In 1971, Texas Migrant Council, Inc., (TMC) was incorporated as a private nonprofit Migrant Head Start provider for children of Migrant farm workers.  In its early years, the staff served children and their families along the Texas-Mexico border for the first nine months of the program; as families migrated, so did the staff. The Migrant Head Start centers would close at the end of the season in Texas and relocate the operation to different parts of the country where the Migrant families found agricultural work.   Today, its Migrant and Seasonal Head Start program serves close to 8,000 children ages birth through 5 years and their families in the states of Texas, Ohio, Wisconsin, Indiana, New Mexico, Iowa, Oklahoma and Nevada.

Although the roots of TMC began as a mobile Migrant Head Start program, it has evolved into a multi-million, multi-state, multi-service organization that provides services in family literacy, consumer education, prenatal care and educating parents in identifying quality childcare. Texas Migrant Council has been administering Child Care Management Services (CCMS) programs since 1991 which serve over 10,000 children in the Greater Austin and Golden Crescent workforce development regions funded by the Texas Workforce Commission, Goodwill Industries Inc., United Way, the City of Austin, and the County of Travis. Golden Crescent also offers a one-stop workforce program, known as Workforce Solutions, that operates in a seven county region with the regional office in Victoria, TX.

Also, TMC provides services through its Texas Early Education Model (TEEM) pilot program, funded by Texas Governor Rick Perry, for the development and demonstration of curriculums and approaches designed to ensure children enter school ready to learn. Every year, on April 30, TMC celebrates Dia de los Niños (Day of the Child) at our different Head Start Centers.  As the largest sponsor of this event in the nation, TMC empowers the children of the communities it serves and the surrounding areas through educationally focused activities.

In 2006, the Board of Directors made a decision to focus on its growth as a national leader in the non profit community and began doing business as New America Corporation (NAC).