The Texas Institute for Child and Family Wellbeing (TXICFW) contracts with the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) to conduct two studies annually: the Texas Child Care Market Rate Study and the… Read more »
Child Care Workforce
TXICFW is committed to gather and report on the rates charged to the general public (or the “market rate”) for child care in each of the 28 local workforce development areas (LWDAs) of Texas). We provide reports to the Texas Workforce Commission and Local Workforce Development Boards (LWDBs) to assess the cost of child care services available in local workforce development areas. TXICFW believes providing market rate data on child care services throughout Texas will create better services and opportunities for families to acquire the child care needed to succeed. Learn more about work to support the Child Care Workforce:
Current Projects
Completed Projects
Institute of Higher Education Capacity and Effectiveness Survey
Principal Investigators: Heath Price (RMC) Research Coordinator: Dr. Monica Faulkner Sponsor: Texas Early Learning Council (TELC) Purpose: To assess the effectiveness of Texas’s institutes of higher education’s (IHE) capacity to… Read more »
Early Childhood Workforce Professional Study
Principal Investigators: Dr. Monica Faulkner, Dr. Dnika Travis, & Dr. Daniel Schroeder Sponsor: Texas Early Learning Council (TELC) Purpose: To conduct a survey to provide reliable and current estimates of… Read more »
Child Care Provider Well-being: Relationship Between Mental Health and Work
Principal Investigator: Dr. Dnika Travis Co-Principal Investigator: Dr. Monica Faulkner Sponsor: Hogg Foundation for Mental Health The purpose of this study is to examine child care providers’ help seeking behaviors… Read more »
Institute of Higher Education Capacity and Effectiveness Survey
Principal Investigators: Heath Price (RMC) Research Coordinator: Dr. Monica Faulkner Sponsor: Texas Early Learning Council (TELC) Purpose: To assess the effectiveness of Texas’s institutes of higher education’s (IHE) capacity to… Read more »
Early Childhood Workforce Professional Study
Principal Investigators: Dr. Monica Faulkner, Dr. Dnika Travis, & Dr. Daniel Schroeder Sponsor: Texas Early Learning Council (TELC) Purpose: To conduct a survey to provide reliable and current estimates of… Read more »
Child Care Provider Well-being: Relationship Between Mental Health and Work
Principal Investigator: Dr. Dnika Travis Co-Principal Investigator: Dr. Monica Faulkner Sponsor: Hogg Foundation for Mental Health The purpose of this study is to examine child care providers’ help seeking behaviors… Read more »