{"id":465522,"date":"2026-10-14T06:18:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T06:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/465522\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T06:18:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T06:18:23","slug":"dallas-childcare-program-continues-with-550537-in-cdbg-funding-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/465522\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas childcare program continues with $550,537 in CDBG funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lakehighlands.advocatemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/dallas-city-hall-with-flags-1-73kDV5.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-162656\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791958702_661_dallas-city-hall-with-flags-1-73kDV5.jpg\" alt=\"dallas-city-hall-with-flags-1-73kDV5.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"655\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Dallas City Council approved the Early Childhood and Out-of-School Time Services (ECOSTS) Program on Sept. 23 to continue providing childcare subsidies for working families across the city.<\/p>\n<p>Funded through Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) dollars, the program served 200 children ages 0-12 during fiscal year 2025-26 and will have the same capacity for fiscal year 2026-27, according to the city.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis program helps address a critical need for childcare for working families in the city,\u201d Dallas City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert said in a press release. \u201cThe City Council\u2019s action reiterates its strong support for expanding access to quality childcare and emphasizes the program\u2019s role in helping Dallas parents maintain employment and educational opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the Office of Housing and Community Empowerment, the $550,537 in CDBG funding supports one full-time staff position, with the remaining amount allocated based on the number of children who transition into fiscal year 2026-27.<\/p>\n<p>As of Oct. 1, 68 families are on the program\u2019s waiting list, according to the Office of Housing and Community Empowerment.<\/p>\n<p>Families from fiscal year 2025-26 are completing the recertification process, and those who are approved will transition into fiscal year 2026-27. Once the budget is evaluated, the city will determine how many additional children can be enrolled.<\/p>\n<p>The city currently works with 14 childcare providers. The program supports a combination of daycare and after-school care providers.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tShare This Story, Choose Your Platform!<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791958703_113_8ddafd819415d55fa9c7d86e7ec264373e8df34784422adeec47a828c58c2d8f.jpeg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-72 photo\" height=\"72\" width=\"72\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dallas City Council approved the Early Childhood and Out-of-School Time Services (ECOSTS) Program on Sept. 23 to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":465523,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[139071,10865,32198,102,105,104,103,157180,157181,116140,23378,157182],"class_list":["post-465522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-cdbg","tag-childcare","tag-community-development-block-grant","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-city-council","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-early-childhood-and-out-of-school-time-services-program","tag-ecosts","tag-fiscal-year-2026-27","tag-kimberly-bizor-tolbert","tag-office-of-housing-and-community-empowerment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465522","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=465522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}