budgeted $256.1M for Early Childhood, 1.6% of city spending, against $235.7M of revenue it brings in. Source: San Francisco adopted budget (Controller open data), data as of 13 July 2026.
Adopted budget (FY2026)
$256.1M
Share of city spending
1.6%
Budgeted revenue
$235.7M
Service area
Human Welfare & Neighborhood Development
Spending by category — FY2026
Offsets & adjustments
Transfer Adjustment - Uses · Spending−$85.4M
Transfer Adjustment-Source · Revenue−$57.7M
Adopted vs executed — FY2025, Operating funds
Adopted (operating)$53.9M
Executed (operating)$46.8M
Deviation−$7.1M (−13.1%)
Every comparable year
2023−1.5%
2024−5.2%
2025−13.1%
Outline = adopted budget · fill = actual spending · ochre = spent above the adopted figure.
Operating funds only, transfer characters and related government units excluded — the one perimeter where adopted and executed are the same thing (measured; capital and multi-year project funds spend across years by design).
Source
Adopted budget lines for department DEC, fiscal year 2026, from the SF Controller’s budget dataset: Budget (xdgd-c79v) ↗