By Chandra Villanueva Texas is responsible for educating 5 million kids, and 60 percent of those kids are poor. We have an obligation to ensure that every child succeeds in
By Stacey Pogue Health Insurance Pop Quiz – How much is your deductible? How about, your out-of-pocket limit? Does your health insurance have one? If so, which costs that you
By Jonathan Lewis You may have heard murmurs of a recent report released by the USDA. This report addresses what is called “food security.” If you’re not familiar with the
By Anne Dunkelberg Right after the new Current Population Survey data on the uninsured in Texas and the nation 2011 came out, I took an dive into numbers and was
By Stacey Pogue In a standing-room-only auditorium, CPPP staff shared testimony last week on proposed rules that would dramatically reduce access to services in the Texas Medicaid Women’s Health Program. Texas
By Don Baylor & Leslie Helmcamp This Labor Day we hear that the Texas unemployment rate has remained below the national average. We also hear that Texas has added new jobs
By Kevin C. Moriarty The fervor the U.S. Supreme Court decision over the Affordable Care Act (ACA) this summer caused is understandable given how drastically the law is expected to
Dear Cheasty, I’ve heard about the Affordable Care Act and how small businesses don’t have to provide insurance, but large employers do have to, or they’ll pay a penalty. I
Our guest blogger this month is Alejandra Barbosa, the Operations and Program Manager at Educate Texas. She coordinates the Texas College Access Network initiatives in San Antonio and north Texas.
By Frances Deviney, Ph.D., Texas KIDS COUNT Director Football is a longstanding tradition in Texas, with high expectations for rigor, skill, and success. But what if I told you that
We are really excited to work with some amazing Texas families and Alpheus Media on a new video project highlighting what it really takes to get by, and get ahead,
Cheasty Anderson, our health care outreach coordinator, co-authored this piece with our Texas Well and Healthy colleagues for the Austin-American Statesman. The piece ran on Sunday, Aug. 4. Why Texans
