Texas Capital Report’s Childcare Data Intelligence tracks the safety, availability, affordability and growth of licensed childcare across Texas. Powered by the National Data System™, our reporting analyzes licensing records, provider openings and closures, capacity, inspections, workforce conditions, childcare deserts, demographic demand and ZIP-level infrastructure gaps to show where families, providers, employers and policymakers face the greatest challenges.
Consumer.info
The decade-long data reveal a childcare system that is growing in reported capacity while shrinking in the number of licensed operations and new providers entering the system.
Childcare
A new ZIP-level analysis reveals that hundreds of Texas communities face severe childcare shortages — not because demand is unknown, but because licensed childcare infrastructure simply does not exist. By Christopher C. Herring By 6:15 each morning, the parking lot outside a South San Antonio childcare center is already