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During the 2025 legislative session, state lawmakers will have the opportunity to make significant headway on challenges facing Texas kids and families. Certain issues have emerged as higher profile priorities for this particular session, including […]
Our Director of Early Learning, David Feigen, testified to the Texas Senate Natural Resources and Economic Development Committee on November 14, 2024 as the Committee discussed ways to improve access to child care. During his […]
Updated Texas data and policy recommendations on child care, child hunger, health care, family-child interactions, and other early childhood experiences that shape school readiness.
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For Immediate ReleaseContact: Peter Clark, pclark@txchildren.org Austin – Early this morning, the Texas House approved a supplemental budget bill, HB 500, with $100 million for child care scholarships. The funding will allow the Texas Workforce […]
The lack of available, qualified staff is reducing the overall supply of child care. When a child care program is understaffed, the program must serve fewer children, which means more parents are scrambling to find […]
HB 1581 by Rep. Guerra and SB 152 by Sen. Menéndez enable TEA to monitor bilingual and dual language programs and provide targeted training to support emergent bilingual students’ outcomes. Nearly 1 in 4 Texas […]
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Over 8,000 bills have been filed at the Texas Legislature for the current legislative session. There are a lot of good ones — and some concerning bills — but we want to highlight a dozen […]
Under federal law, if a mother is enrolled in Medicaid insurance when she delivers her baby, her newborn is eligible and must be automatically enrolled in Medicaid at birth and through the first full year […]
Medicaid, a federal-state partnership, offers health insurance to certain Texans who do not receive coverage through their family’s jobs and cannot afford to purchase private insurance. In Texas, Medicaid primarily provides health insurance to children, […]
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