Open Letter to State Budget Conferees
Today, we sent a letter to the budget conferees outlining our recommendations for reconciling the differences between the House and the Senate regarding health and
Today, we sent a letter to the budget conferees outlining our recommendations for reconciling the differences between the House and the Senate regarding health and
“Texans want our public schools to prepare children to be ready for college or to make a living after high school. Texans have lots of
Stay up with what the cool kids are watching. A study on wealth inequality went viral on YouTube this week. Dan Ariely, best-selling author of
“Helping needy families with children is both in their interest and in ours as a society. One way we help is through cash assistance for
By Lauren Stebbins Financial education has the potential to put students on the right path to building the skills that are so important for building
By Jeanie Donovan More than 3.5 million Texans, including nearly 2 million children, rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to ensure that they
Last school year Texas’ school cafeterias served an astonishing 300 million breakfasts. But remarkably, that only covered 60 percent of the students who received free
Most of us know what poverty “looks like”—such as being homeless or hungry. But what we may not realize is that poverty is a specific
First Focus, a bipartisan advocacy organization that works to make children and families a priority in federal policy and budget decisions, has released a new
Last week, our documentary “A Fighting Chance” aired on KLRU-Austin PBS, followed by a moving Civic Summit panel discussion about the struggles Texas families face