Gingerbread Kids Academy owner Tim Kaminski can easily tick off examples of how tough ... Each day the TWC provides subsidies for more than 150,000 of the 1.2 million children in child care in Texas.

Making child care safer for Texas kids. Child care centers would get higher state ratings if they are safer under one proposal. Rep. Ray Lopez, D-San Antonio, ...

In Vermont, lawmakers passed a bill in 2023 to invest $125 million annually into the child care sector, according to Let’s Grow Kids, a Vermont-based child care advocacy nonprofit.

Thirty-two groups sent a letter to Texas lawmakers on Monday urging them to increase state funding for child care. The state has lost more than a fourth of its child care programs since 2020.

Meanwhile, brick and mortar facilities are closing and the cost of child care in Texas is making it difficult for working parents to make ends meet. ... “We have 95,000 kids on the waitlist.

Texas lawmakers consider child care bills that could impact 95K children, 850 communities By Lina Ruiz. March 17, 2025 5 ... “If I have a program that serves 100 kids, ...