As federal funding from the Covid-19 pandemic will end in 2024, Texas childcare advocates have been at the Texas Legislature advocating for funding from the state to keep childcare centers and family care centers, running. They want the Legislature to include “bedrock child care funding in the state budget.”
A letter signed by 32 Texas organizations, most of which are childcare and family care organizations, lays out the need and recommendation for funding from the state. The coalition argues, “Over the past two years, the childcare situation has gone from bad to worse. As more child care providers close and classrooms sit empty due to a lack of teachers, some parents cannot work, and businesses throughout the economy cannot hire and retain employees.”