For Immediate Release
Contact: Peter Clark, 512-473-2274, [email protected]

Austin - Today Governor Greg Abbott announced the state's new Frontline Child Care portal to connect essential workers — such as doctors, nurses, and grocery store employees — with child care if they do not have other options during the COVID-19 pandemic.

More information is available on the state's new Frontline Child Care website, https://frontlinechildcare.texas.gov/. The website offers information for frontline employees who need child care, including information on eligibility for financial assistance to cover child care costs; employers whose employees need child care; and child care providers who would like to offer child care to frontline workers.

Following the announcement of the portal, Stephanie Rubin, CEO of Texans Care for Children and a member of the Governor's Frontline Child Care Task Force, issued the following statement:

"We appreciate the efforts by the Governor, the staff of the Texas Workforce Commission, and other Texas officials and stakeholders who worked so hard to launch this project on such a short timeline. While it's best for children to stay home during this pandemic if possible, we encourage nurses, H-E-B cashiers, and other frontline Texans to take advantage of the new website if they do not have a reliable option for their children during their workday.
"This is a reminder that child care providers are part of the backbone of the Texas economy, in addition to playing a critical role in giving children the social, emotional, and learning tools they will need in school and beyond. We should all applaud the child care educators who are stepping up to help get Texas through this crisis — and we should ensure that future state policies recognize the critical role that these child care educators play in Texas."

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