Legislators also passed bills that will provide foster kids entering the troubled system with duffel bags or backpacks and those aging out of the system with help setting up bank accounts.
A child advocacy group in Texas is already looking ahead to the 2025 legislative session, after several policy changes it supported this year failed to gain traction. The group Texans Care for Children believes there were "missed opportunities" to help kids and families thrive, despite the state s $33 billion budget surplus. Peter Clark, communications director for the group, pointed out lawmakers did not address the state s lack of child care or uninsured rates for kids and adults, but did make a major step forward in providing postpartum health coverage for moms. .