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CHILDREN AT RISK Hosts The Future of Children Summit

by Children At Risk | Jun 14, 2023 | Basic Needs, C@R Blog, Early Childhood Education, Equity, Events, Health & Nutrition, Immigration, K-12 Education, Parenting, Policy, TXFLC

The 2023 Future of Children Summit was introduced by Dr Robert Sanborn, President & CEO at CHILDREN AT RISK with Welcome Remarks The summit was broken down into seven sections that lasted 11 minutes followed by a brief Q&A led by Dr Bob and the speaker....

CHILDREN AT RISK and Texas Family Leadership Council Host Second Annual Motherhood Summit

by Children At Risk | May 23, 2023 | Basic Needs, C@R Blog, Early Childhood Education, Equity, Events, Health & Nutrition, K-12 Education, Policy, TXFLC

Last month, the Texas Family Leadership Council and CHILDREN AT RISK hosted the second annual Motherhood Summit. The summit explored some of the most pressing issues facing Texas mothers and how these issues affect not just themselves, but their children and families...

Growing Up In Houston: Assessing the Quality of Life of Our Children

by Children At Risk | Mar 23, 2023 | C@R Blog, COVID-19, Early Childhood Education, Equity, Health & Nutrition, Immigration, K-12 Education, Policy, Publication, Research

Data must be the catalyst for any conversation regarding the well-being of our children. However, data alone is not sufficient. We must also overlay context to better understand the complexities of the many issues facing our children. Growing Up in Houston aims to do just that.

CHILDREN AT RISK and Texas Family Leadership Council Host Third Annual State of Black Children in Texas

by Children At Risk | Feb 24, 2023 | Basic Needs, C@R Blog, Early Childhood Education, Equity, Events, Health & Nutrition, K-12 Education, Policy, TXFLC

On Thursday, February 16, the Texas Family Leadership Council and CHILDREN AT RISK hosted the third annual State of Black Children in Texas summit. The summit explored the challenges Black children face growing up in Texas and how to best support them at all stages of...

C@R Testifies to Senate Finance Committee on Education

by Children At Risk | Feb 22, 2023 | C@R Blog, Early Childhood Education, K-12 Education, Policy, Testimony

Supporting Opportunity Youth for an Inclusive Economy

by Children At Risk | Dec 8, 2022 | C@R Blog, Equity, K-12 Education, Policy, Publication, Research

Despite a decades-long drop in the opportunity youth population, which decreased from 5.8 million to 4.4 million between 2011 and 2021, the number of opportunity youth rose dramatically during the pandemic to more than 6 million.  The term opportunity youth (OY)...