The Texas SCOPE Act for online child safety faces challenges, including a block on enforcing social media to monitor and filter content.
What Are the Consequences of Not Paying Child Support in Texas? Child support laws in Texas are stringent and don’t tolerate parents who fail or refuse to keep up with their child support obligatio...
threatens support systems across the state for undocumented... In 2021, a Texas judge ruled DACA unconstitutional. Villarreal had to figure out how to support students who didn’t have...
How do I get a driver’s license for my homeschool student? Can my homeschooled children take dual credit classes in Texas? Can my homeschool child return to public school after...
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This brief was updated on 6/5/2024 to add two missing notes for Table 1. This brief draws on a recent survey capturing the perspectives of local Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) program staff in Texas to determine possible program-related barriers to and facilitators of subsidy access for Latino families. Part of a multi-state study of access to CCDF subsidies for Hispanica families,1,2 the brief discusses Latino families’ experiences as they seek child care subsidies in Texas through the eyes of the front-line staff who service them. ...
They must also be a Texas resident and a U.S. citizen or qualified non-citizen. When you apply, we'll ask about your family's income to see which programs your child can get. Apply for...
The Texas Workforce Commission voted Tuesday to begin phasing out temporary child care subsidy programs for low-income parents and essential workers started in response to the coronavirus...
of Texas at Austin's LBJ School of Public Affairs, explains... way for a mom who's going to go on public assistance to avoid seeking child support. In 1994 our rolls on welfare were some...
3-Minute Listen ; Her name was Halo, and she was born last week, on March 29, two months early and weighing 3 pounds. She lived for four hours, dying in the arms of her father, Luis Villasana. ; Her mother, Samantha Casiano, knew their baby wouldn't survive long because she had anencephaly – part of Halo's brain and skull never developed. ; Now, they can't afford to give their newborn daughter the funeral they would like to give her. ; Casiano got the diagnosis three days after Christmas, at a prenatal appointment when she was 20 weeks pregnant. "I was told that she's incompatible with life," she says. "I was crushed."