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April 4, 2016: Supreme Court Affirms Children and Other Non-Voters Have a Voice in Evenwel Decision

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February 12, 2016: Texas Opens Door to Family Detention Child Care Licenses Under Lowered Standards

July 26, 2018 | Texas

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.

January 15, 2016: Texas Has Highest Number of Uninsured Hispanic Children of Any State

July 26, 2018 | Texas

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.

January 15, 2016: Statements from Marian Wright Edelman, President of Children’s Defense Fund; Lan Bentsen, Co-Chair of Children’s Defense Fund Board of Directors; and Patrick Bresette, Executive Director of Children’s Defense Fund-Texas

July 26, 2018 | Texas

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.

2018 About CDF-Texas

The Children’s Defense Fund-Texas (CDF-Texas) began in 1999 and has offices in Houston, Austin and McAllen with programs in several East Texas counties. CDF-Texas raises awareness about the challenges facing Texas children; connects children and families to services to help meet their needs; works with community partners to develop innovative programs; and builds broad-based support for legislative action on behalf of children. Through research and advocacy, CDF-Texas champions policies and programs that lift children out of poverty and ensure that every child has an opportunity to succeed.

Youth Justice

2014 American Leadership Forum Report Update

This document provides a 2014 update and research supplement to the American Leadership Forum's original 2009 report which addressed the racial disparities, risk factors and high costs of the Prison Pipeline in Texas and presented promising local programs investing in prevention, early intervention, and solutions. Representatives from the original 13 organizations profiled were interviewed and asked to describe program changes, growth, and accomplishments since 2009. Many initiatives originally highlighted have seen substantial expansion in both programming and number of children impacted.

Child Health

2016 All Healthy Children Campaign

CDF-Texas’ All Healthy Children Campaign is an award-winning school-based child health outreach model that works to identify uninsured children and connects eligible, uninsured children to affordable healthcare. When children’s basic health needs are met, communities do better. We all do better. The challenges facing Texas children are urgent and impact all of us. However, together, there is no problem caring adults cannot solve. Every step we take to improve the lives of children, improves the lives of all of us.