# House District 38 — Erin Gamez

## Executive narrative

Childcare Supply Pressure is near the Texas House median (1.81 vs 1.53). Who the Formula Does Not Count is above the Texas House median (25.9% vs 20.1%). Nighttime Schedule Coverage is above the Texas House median (7.5% vs 2.5%). Early-Shift Workforce is below the Texas House median (10.9% vs 15.1%).

## Childcare demand and supply

- Children under 6 — geographic allocation estimate: 6,510
- Working-parent children under 6: 4,822
- Current qualifying authorized capacity: 2,661
- Childcare Supply Pressure: 1.81
- Who the Formula Does Not Count: 25.9%

## Nighttime / workforce-time context

- HHSC nighttime-window operations — geographic allocation estimate: 1.6
- Nighttime Schedule Coverage: 7.5%
- Early-Shift Workforce — workers leaving before 6 a.m.: 10.9%

## Workforce geography

- Resident primary jobs — geographic allocation estimate: 26,446
- Workplace primary jobs — geographic allocation estimate: 22,002
- Resident-worker outbound share: 79.7%

## Legislative geography

The district uses the governed 2025 ZIP-to-House-district crosswalk. Duplicate ZIP×district relationships use MAX(area_ratio), never SUM(area_ratio). Split ZIPs are preserved. Additive ZIP values are allocated by area_ratio and summed; district ratios are recomputed from the corrected components.

ZIP/ZCTA desert classification is direct Texas-compatible evidence. House district ratios are legislative context estimates.