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City presentation finds licensed seats meet about two‑thirds of demand for children under 5; recommends workforce, quality and capacity steps
Summary
A city‑commissioned study presented findings that licensed child‑care seats provide capacity for roughly 66 percent of children under age five in Bexar County, identified quality and staffing shortages and proposed policy options including workforce training, expanded operating models and targeted investments in quality and capacity.
City staff and researchers presented a city‑commissioned study on early childhood care and capacity, telling the committee that licensed capacity and quality gaps limit access for many San Antonio families.
Alejandra López, a project consultant, introduced the presentation and said the study combines qualitative community conversations with quantitative capacity analysis. Dr. Ina Braid, the lead researcher cited in the presentation, told the committee the study counted licensed providers and reported that the city and Bexar County have about 132,000 children under age five (2023 figure used in the presentation). Using licensed maximum capacity reported by providers, the research team estimated that available seats serve roughly 66 percent of children under five in the county.
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