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This intensive parent-child education initiative produced big benefits for Texas families. Here’s how.

For South Texas resident Chelsea Gamas, an intensive, nine-month parenting initiative offered by the national nonprofit AVANCE promised to give her more confidence as a first-time mother.

Three years later, Gamas sews toys with her two daughters at home and carves out time each day for reading — activities she traces directly to the lessons delivered through the free program.

Beyond the streets: Estimated 140,000-plus Houston-area adults were temporarily homeless in prior year

A new Kinder Institute survey suggests the scale of housing instability in a given year stretches to 5% of Houston-area residents.

Harris County multifamily housing construction tops single-family development by largest margin in recent history

Harris County developers are increasingly building upward and outward.

‘We’re changing family trees’: Education leaders see P-TECH model as pathway to better jobs

When Aldine ISD opened Avalos P-TECH School in 2019, the northern Harris County school district gave students a head start on both college and a career.

What's keeping Harris County housing unaffordable? These 4 charts and maps offer clues.

Many Harris County homeowners and renters continue to struggle with high housing costs, even as home sale prices plateau.

Harris County records biggest shift toward renting, away from homeownership in a decade

About 19,000 fewer Harris County households lived in a home they owned in 2024, while nearly 30,000 more households opted to rent, according to the Kinder Institute's 2026 State of Housing in Harris County and Houston report.

New FEMA map would add 200 square miles, 115K housing units to Harris County floodplains

A Kinder Institute analysis illustrates the scope of proposed changes to Harris County’s floodplain map.

What are the biggest pre-K challenges on the horizon? National education leaders weigh in.

Educators and researchers from Houston, Chicago, Baltimore and San Francisco offer their perspectives on top issues facing providers.

When coverage isn't enough: 1 in 7 older Harris County adults not getting needed medical care

A Kinder Institute survey suggests nearly 100,000 people age 65 and older in Harris County didn’t get needed healthcare in the prior year.

‘We feel validated’: How Pasadena ISD’s new approach to bilingual instruction is paying off for students

Pasadena ISD students made greater academic gains with more class time in Spanish, a Kinder Institute analysis shows.