Highlights 77th Texas Legislature - Senate

___ HEALTH AND HUMAN
/Child Care
UMAN SERVICES/Child Care
77 th Texas Legislature
Texas Workforce Commission and Child Care Funding - H.B. 2265
by Representative Villarreal
Senate Sponsor: Senator Shapleigh
Funding for child care services in Texas is provided through a collection of federal and state sources.
These sources are designed to provide services to low-income families with parents who are working or
attending school or training.
Requires the Texas Workforce Commission to fund child care subsidies for children from households
having incomes of not more than 66 percent of the state median income.
Child Care Intervention Project - H.B. 2543
by Representative Naishtat, et al.
Senate Sponsor: Senator Duncan
Severe antisocial behavior in children such as frequent fighting, stealing, and vandalism are the strongest
predictors of chronic delinquency. It has been proposed that early childhood interventions may help
prevent chronic delinquency.
Establishes the Child Care Intervention Pilot Program to be implemented by the Department of Protective
and Regulatory Services (DPRS) to provide integrated family services to eligible families and specialized
training to child care facilities.
Requires DPRS to award grants to or contract with community-based organizations experienced in
parenting skills training to provide child-care intervention services to child care facilities and to parents of
children who are at least 18 months of age but not more than five years of age and who are identified as
exhibiting several behavioral problems in a child care environment.
Workforce Boards and Child Care Services - H.B. 2763
by Representatives Solis and Clark
Senate Sponsor: Senator Jackson
Federal child care funds are under-utilized in certain instances due to the lack of local workforce boards
defining after school services that take place on a school campus or at a Head Start Center as child care.
Requires that local workforce development boards use money and services provided by local school
districts or education agencies for the purposes of obtaining federal matching funds for child care services.
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