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Childcare wait list, vocational rehab match and UI fraud top TWC hearing as providers press for $1.8B
Summary
The Texas Workforce Commission presented the agency’s 2026–27 funding request, including a vocational rehabilitation match request and several exceptional items for apprenticeships, veterans programs, and childcare support. Providers and advocates sharply pressed representatives to address a 95,000‑child wait list for the
The House Appropriations Subcommittee heard the Legislative Budget Board summary and presentations from the Texas Workforce Commission on the agency’s 2026–27 budget pattern and several exceptional items.
LBB staff recommended an all‑funds appropriation for TWC of approximately $5.54 billion and explained the recommended federal fund level would decline from 2024–25 as COVID‑related temporary funds are spent down. The LBB summary flagged the VR federal match issue: TWC requested about $70.4 million in general revenue to satisfy the VR maintenance of effort and unlock roughly $260.2…
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