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Meet Cover Director Roger Caballero: Victoria Courts Child Care Center, San Antonio, Texas

September/October 1992
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"We want to do everything we can to make sure that our children receive the best possible care, the best quality of care, because of their family situations." This is the mission of Victoria Courts Child Care Center, according to director Roger Caballero. His confident, involved presence throughout the center is central to achieving this goal. As we toured the center, several children rushed over to hug or chat with "Roger." And when I asked them to make goofy faces to get him to smile for the cover photo, they did such a great job that we had many shots to choose from.

Located in the Victoria Courts Housing Project in downtown San Antonio, the Center serves predominantly low-income, single parent families. It was established as a half day pilot program in 1968, providing care to 15 low income families. In 1972, with a grant from First Presbyterian Church, the program expanded. It was incorporated in 1979 and entered into a contract with the Texas Department of Human Services. Child care services were provided to 110 children under a Title XX Social Services Block Grant. The Center has continued to contract with TDHS ...

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