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Early Childhood Profile

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State policies that promote health, education, and strong families can help the early development and school readiness of America's youngest citizens. This profile highlights Texas's policy choices alongside other contextual data related to the well-being of young children.

State Highlights1

Texas allocated $10 million of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds to enhance the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) nutrition program, including $950,000 to implement the Electronic Benefits Transfer system. Texas has also allocated $12 million to provide child care subsidies for an additional 1,800 children in working families. The annual TANF child care subsidy was increased from $30 to $105 per child in 2009, which qualifies Texas to receive additional TANF funds through ARRA in 2010. Texas anticipated an increase of $15.5 million in pre-kindergarten funds, for a total of $730 million available for programs, and the pre-kindergarten Early Start Grant will increase by $12.5 million, for a total of $104.3 million available in additional funds. Enrollment is expected to increase by more than 7,000, for a total of over 207,500 children enrolled in pre-kindergarten throughout the state.

  • Young children (under age 6)2: 2,437,505
Young children by income, 2008
Young children by income, 2008

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Young children by income, 20082

Young children by race/ethnicity, 2008
Young children by race/ethnicity, 2008

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Young children by race/ethnicity, 20082

Exposure to multiple risk factors* among young children, 2008
Exposure to multiple risk factors* among young children, 2008

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Exposure to multiple risk factors* among young children, 20083


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Data Notes and Sources

Last Updated: December 4, 2009

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  1. State Highlights are drawn from states' government and organization websites and reports. For more information, contact ITO@nccp.org.
  2. State data were calculated from the Annual Social and Economic Supplement (the March supplement) of the Current Population Survey from 2007, 2008, and 2009, representing information from calendar years 2006, 2007, and 2008. NCCP averaged three years of data because of small sample sizes in less populated states. The national data were calculated from the 2009 data, representing information from the previous calendar year.
  3. National and state data were calculated from the 2008 American Community Survey.