Super Advocates Take Their Stories and Their Testimony to the Capitol

Every Texan has been working through the People’s Budget Advocacy Program and the Healthcare for All (HC4All) Leadership Program and to bring together Texans from across the state to gain skills in power building, advocacy, and policy to move the needle towards greater health and food access such as Medicaid expansion and support for SNAP. Those priorities also are part of The People’s Budget, a multiyear strategy that aims to establish a proactive, people-centered fiscal policy agenda for our state while engaging and mobilizing the power of everyday Texans.

Our “Super Advocates” put their skills and background to work Sept. 8, 24, and 29, at the Legislative Budget Board (LBB).

Testimony Sept. 24 and 29 at the LBB covered priorities and budgets for Health and Human Services (HHSC), Texas Workforce Commission (TWC), and the Texas Education Agency (TEA). These agencies operate multiple assistance programs, are constantly targeted for cuts, fail to serve the full numbers of eligible Texans, make it difficult to apply and to maintain eligibility, and lack sufficient outreach and assistance for eligible Texans to apply. The Sept. 8 LBB testimony addressed the Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) and covered the need for accessible public transportation.

You can read testimony summaries below, as well as link to the full testimony and video.