Aug 28, 2025 | In the News
Less than a year after voters approved a countywide tax rate hike to expand affordable child care, Travis County officials are rolling out the first wave of local investments for the Creating Access for Resilient Families, or CARES, initiative. Go...
Aug 27, 2025 | In the News
A new healthcare-focused career program will launch next fall in Hays CISD and Pflugerville ISD, in partnership with Austin Community College and the Central Texas Healthcare Partnership. Announced during the inaugural State of Healthcare Workforce Forum Aug. 26, the...
Aug 27, 2025 | In the News
Higher education costs, a booming population and aging workforce are all challenges identified by health care executives at the state and local level in a first-time health care forum held at Austin PBS in August. Go deeper.
Aug 26, 2025 | In the News
Twenty-seven schools in the Austin area are getting free or low-cost after-school care programs this year thanks to funding from a tax rate increase Travis County voters approved in 2024. The programs will open at schools with the most economically disadvantaged...
Aug 26, 2025 | In the News
The first contracts funded through a tax rate increase approved by voters in November and aimed at improving access to child care could be approved Tuesday by Travis County commissioners. Three school districts — Austin, Del Valle and Manor — will use $4.85 million...
Aug 13, 2025 | In the News
Tamara Atkinson is going to Goodwill for her next job. Atkinson will join the executive team for Goodwill Central Texas and lead the nonprofit’s workforce development efforts as chief impact officer and president of workforce advancement strategy, according to an Aug....