Carla Wright (center), toddler program teacher, helps 2-year-old Auri Johnson (right) with a sticker worksheet at Journeys Child Development Center in Grand Prairie, Texas, on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025.

Access to affordable child care is a growing concern as Texas’ booming economy gains 1,500 new people daily, yet families continue to struggle with over $10,000 a year in costs. That’s about 13% of ...

Increased costs in food and payroll at child care centers effectively wiped out the one-time investment state lawmakers ...

DIBOLL, Texas — This story was first published on the Texas Tribune and can be viewed here. Shortly after her eldest son was born in 2021, Acacia Tarver applied for a state scholarship to help her pay ...

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For the past three decades, working parents in Texas who make below the state’s median income have been eligible for financial help from the government to pay for daycare. But as the cost of raising ...

Caregivers Claudel Lepe (left) and Shyela Gonzaga (center) lead a song for a combined class of young infants and older infants at Little Mustangs Child Learning Academy, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, in ...

The alarm bells are ringing. Texas faces a child care crisis that demands immediate action. It's time raise our voices and demand that our state leaders prioritize the needs of working families and ...

HOUSTON – A recent report from the Texas Licensed Child Care Association reveals an apparent looming crisis in the state’s child care sector, with nearly half of licensed child care centers at risk of ...

Working Texas families seeking access to quality child care could receive more support under new laws recently passed by state lawmakers. The most significant development for child care was Senate ...

DIBOLL Shortly after her eldest son was born in 2021, Acacia Tarver applied for a state scholarship to help her pay for child care. Then she waited. And waited. As time dragged on with no word on aid, ...

Clarissa Alday spends her morning reading to children at Katherine Sage Temple Early Learning Center in Diboll on Feb. 25, 2025. (Michael Cavazos For The Texas Tribune, Michael Cavazos For The Texas ...