When young kids with disabilities are included in early childhood program with other kids, everyone can benefit.

We recommend strengthening the Texas AIM initiative to prevent maternal illness and death, among other recommendations.

Updated Texas data and policy recommendations on child care, child hunger, health care, family-child interactions, and other early childhood experiences that shape school readiness.

The Legislature should address the long delays facing families applying for Medicaid health insurance for their kids.

Child care, health coverage, family preservation, and other children’s issues are included in the Senate interim charges.

Could Texas Be the Next State to Support Working Parents by Ensuring More Children Have Access to High-Quality Early Learning Programs?

The NAEYC survey shows Texas child care providers had to close or raise tuition for families.

DFPS should request funding for services that keep kids safely with their families and out of foster care, as well as other funding priorities.

The Texas Legislature should ensure eligible kids can enroll in Medicaid health insurance.

This is a fantastic step forward to support healthy moms and babies.

We urge legislators to hold hearings on these priorities to prepare for the next legislative session.

Delays in processing Medicaid applications are a top concern heading into the new year.

Texans Care for Children and others backed the legislation to establish a tax break to support child care.

The Legislature should facilitate health coverage enrollment for currently eligible children through an “Express Lane” option.

Child care could close as federal funding expires.

Our policy brief breaks down the new data, explains what’s coming next, and offers key policy recommendations.

Dashboard recommendations addressed early learning, health care, positive adult-child interactions, and sufficient household resources.

81 percent of disenrollments were due to procedural denials.

What happened this session on health coverage, foster care, child care, pre-k, children's mental health, Early Childhood Intervention, and more.

41 other states have implemented 12-month coverage or are working on implementing it.

Successes, disappointments, and unfinished businesses from the 2023 session.

Texas can request fast-track federal approval to offer 12 months of health coverage after pregnancy.

We'll discuss what the Legislature accomplished, where it fell short, and what comes next.

It extends moms' health coverage to 12 months after pregnancy.

Direct funding to school districts for mental health would fill a major gap in the Legislature's mental health plan.

These bill still need to pass the other chamber before going to the Governor's desk.