Michele Adams

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Rasco assumed her role as the assistant commissioner for Child Care Licensing (CCL) on February 16. Rasco has worked in the Child Care Licensing program since 1997 and has been the director of policy and program operations since 2003. Her career began in the child-care industry 19 years ago as a direct child-care worker. In addition, she served as a policy fellow for the Maryland Governor's Office of Children, Families, and Youth and worked in the private sector for the Texas Taxpayers and Research Association and the Texas Alliance for Child and Family Services.
Rasco’s leadership and expertise have been crucial to Residential Child Care Licensing (RCCL) reform, including the comprehensive revision of the RCCL minimum standards. Last year, Rasco was appointed by Governor Rick Perry to the Committee on Licensing Standards. “It is my goal to continue evaluating and improving the minimum standards for Residential Child Care Licensing and of the weighted enforcement system, to begin the six-year review of the child day-care standards, and to bolster the ongoing training opportunities for CCL staff,” added Rasco.

Rasco has a master’s of public affairs from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, where she wrote her thesis on child care policy.