by Children At Risk | May 6, 2025 | Early Childhood Education, Research
CHILDREN AT RISK Releases Texas Child Care Honor Roll Media Contacts: Morgan Gerri, 832.600.9354 Rashena Franklin 713.301.4577 Research shows that 90% of brain development occurs in the first five years of a child’s life. This period is foundational—what...
by Children At Risk | Apr 25, 2025 | Early Childhood Education, Research
Access to High-Quality Child Care is Scarce April 25, 2025 | C@R Blog, Early Childhood Education, Research Written by Kim Kofron, Senior Director of Education, and Jenn Meier, Associate Director of the Center for Social Measurement & Evaluation, CHILDREN AT...
by Children At Risk | Apr 18, 2025 | C@R Blog, Early Childhood Education
Rallying for Early Childhood Education: Advocates Deliver Unified Message on Child Care at Texas Capitol Texas Association for the Education of Young Children (TXAEYC) and CHILDREN AT RISK partnered to present a legislative briefing and rally that urged lawmakers to...
by Children At Risk | Mar 31, 2025 | Early Childhood Education, Policy, Testimony
Kim Kofron, Senior Director of Education with CHILDREN AT RISK, testifies in support of SB 599/ HB 4127 during the March 11, 2025 Texas Senate Health and Human Services Committee Hearing. ADVOCATING IN SUPPORT OF SB 599/HB 4127 TESTIMONY As the name implies, family...
by Children At Risk | Mar 21, 2025 | Early Childhood Education, Events
Each Spring, the CHILDREN AT RISK Early Childhood Education team hosts virtual community roundtables in 12 major cities across Texas. During the roundtables, C@R will share new data and analysis regarding the ECE landscape, including Child Care Deserts, as well as...
by Children At Risk | Mar 18, 2025 | Early Childhood Education, Policy, Testimony
Kim Kofron, Senior Director of Education, testifies in support of SB 972/HB 2294 during the March 17, 2025 Senate Economic Development Committee Hearing. SIGN-ON LETTER: SUPPORT SB 972/HB 2294 SIGN YOUR SUPPORT TESTIMONY We, the undersigned early childhood...
