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Child Care

ONLY ON 13: Charges dropped in daycare owner's child endangerment case

  • Apr 23

HHS says it's freezing child care payments to all states

  • Dec 31, 2025
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New Mexico is 1st state to offer universal child care

  • Sep 10, 2025

County leaders waiting on Hidalgo's penny child care tax hike details

  • Jul 18, 2025

Parents warned to stop using infant swing due to suffocation risk

  • May 22, 2025

Texas legislature considers funding for early childhood education

  • Apr 14, 2025

Parents charged after 5 kids left home alone, sometimes for days: Docs

  • Nov 7, 2024

Study: Americans are spending about 15% of total income on child care

  • Oct 28, 2024

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Harris County leaders waiting on details on Judge Lina Hidalgo's penny child care tax increase plan

  • Jul 18, 2025
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Texas legislature considers funding for early childhood education

  • Apr 14, 2025
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Advocates prepare to celebrate Autism acceptance in April

  • Mar 26, 2024
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Harris County day cares could soon see big tax breaks

  • Mar 26, 2024
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Harris County parents can soon apply to receive free child care

  • Aug 4, 2023
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Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su visits Houston and talks apprenticeships, child care, aerospace

  • Jul 29, 2023
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Mom questions how child with autism at care center ended on busy road

  • Jul 26, 2023
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Harris County parents can soon apply to receive free child care

  • Jun 7, 2023

Latest Stories

Paris Hilton calls for greater federal oversight of youth care programs during House hearing

Paris Hilton continues to advocate for legislation that better protects children from suffering institutional abuse.

  • Jun 27, 2024

Katy-area fitness club's 17-year-old employee charged with indecency with a child, deputies say

Authorities didn't elaborate on details, but the suspect's fitness club primarily caters to families, offering them child care for kids 12 and under, according to its website.

  • May 14, 2024

1.8 million low-income Texans may see health coverage changes after Medicaid proposes redistribution

1.8 million Texans with Medicaid coverage could lose their current health plans and be shifted to new insurers if Texas Health and Human Services stands by a recent decision to redistribute the contracts.

  • Apr 19, 2024

Looking past awareness, advocates prepare to celebrate Autism Acceptance Month in April

Ahead of Autism Acceptance Month, advocates prepare for ways the community can help bring more resources, education, and training for people on the spectrum.

  • Mar 26, 2024

Harris County commissioners court votes for exemptions for qualifying child care facilities

Day cares and child care facilities lost federal COVID-19 funding last fall, and these exemptions are intended to help them overcome those financial losses.

  • Mar 26, 2024