The Department of Family and Protective Services recommended that the state lower the number of children that each worker at a day care center can be allowed to supervise. Thursday, the state dropped the proposal, citing increasing cost concerns for parents.
Updated 09/23/2010 05:23 PM
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WEB EXCLUSIVE: This how-to guide accompanies our series Shortchanging Child Care. We've compiled our research into these easy tips to helps parents find quality child care.
Updated 07/30/2010 11:54 AM
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(Part 5) News 8's series Shortchanging Child Care tries to shed light on how Texas children fare when parents entrust others to care for them. Part 5 takes the search for solutions to another state.
Updated 07/30/2010 07:33 AM
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A Family Village is an organization that works to help mothers build their own network of mothers to help make parenting a little easier.
07/19/2010 02:25 PM
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(Part 4) News 8 takes a critical look at Texas' child care industry. Part 4 examines how laws keep daycares safe. The Department of Family and Protective Services is charged with keeping daycares safe. But the story of one mother casts doubts on whether past lessons were learned.
Updated 07/29/2010 07:27 AM
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(Part 3) This week News 8 takes a critical look at how Texas raises it young in the child care industry. The government's child care subsidy program helps low-income parents offset the cost of child care, but the numbers show that program is only scratching the surface.
Updated 07/28/2010 10:44 AM
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(Part 2) We continue our critical look at how Texas handles the industry that cares for its young. Part 2 examines why high quality child care is not only hard to find, but hard to sustain. Providers question how to balance their budgets.
Updated 07/27/2010 07:27 AM
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(Part 1) News 8 Austin takes a critical look at how Texas cares for its young in our five-part series: Shortchanging Child Care. Part one examines how children fare in a complex bureaucracy.
Updated 07/27/2010 07:56 AM
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(Web exclusive) This living flowchart accompanies News 8's series, Shortchanging Child Care. See how the chart grows with each of our five stories. Check back on Friday for the big picture.
07/26/2010 04:47 PM
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Calculate how much child care in Texas will cost your family.
07/26/2010 05:47 PM
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The annual Kids Count report was released Tuesday by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
Updated 07/27/2010 12:55 PM
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