childcare

Childcare is expensive. The Center for Transforming Lives in Fort Worth is trying to help.

A report from the Texas Women's Foundation shows more than half of Texas counties are considered childcare deserts.

The Dallas Childcare Works Coalition wants county commissioners to put a 3% childcare tax on November’s ballot. Voter approval would raise $132 million for childcare, allowing thousands of mothers to rejoin the workforce outside the home.

Texas Christian University is offering free trauma support for victims of the Central Texas flooding, which has killed at least 30 children. The support is offered through a fully online, self-guided course.

The White House is expected to unveil a budget proposal that will, reportedly, aim to eliminate Head Start. The federally-funded program is designed to promote school readiness among young children from low-income families and serves more than 65,000 kids across Texas.

Annie's Place experienced "insurmountable" challenges, including financial hardship, according to the nonprofit's CEO. Parkland Health says it will look for a new group to offer services.

Dallas County commissioners and the Dallas city council agreed to allow the state’s new child care facility tax exemption.

More than a third of Head Start locations in Texas aren't near any public transit, leaving many low-income Texas families struggling to get to needed child care services.

Child care center owners and business leaders are urging budget writers at the state Capitol to consider spending more than $2 billion for early education and childcare services. If not, they’ll continue to lose employees to industries that are able to pay higher wages.

Texas allows religious groups that are part of the state’s child welfare network to refuse to assist LGBTQ couples seeking to foster or adopt. That could put critical federal funding at risk.

With a state legislative session looming, the Texas Women’s Foundation has identified nearly two dozen policy changes that can help make the lives of women and girls better.

The executive order calls on the U.S. Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services to increase access to gender-affirming health care and develop ways to counter state efforts aimed at limiting such treatments for transgender minors.