Child Care Regulation (CCR) offers a wide range of resources to support child care programs. CCR’s regional directors are available to help child care programs access support.
CLI has released a new Family Engagement website as part of its CLI Engage platform. This website is filled with free resources, eBooks, and activities to help parents keep their children busy and productive during the summer months.
TWC has awarded the Early Childhood Professional Development Scholarships Grant to the Children’s Learning Institute (CLI). Through this grant, CLI will provide scholarships to early childhood educators for Child Development Associate (CDA) credentials, registered apprenticeships, and associate or bachelor’s degrees.
Texas Rising Star-certified programs have access to the Texas Procurement and Support Services Cooperative Purchasing Program, also known as Texas SmartBuy.
The Texas Workforce Commission today announced the launch of a new online resource for Texas employers. The Child Care Resources for Employers webpage is designed to help employers better support their employees’ child care needs.
The Quad Agency Child Care Commission met on March 24, 2026. During this meeting, the Quad Agency Commission announced it will review pre-k partnership data collection processes. Stakeholder feedback received November 2025 through February 2026 was shared and discussed.
The Texas Workforce Commission’s (TWC) Child Care & Early Learning (CCEL) Division has disbursed funding to new pre-k partnership classrooms for the 2025–2026 school year.
Is your child care and early learning program ready to return to the Texas Rising Star program? Whether your program left voluntarily or was terminated due to not meeting certification deadlines or eligibility requirements, we're here to guide you through the process.
Texas Healthy Building Blocks (THBB) is a statewide program designed to support and recognize child care and early learning programs that adopt evidence-based childhood obesity–prevention practices.
TWC is excited to announce the launch of Texas Child Care Business Supports!