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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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We’re concerned that a bill expanding out-of-school suspensions in pre-k through second grade is advancing through the Texas Legislature. The Texas Senate Education Committee has scheduled a hearing on Thursday, May 8th for HB 6, […]
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The Youth Empowerment Services (YES) Waiver provides home and community-based mental health services to children who are struggling with their mental health. Parents are often stuck making a gut-wrenching decision to leave their children, who […]
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Today, 127 Texas organizations sent a letter urging the Legislature to approve the $100 million child care investment that is currently in HB 500, the supplemental budget bill. These funds strengthen the highly-effective program run […]
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Now that the Texas House and Senate have each passed their state budget bills, a conference committee is meeting to work out the differences between the bills. We wrote to conference committee to highlight a […]
In February, Governor Greg Abbott called on the Legislature to give Texas parents more options when they are desperately looking for help for their children with the most complex mental health challenges. He wrote in […]
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 […]
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