Child care for the service industry’s essential workers now available

Sep 26, 2021 | Blog, CEO Update

2-minute read Good afternoon Austin friends, In this letter: Austin’s essential workers in the service industry may be eligible for a year of child care assistance, and our featured workforce development leaders who will talk with us at the Hire Local Summit on...

Workforce Solutions Capital Area and Austin Public Health Support Travis County’s Child Care Providers with PPE Donations

Aug 23, 2021 | Blog

The ongoing COVID-19 Delta variant surge reminds us of the importance of creating safe and nurturing spaces for the children of working parents in Austin becomes more apparent. Across Travis County, many providers seek to continue offering care but have limited...

Improving child care quality for Austin-Travis Co’s most vulnerable children

May 16, 2021 | Blog, CEO Update

3-minute read In this edition: The April jobs report underscores the need for child care, and how our Quality Child Care Collaborative (QC3) effort is improving the quality of and increasing access to child care for our most vulnerable children. On our...

State of Child Care Services in Austin-Travis Co

May 2, 2021 | Blog, CEO Update

3-minute read Good afternoon Austin friends, In this edition: Our March 2021 State of Child Care Services report, and how we teamed up with Bank of America to ensure Austin’s working parents have safe and nurturing spaces for their children....

State of Child Care Services, March 2021

Apr 29, 2021 | Policy

This report details closure rates among providers in Travis County, as well as ways Workforce Solutions Capital Area supported the families of Austin’s essential workers and our child care providers through quality initiative activities and additional CARES Act...