by Julie Morris | Mar 31, 2021 | C@R Blog, Early Childhood Education, Events, Human Trafficking, Immigration, K-12 Education, Policy, Research, TXFLC
Advocates in Action As the 87th Texas Legislative Session heats up, Children at Risk advocates are hard at work supporting and drawing attention to good bills for kids. So far this session, Children at Risk has hosted three advocacy days and virtual rallies,...
by Julie Morris | Mar 18, 2021 | COVID-19, Early Childhood Education, Policy, Publication, Research
Child care centers, already some of the most economically vulnerable businesses in Texas, provide an essential service to working families and critical early educaation for young children. Throughout the pandemic, permanent, temporary, and extended closures have left...
by Julie Morris | Mar 2, 2021 | Health & Nutrition, Publication, Research
Across Texas, over 3 million students from low-income households 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...
by Julie Morris | Feb 26, 2021 | K-12 Education, Policy, Publication, Research
Before the pandemic, Texas had a problem with chronic absenteeism in its schools. Statewide, chronic absenteeism averages at 12.5% pre-COVID and varies dramatically by region. More than 740,000 students missed at least one-tenth of their instruction in 2019. The...
by Julie Morris | Feb 4, 2021 | C@R Blog, COVID-19, Publication, Research
In partnership with the United Way of Greater Houston, JPMorgan Chase & Co., CHILDREN AT RISK is excited to share the 2021-2022 edition of Growing Up in Houston: Assessing the Quality of Life of Our Children. The goal of the GUIH project is three-fold: to provide...
by Children At Risk | Dec 8, 2020 | C@R Blog, Early Childhood Education, Research
By Kaeleigh Hernandez, Early Childhood Education and Sara Moran, Center for Social Measurement and Evaluation (Note: The analyses in this post uses data on child care centers from September 2019) Across Texas, nearly half of all child care providers accept subsidies...
