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Texas families are facing significant child care challenges that undermine parents’ capacity to work, children’s early learning and school readiness, and employers’ ability to hire the staff they need.  Our new policy brief explores these […]
Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) is highly effective for infants and toddlers with disabilities — when they have access to it.  ECI is a federal-state program that contracts with community organizations, such as Any Baby Can and […]
New state data indicate that the Texas Medicaid enrollment system is not working in an efficient, orderly, and timely manner — and that has real consequences for Texas kids. Texas has finished reviewing Medicaid eligibility […]
Testimony to the House Public Education Committee and the Senate Education Committee The testimony addresses interim charges on strategies to improve early literacy and numeracy. For policymakers to ensure that more Texas students perform at […]
Testimony to the Texas House Select Committee on Youth Health and Safety  and Testimony to the Texas Senate Health and Human Services Committee   Texas leaders have shown an increasing interest in helping more children […]
This commentary by Peter Clark, our Communications Director, originally appeared in the San Antonio Express-News on June 26, 2024. Dr. Fabrizia Faustinella has seen that colonoscopies, mammograms and other screenings can save lives by detecting […]

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