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As Texas’ child care centers struggle to stay open amid mounting post-pandemic financial woes, a lifeline thrown out by voters last year — a new tax credit for providers —

Child care centers are struggling to make ends meet, and a new voter-approved tax credit is a first step toward boosting the flagging system, advocates say.

Three years after the COVID-19 pandemic upset the fragile child care industry, about a third of the state’s child care providers remain closed.