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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Karen Brooks Harper

Texas counties, cities embrace new child care center tax credit even though few providers qualify

Kindergarten students are loaded into a van by Pita Espinosa so they can be driven to their elementary school from the Learning Tree childcare center in Yoakum, on Sept. 13, 2022.
Kindergarten students are loaded into a van by Pita Espinosa so they can be driven to their elementary school from the Learning Tree childcare center in Yoakum, on Sept. 13, 2022. (Credit: Annie Mulligan for The Texas Tribune)

As Texas’ child care centers struggle to stay open amid mounting post-pandemic financial woes, a lifeline thrown out by voters last year – a new tax credit for providers – is gaining traction in the state’s biggest metropolitan areas.

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