Aug 28, 2025 | Child Care, In the News
Less than a year after voters approved a countywide tax rate hike to expand affordable child care, Travis County officials are rolling out the first wave of local investments for the Creating Access for Resilient Families, or CARES, initiative. Go...
Aug 26, 2025 | Child Care, In the News
Twenty-seven schools in the Austin area are getting free or low-cost after-school care programs this year thanks to funding from a tax rate increase Travis County voters approved in 2024. The programs will open at schools with the most economically disadvantaged...
Aug 26, 2025 | Child Care, In the News
The first contracts funded through a tax rate increase approved by voters in November and aimed at improving access to child care could be approved Tuesday by Travis County commissioners. Three school districts — Austin, Del Valle and Manor — will use $4.85 million...
May 23, 2025 | Child Care, In the News
The first significant round of Travis County’s new child care funding could be available as early as fall 2025, following a tax rate increase approved by voters last November. The Travis County child care subsidy waitlist is over 5,000 children, according to Texas...
Feb 11, 2025 | Child Care, In the News
Commissioners on Tuesday approved a new agreement with Workforce Solutions for child care services and stipends for early childhood educators. Go deeper.
