These services help you to locate day care, after school care, and more:

The Texas Department of Protective & Regulatory Services regulates licensed & registered childcare facilities.  Go to www.dfps.state.tx.us for a registered child care facility in Brownsville.

Child Care Information and Checklist

Brownsville has many child care facilities. Each one offers a unique experience for your child, but before you select one, consider these fact-finding actions:

• Look at all your options - nonprofit, church and other community child care centers, private centers, and company-sponsored child care

• Schedule a first visit

• Make an unannounced second visit

• Ask for names and phone numbers of other parents; call them and ask candid questions

• Check safety issues: cleanliness, cleaning supplies and utensils out of reach, furniture and toys in good shape, preparedness for emergencies, current medical record of all children

• Check staff qualifications and turnover

• sure the facility is licensed by the state

Source: Southwestern Bell consumer Information