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Tag Archives: childcare

Going It Alone

More than 40 percent of Texas families living in poverty are single-mother households.

Tue, May 2, 2017 |

courtesy Sarah Angle My 5-year-old daughter sits at the table, rocking back and forth in a rickety chair I should have replaced years ago. Peas and other discar...Read More

The Karnes County Residential Center is the first immigrant detention facility in Texas to be licensed as a child care provider.

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

Immigrant Families Sue to Stop Licensing Detention Centers for Child Care (Updated)

Tue, May 3, 2016 |

Two moms, detained with their kids, along with an anti-detention nonprofit, say prison-like immigrant detention centers shouldn't be child care providers....Read More

Student-parent Bianca Ramirez and a group of graduate social work students are holding two upcoming rallies demanding child care facilities at UT-San Antonio's downtown campus.

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

UTSA Students Fight for Child Care at Downtown Campus

Tue, Feb 2, 2016 |

Campus officials say they don't have room for child care facilities at UT-San Antonio's downtown campus, but grad students aren't taking no for an answer....Read More

Strama Bill Would Pay Childcare Centers More for High Marks on State Evaluation

by Patrick Michels

Fri, Jan 18, 2013

For years, state Rep. Mark Strama has been searching for ways to improve Texas’ network of child care providers, and make it easier for parents to find the be...Read More

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