Social Justice Requires Public Policy

We strengthen public policy to expand opportunity and equity for Texans of all backgrounds.

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Our Priorities

We focus on policies that will enable Texans of all backgrounds to thrive.

Today, we prioritize policies that will measurably improve equity in and access to health care, food security, education, and financial security.

We expose unfair barriers faced by people of color, low-income Texans, immigrants, women, children, and other disenfranchised populations. We work alongside community leaders to advance equitable policy solutions. As people and conditions change and evolve, we adjust the focus of our work to support our vision for Texas.

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Recapping the 89th Legislative Session

Our legislative expertise is unique. With a comprehensive view of the policy landscape in Texas, we made strategic recommendations that considered how state policies intersect in Texas communities. Our broad perspective drove change on the ground—protecting local control, expanding access to services, and ensuring public dollars are invested where they matter most. The 89th Session saw policy proposals reach new levels of blatant overreach and attempted suppression. Every Texan fought alongside legislators who responded to extremism with a clear message: enough is enough. 
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Legacy 2025: Policy Summit & Celebration

For more than 25 years, we’ve honored extraordinary Texans who ensure our state is a place where every person has the opportunity to thrive.  In our fortieth year, Legacy brings Every Texan’s trusted analysts together with expert partners for a day of panels, activity, and community building aimed at strengthening the roots of public policy. 
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2024 Texas Kids Count Data Book

The 2024 Texas Kids Count Data Book highlights the state of child well-being across Texas with a focus on health, education, and economic security. According to the 2024 Annie E Casey Foundation Kids Count data book, Texas ranks 43rd in the U.S. in overall child well-being.
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Freedom Is Only Ours When Every Person Shares in the Prosperity They Build

Over the course of the last four months, as our congressional leaders considered cutting trillions of dollars from federally funded programs like Medicaid, SNAP, Marketplace health insurance, and more, Every Texan contributed our state policy expertise to the nationwide movement to save the safety net programs Texans rely on. Texas is home to one of our country’s largest economies, as well as a failing health system, the highest number of food-insecure people in the nation, and one of the highest child poverty rates in the United States.
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Health Care

Access to quality, affordable health care for every Texan is at the core of our mission. We work to protect and improve access to high-quality public and private insurance, mental health care, and basic health needs for Texans of all backgrounds.

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Food Security

Texas is one of the hungriest states in the nation, but public policy can help change that. We are dedicated to achieving food security for every Texan.

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Education

One of the biggest challenges facing Texas families is the lack of career and college readiness for students. To increase post-secondary access and success, Texas must build a more durable pipeline across our educational and workforce systems to prepare Texans for the jobs of today and tomorrow.

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Jobs & Financial Security

Many Texans experience poverty because their work pays too little to raise a family out of poverty. To ensure economic prosperity, Texas public policy must support workers, make employers pay livable wages, and prioritize health and wellness over profit alone.

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Budget & Taxes

Texas needs a budget and tax system that is equitable, adequate, and responsive to our state’s growing population and needs. The ability to invest in public services that will build a more prosperous future for every Texan relies on the ability of our tax system to support those services.

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Equity & Inequality

The wealth gaps in Texas keep poverty rates high, especially when the state doesn’t prioritize assistance to Texans in poverty or increasing equity for Texans of all backgrounds. Our public policies must guarantee equitable access to services that allow us all to thrive.

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Here’s Where You Come In

Take Action

Make your voice heard by showing up at the State Capitol or City Hall equipped with Every Texan’s in-depth research on the issues that matter to every Texan.

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Give

Social justice requires public policy. You can power policies that expand opportunity and equity for every Texan.

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Show Up

Our experts are available to speak at a variety of events on all of our policy topics. If you’re connected to your community, encourage your network to learn about the issues that matter most to them.

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About Us

Since its founding in 1985, Every Texan (formerly the Center for Public Policy Priorities – CPPP) has expanded opportunity and equity for Texans of all backgrounds. Every Texan is a nonprofit organization that researches, analyzes, and advocates for public policies to expand equitable access to quality health care, food security, education, and good jobs.

As a values-driven, equity-committed organization, Every Texan is a proudly unionized workplace aligned on collaborative and inclusive leadership practices. Every Texan United is a member of the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union (NPEU).

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Testimonials

For 35 years, CPPP has been Texas' most effective public policy instrument for working families and equitable health care. Texans have always been proud of the Texas brand. With that in mind, CPPP is rightly changing their brand to 'Every Texan,' guided by data and their passion for equity and justice.
Luci Baines Johnson
Luci Baines JohnsonPhilanthropist
Every Texan is an inclusive name and an inspiring brand, welcoming everyone in our state to help make this a place where people from all backgrounds can thrive. I congratulate Every Texan on this big step forward, embracing their social justice roots while continuing to use data and policy expertise to fight for equity.
Henry Cisneros
Henry CisnerosFormer Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
For 35 years, the Center for Public Policy Priorities has used data and policy analysis to strengthen public policy and expand opportunity for Texans. Their name is changing to Every Texan, but their mission remains the same! I support Every Texan and you should, too!
Eddie Rodriguez
Eddie RodriguezTexas State Representative

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