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Exciting new developments are in the works that will improve child care and early education in Fort Worth and Tarrant County, the leader of a nonprofit organization told the City Council during a Tuesday work session.
Kara Waddell, president and CEO of Child Care Associates, provided a snapshot of happenings since a 16-member action committee was formed during the COVID-19 pandemic. In March of 2020, community leaders met on rapid-response efforts and identified child care as an essential service to maintain. Historic levels of COVID relief funding followed, and in January 2022, the Blue Ribbon Action Committee on Child Care formed to guide new public investments and to shepherd a communitywide vision and progress for child care.
Two years later, Waddell spoke on these outcomes: “We recognize more and more that child care is an economic development issue, a workforce development issue, an education issue,” Waddell said. “It is an issue for everybody.”
Six early childhood facilities are opening throughout Tarrant County.
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