Collaborative for Children ~ In the News ~

• Child Care Help for Working Parents, myfoxhouston.com, 02.15.12
• Montgomery County United Way Kicks off 2011 Campaign, yourhoustonnews.com, 09.15.11
• TEC Education Town Hall, Chron.com, 09.14.11
• Passport to Bright Futures at the Houston Zoo, KRIV-FOX 26, 08.27.11
• Hogg Foundation and St. Luke's Join Forces to Fund Children's Mental Health Training for Houston Adults, 08.03.11
• Neighborhoods' changing faces - Historically black areas in Houston are adapting to Latino growth, by Jeannie Kever, Houston Chronical, 07.25.11
• About Collaborative for Children, Houston Family Magazine. 06.11
• A baby step in improving child care. "...all the stakeholders agreed that this was something important and something that needed to happen," said Sul Ross, a former state licensing director who now works as a vice president for the Houston nonprofit Collaborative for Children. 05.24.11
• Advocates say new child care law falls short for home day care. Child advocate Sul Ross says the training is critical - especially when you look at the track records of registered family homes. 05.24.11
• What the kids need. This isn't the year to rush to evaluate 4-year-olds. 5.20.11
• On-Site Day Cares Used to Lure New Hires. Only 2 non-education-related companies offer on-site child care, according to local group Collaborative for Children. 05.11.11
• A Good Bill for Children, letter to the Houston Chronicle Editor from Carol Shattuck and Melanie Rubin, Dallas. 05.18.11
• Collaborative for Children Interviewed on Home-based Child Care, "Can the department do a better job? Absolutely," said Sul Ross. 05.03.11
• Raise Child Care Training Standards, Dr. Robert Austin, a retired pediatrician, is a board member of Collaborative for Children and founder of Project Medical Home, Texas Children's Hospital. 03.19.11
• Letters: Importance of Child Care, Carol Shattuck letter to the Houston Chronicle Editor. 03.10.11