ACC Child Care Ready to Launch

Highland campus launches a YMCA-run drop-in child care center for ACC students

"...The YMCA-run child care drop-in center at the ACC Highland campus is..."

Jan. 25, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Court: Immigrant Detention Is Child Care

3rd Court of Appeals dismisses suit that challenged "family residential centers" that meet only minimal child welfare standards

"...seek to minimize the standards protecting undocumented mothers and children in immigrant detention centers got their way last Wednesday,..."

Dec. 7, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Child Care Center or Baby Jail?

State allows family detention centers to skirt the rules and become child care centers

"...For more than a year now, immigration rights and child welfare advocates, human rights activists, and attorneys have called..."

March 18, 2016 News Feature by Dina Samir Shehata

Council Recap: Making Life Easier for Child Care Centers

Council acts on resolution by CM Vanessa Fuentes

"...Member Vanessa Fuentes to make it easier to open child care centers. "Every single neighborhood should have access to..."

Feb. 3, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Council: Child Care “Scandal” Highlights City’s Own Failures

CMs also mull fate of APL’s Recycled Reads

"...crosshairs over allegations that she required other staffers to care for her son, including taking him to and from..."

Feb. 15, 2019 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Detention Is Not Child Care

"The conditions at Karnes and Dilley are equivalent to prisons," said Bob Libal

"...of the country's largest immigrant family detention centers as child-care centers. The final order follows Crump's temporary injunction halting..."

Dec. 9, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

AISD Moves Toward Affordable Child Care in Old Pease Campus

Plus other news from their latest meeting

"...purposes. The board is hoping to create an early childhood care center at Pease to bring affordable child care..."

March 31, 2023 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Council Recap: $15M in SAVES Funding for Venues, Child Care, Iconic Biz

Efforts to raid Convention Center reserves turned back

"...music venues (Austin Music Venue Preservation Fund), one-third for childcare centers (Austin Childcare Provider Relief Grant), and the final..."

Oct. 2, 2020 News Post by Austin Sanders

The Luv Doc: Cheech and Chong Child Care

Is being high around kids an acceptable pastime?

"...(usually less than 15 minutes for sober people) that children aren’t all that entertaining – or useful for much..."

Sept. 27, 2013 Column by The Luv Doc

After a Month of Chaos, Abortion Care Returns to Texas

Clinics, patients, and the law get put through the ringer over care

"...order from Gov. Greg Abbott that banned “non-essential” health care procedures to conserve medical resources and equipment amid the..."

May 1, 2020 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Celebrate National Foster Care Month With These Austin Organizations

How you can help a kid – or two – in the system

"...It’s no secret: Texas’ foster care system could really use some more helping hands. And..."

May 1, 2018 Events Post by Sarah Marloff

Exoneration for Child Counselor Targeted by Strayhorn

After a four-year battle with the state, Bebe Gaines wins the right to work with foster kids again

"...her wards, closing the camp, and effectively ending her career...."

Aug. 22, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Austin Community College Expands Care to Younger Kids

ACC / YMCA partnership now accepting 12-month-olds and up to its drop-in center

"...Austin Community College will expand its Child Watch drop-in center at the Highland campus by lowering..."

March 22, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

No Room at the Health Care Inn

State policies endangering women's lives in the Valley

"...Valley shuttered operations and the number of women provided care in the region plummeted – from nearly 20,000 women..."

Nov. 12, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Child Advocates Seek Reforms

Budget cuts could wipe out key programs

"...day in 2009, there were 187 reported cases of child abuse and neglect in Texas. If lawmakers make planned..."

Jan. 28, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Daddy Day Care

"...terms of its effort, Eddie Murphy’s latest, Daddy Day Care, offers a lackluster start to the summer comedy season...."

May 9, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Silver Linings at the Lege: Texas Moms to Get 12 Months of Free Health Care

And other good news from this legislative session

"...Texas access to Medicaid coverage for 12 months after childbirth. Several bills on the governor's desk (and one already..."

June 2, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

Teacher Found Guilty of Injuring Child

Jurors find teacher at Hyde Park Baptist Church's day-care center intentionally injured at least one young child in her care

"...found a teacher at the Hyde Park Baptist Church's day-care center had intentionally injured at least one young child..."

May 11, 2007 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Strayhorn Blasts Foster Care System

Comptroller releases findings of two-year investigation

"...Too many children are subjected to double jeopardy when they enter the..."

June 30, 2006 News Feature by Amy Smith

Mental Health Care Meltdown

The mental health care system for Austin and Travis County is increasingly overwhelmed, with no relief in sight.

"...predicament is a direct consequence of insufficient mental health care in Travis County. At 18 her son was diagnosed..."

Dec. 20, 2002 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Report on Child Fatalities

"...The Travis County Child Fatality Review Team, a multidisciplinary group of community professionals,..."

May 17, 2002 News Feature by Jay Trachtenberg

Health Care Equality

Obamacare and the LGBTQ community

"...to enroll in a health insurance plan using the HealthCare.gov Marketplace once again looms over uninsured Americans. For many,..."

Jan. 30, 2015 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Lehmberg's Involvement in Satanic Child-Molestation Case

"...of the very last of the United States' satanic child-molestation cases, the Fran's Day Care case back in 1992-1993...."

Feb. 25, 2008 Postmarks

Colombia's Child Soldiers Captured in Monos

Alejandro Landes on breaking the feelgood narrative of youth

"...his latest film. Monos follows a gang of Colombian child soldiers – their allegiance and origins unclear – who..."

Sept. 29, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Man’s Suicide in Jail After Seeking Medical Care Raises Question: Why Was He There?

Suffering from criminal depression

"...he had any remaining doubt that JJ needed hospital care, it surely evaporated as Mark Bell chased his brother..."

April 1, 2022 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Standard of Care

Are pregnant inmates receiving adequate medical treatment?

"...efforts on calling attention to the lack of adequate care for pregnant inmates in Texas jails. Last November, as..."

Jan. 30, 2015 News Feature by Amy Kamp

Honest Numbers? Nelson Spins Texas Health Care

Senator claims significant progress in women's health

"...Human Services Committee on the state of women's health care in Texas, chair and Sen. Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound,..."

Feb. 28, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Supports Strayhorn on Foster Care System

"...as a surprise to Texas officials [“Strayhorn Blasts Foster Care System,” News, June 30]. What is surprising is that..."

July 5, 2006 Postmarks

Opinion: Sex Ed Is Not the Enemy – It’s Mental Health Care

We can help our communities lead happier, healthier, and more productive lives by increasing access to reproductive health resources

"...us were raised with different attitudes toward reproductive health care and information – if we were raised with them..."

Oct. 7, 2022 Column by Isabella Verratti

State Health Care Numbers Plunge Again

Clients served drops 77%

"...Texas has among the highest percentage of women of child-bearing age who lack health insurance –including a whopping 50%..."

Nov. 29, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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