{"id":202985,"date":"2026-03-13T13:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T13:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/202985\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T13:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T13:08:09","slug":"texas-officials-warn-of-unlicensed-childcare-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/202985\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas officials warn of unlicensed childcare risks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">AUSTIN (KXAN) \u2014 Texas officials say there are hundreds of childcare providers operating out of their homes without a license, lacking oversight and potentially putting kids a risk. This week on Inside the Investigation, Investigative Reporter Arezow Doost explains why child advocates and licensed providers believe the situation could get worse.<\/p>\n<p>Related reports:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">You can watch all new episodes of Inside the Investigation on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kxan.com\/watch-kxan-on-roku-apple-tv-amazon-fire-tv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:KXAN+ app;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;KXAN+ app&quot;}\" class=\"link \">KXAN+ app<\/a> every Friday starting at 1 p.m. Just search for KXAN on your preferred streaming devices, such as Roku, Apple TV, and Amazon Fire TV. You can also listen to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kxan.com\/kxan-investigates-podcast\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:KXAN\u2019s investigative podcast;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;KXAN\u2019s investigative podcast&quot;}\" class=\"link \">KXAN\u2019s investigative podcast<\/a>, where we feature audio versions of our weekly \u201cInside the Investigation\u201d episodes. You can find new episodes every Saturday morning wherever you get podcasts \u2014 search for KXAN Investigates.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kxan.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KXAN Austin.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KXAN Austin.&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KXAN Austin. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN (KXAN) \u2014 Texas officials say there are hundreds of childcare providers operating out of their homes without&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202986,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[80081,29293,8044,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-202985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-childcare-providers","tag-investigative-reporter","tag-kxan","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}