Commissioner Representing Labor

It’s always a pleasure catching up with Alberto Treviño, Texas Workforce Commissioner Representing Labor, and Juliet Stipeche, Executive Director of the Gulf Coast Workforce Board.

Thank you both for presenting, on behalf of Governor Greg Abbott, the April 26 – May 2, 2026 Apprenticeship Week Proclamation recognizing the Houston Building Trades. We were also honored to receive a proclamation from the Gulf Coast Workforce Board.

We sincerely appreciate your support and recognition of our ARP/MC3 Program, which continues to create pathways to successful careers in the skilled trades. Partnerships like these help highlight the importance of registered apprenticeship programs and workforce development opportunities throughout our region.

Thank you for your leadership, collaboration, and commitment to strengthening Texas’ workforce.

Every child in Texas deserves a safe, stable, loving home.

Texas joins the Trump Administration's "A Home for Every Child" initiative to strengthen foster care, cut red tape, expand kinship care, and help more children find permanent homes.

Texas prioritizes our children.

Too many young people aging out of foster care face the same exhausting reality: endless phone calls, dead ends, and having to tell their story over and over just to access basic services. The Texas Foster Youth Network (TXFYN) is changing that. 🤲

Launching within the next year at UT Austin’s Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing, TXFYN will serve as a centralized call center — connecting current and former foster youth in Texas to education, employment, housing, healthcare, mental health support, and more. One call. Real help. From people who’ve been there. ☎️

Young adults with lived experience in foster care will have a real voice in how TXFYN takes shape. They’ll shape outreach and help develop the policies that will run the center. They’ll even help determine how AI gets incorporated, because youth deserve a say in the tools designed to serve them. ✨

This is what it looks like to stop patching gaps and start building something whole. Visit this link for more information. 👉https://txicfw.socialwork.utexas.edu/research/project/texas-foster-youth-network/