Texas Child Care Subsidy Providers with Quality Ratings

Texas statewide data on child care providers who accept subsidies. The dataset includes provider names, state IDs, subsidy acceptance status, and Texas Rising Star quality ratings. It is published on data.texas.gov via Socrata and was last updated on 2026-05-29.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the geographic distribution of subsidy-accepting providers using PROVIDER_NAME and STATE_ID (from 7 available columns)
• Tracking changes in provider participation over time using TRS_EFFECTIVE_SD, TRS_EFFECTIVE_ED, and ACCEPTS_CC_SUBSIDY (from 7 available columns)
• Correlating subsidy acceptance with quality ratings using ACCEPTS_CC_SUBSIDY and TX_RISING_STAR_RATING (from 7 available columns)
• Generating provider directories for state agencies or families using PROVIDER_NAME, STATE_ID, and REPORTING_DATE (from 7 available columns)

Strengths

• Published on the official data.texas.gov platform via Socrata
• Includes a specific quality rating metric (TX_RISING_STAR_RATING)
• Contains temporal fields (TRS_EFFECTIVE_SD, TRS_EFFECTIVE_ED, REPORTING_DATE) for time-series analysis

Limitations

• Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data may reflect geographic or reporting bias inherent to the Socrata platform source

Provenance

Source

data.texas.gov

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-29 06:00:33; freshness should be verified

Geography

Texas, USA