by Julie Morris | Mar 21, 2019 | C@R Blog, Health & Nutrition, Publication, Research
Across Texas, over 3 million low-income students qualify for free or reduced-price school meals through federal programs such as the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program. For many of these children, meals eaten at school are the only...
by Center for Social Measurement and Evaluation | Feb 7, 2019 | C@R Blog, Early Childhood Education, Research
by Patrick Gill, CHILDREN AT RISK In the recently released report, Building Brains & Economies: Quality Child Care as an Engine for Economic Development in a 21st Century Texas, CHILDREN AT RISK examines how quality child care can be leveraged to drive Texas’s...
by Development Team | Feb 1, 2019 | C@R Blog, Hurricane Harvey
By Rebecca Harms, Disaster Recovery and Research AmeriCorps VISTA High School freshmen, Tracy Wei, Kaylee Yu, and Raina Parikh are the creators of the SAY (Stories About You) Houston app that was recently published in the IOS Apple Store. The app gives children a...
by Center for Social Measurement and Evaluation | Jan 29, 2019 | C@R Blog, Early Childhood Education, Research
by Patrick Gill and Shay Everitt, CHILDREN AT RISK In the recently released report, Building Brains & Economies: Quality Child Care as an Engine for Economic Development in a 21st Century Texas, CHILDREN AT RISK examines how quality child care can be leveraged to...
by Development Team | Jan 28, 2019 | C@R Blog, Hurricane Harvey
By Rebecca Harms, Disaster Recovery and Research AmeriCorps VISTA Harvey’s Impact on Children by the Numbers Hurricane Harvey has a significant impact on children, disrupting children’s lives immediately and continuing for months into the recovery. Harvey...
by Center to End the Trafficking and Exploitation of Children | Jan 24, 2019 | C@R Blog, Events, Human Trafficking, Policy
By Caroline Roberts On Tuesday, January 22, 2019, over 200 advocates, legislators and concerned citizens from around the state gathered on the south steps of the Texas Capitol to support human trafficking legislation. Members of the crowd excitedly braved the cold,...
