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Bhojani noted how Texas is the world’s eighth largest economy, and if the state wants to move up as the seventh largest economy, it needs to invest in child care and early childhood education.
Tackling child care reform through an economic lens has been an ongoing pursuit of the Employers for Childcare Task Force, which consists of about 65 businesses from various industries statewide ...
It’s Texas’s turn to establish child care support policies that will help grow the state’s economy and support Texas families now and in the future,” the UT Austin policy brief states.
Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) Many of the direct client services that were performed by DSHS, such as services for women and children, and people with special health care needs, were transferred to HHSC in September 2016. DSHS now focuses on providing these functions: Vital statistics, such as birth and death records
Children At Risk is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that drives changes for children through research, education, and influencing public policy.Founded in the year of 1989 in Houston, Texas and with an office opened in North Texas in 2011, the organization focuses on the well-being of children and educates legislators on the importance of solving children's issues while at the same time ...
TWC works with 28 Local Workforce Development Boards to provide employment assistance and promote self-sufficiency for customers. The boards oversee the delivery of child care services, employment and training programs for welfare recipients, as well as planning employment services in their area's Texas Workforce Centers.
Child care deserts, or areas with limited access to programs that accept subsidies, are prevalent with 83% of low-income Texas families with children under age 6 living in them, according to a ...
Child care assistance helps families succeed financially. [1] When families receive child care assistance they are more likely to be employed and to have higher earnings. Approximately 1.8 million children [2] receive CCDBG-funded child care in an average month. Yet, only one in seven eligible children receives child care assistance. [3]