Texas
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2009 Greater Houston Partnership Report
On Friday, March 6, 2009, the Greater Houston Partnership convened a conference on the economic impact of high numbers of uninsured children on the Texas economy. Two hundred high level business leaders were in attendance. Speakers included Houston Mayor Bill White, Lieutenant Governor Dewhurst and United States Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, in addition to three in-depth panels on who are the uninsured, why the uninsured are a problem for the Texas economy and recommendations to reduce the number of uninsured children and strengthen the Texas economy.
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2007 In Harm's Way: True Stories of Uninsured Texas Children
This informative report shares the stories of a sampling of uninsured Texas children and how access to affordable health care coverage literally saved their lives. It also explains the CHIP and Children's Medicaid system and how the implementation and support of these programs could save Texas taxpayers a fortune.
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In Harm's Way: True Stories of Uninsured Texas Children
A hard, quantitative look at how we can provide affordable health coverage for every Texas child right now.
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2017 Analysis of Rio Grande Valley Participation in the Texas High-Quality Pre-K HB 4 Grant Program
In 2015, the Texas Legislature passed House Bill 4, with the goal of establishing a Pre-K grant program. The funding was then distributed to eligible school districts in the summer and fall of 2016. Districts receiving the funding demonstrated their ability to meet quality standards related to curriculum, teacher qualifications, progress monitoring, and family engagement. In partnership with Texans Care for Children and the Texas Education Grantmakers Advocacy Consortium (TEGAC), Children’s Defense Fund–Texas gathered information from school districts in the Rio Grande Valley region of South Texas in order to explore their demand for and experience with the HB 4 High Quality Pre-K Grant.
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2015 Child Poverty in Texas
Poverty data released by the U.S. Census Bureau reveal 14.5 million children in the United States lived in poverty in 2015. Texas had the second largest number of poor children in the nation, after California. The data contained in this report are based on the U.S. Census Bureau’s official poverty measure.
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2013 Children in the States -- Texas Report
Extensive data on children in Texas, including rates of poverty and abuse and educational statistics.
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