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Fort Worth Officials Address Maternal and Infant Health Disparities in Tarrant County

  • February 28, 2024

Hoodline | In a comprehensive update on infant and maternal health in Fort Worth and Tarrant County, local officials are tackling disparities head-on. A recent city council briefing laid out the steps being taken to assist mothers and children in the area, according to Best Place for Working Parents’ Sadie Funk and the Miles Foundation’s […]

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The Best Place for Kids!® 2023 Annual Recap

  • January 03, 2024

  View the full Annual Recap here. 

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Parent Pass Partners!

  • December 11, 2023
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Parent Pass™ App Celebrates One-Year Anniversary through Community Celebration: One-Year Birthday Bash!

  • December 05, 2023

  In October, the Parent Pass™ app marked its first anniversary. To commemorate this milestone of the first-of-its-kind free parent app, The Best Place for Kids® organized a birthday celebration on Saturday, October 7th at Dream Park in Fort Worth for all ages.    The first 500 families who registered prior to the celebration received a […]

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What Parents Are Saying About Parent Pass™

  • December 05, 2023

The Parent Pass™ app is a free, first-of-its-kind app designed by parents, for parents, to provide them with information and resources they need as a parent in Fort Worth. Parent Pass™ app grew to over 8.8k users and has expanded to include all of Tarrant County. The app provides the opportunity for parents to connect […]

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Things to do in Dallas this weekend: October 6-8

  • October 05, 2023

Parent Pass App Birthday Bash in Fort Worth This weekend there will be a one-year anniversary celebration for a first-of-its-kind app. Parent Pass provides information and resources that help parents do things like find child care, a calendar of events, free mental health and wellness resources and at-home child learning activities. The celebration this weekend […]

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This literacy-focused summer camp in Fort Worth helps boost the reading skills for kids of color

  • July 20, 2023

Staphine Sykes, a reading interventionist, pinpointed exactly where she needs to help one of her students at a Fort Worth summer camp. Henri Corpus, a rising fifth grader in Fort Worth ISD, reads slightly above his grade level, she said. The 10-year-old knows common, everyday words. He correctly pronounces words while reading aloud. Still, he […]

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New app connects parents to free resources, events for children in Fort Worth

  • January 19, 2023

  Parent LaShun Cabness often wonders if her children are reaching their milestones. She has three children — a 3-year-old and 3-month-old twins — so knowing where they should be in their development is important. Cabness turned to Parent Pass, an app that she helped develop through her job as a family and community partnership […]

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New app ‘Parent Pass’ helps families find fun activities in their city

  • October 10, 2022

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Fort Worth families help create child care app

  • October 10, 2022

Parent Pass gives parents access to information and resources for child care Parents are always looking for ways to make taking care of their kids a little easier. Thanks to advancements in technology, parents have more options for child care than ever before. Now, things are about to get even easier as a group of […]

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