by Julie Morris | Sep 18, 2019 | C@R Blog, Early Childhood Education, Policy
Issues impacting the child care industry in Texas are complex and while solutions exist, it is often difficult to understand how to get there. With input from stakeholders across Texas, Children at Risk created resources with specific strategies for state and local...
by Julie Morris | Jun 27, 2019 | C@R Blog, Health & Nutrition
By Stacy Cantu-Pawlik In Texas, 14.3% of children live in food insecure homes. That’s 1.4 million Texas households! Sadly, Texas is 1 out of 15 states in the U.S. with higher food insecurity rates. These children do not know where their next meal will come from, thus...
by Center for Social Measurement and Evaluation | Jun 20, 2019 | C@R Blog, Early Childhood Education, Policy
Child care providers (often referred to as “day care”) are important to our communities, and in Texas, about half of them care for low-income kids with working parents who receive financial assistance (or “subsidy”) from the Texas Workforce Commission. Even though...
by Center for Social Measurement and Evaluation | Apr 24, 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 Julie Morris | Apr 11, 2019 | C@R Blog, Health & Nutrition, Op-Ed, Policy
By Jenny Eyer & Dan Micciche Health coverage for children means a lot more than a yearly doctor’s visit. Children with health coverage have better school attendance, higher educational attainment, and improved economic opportunities than those without coverage. If...
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...
