For Immediate Release: Public Charge and Private Dilemmas Report
For Immediate Release: Public Charge and Private Dilemmas Report Release Friday, November 6, 2020 8 a.m. The Children’s Defense Fund - Texas [...]
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The Results are in – Our Mission Continues
At a time when children across the country desperately need change, voters stood up to call for a new direction. CDF-Texas affirms that the [...]
Read MoreCDF-TX: We Must Count Every Vote
A record number of voters turned out in this year’s election, including over 11 million Texans determined to make their voices heard. As expected, it [...]
Read MoreTexas families should keep their children enrolled despite Supreme Court ruling on the “Public Charge” rule
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 28, 2020 MEDIA CONTACT: Patrick Bresette, Executive Director, Children’s Defense Fund-Texas 512-925-8125 pbresette@childrensdefense.org AUSTIN - Children’s Defense Fund-Texas is deeply [...]
Read MoreNew report by Children’s Defense Fund – Texas shows how state suppresses youth vote
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Maggie Stern, mstern@childrensdefense.org (512)-236-1699 New report by Children’s Defense Fund – Texas shows how state suppresses youth vote and offers resources [...]
Read MoreGrassroots #SickOfItTX campaign addresses nation’s worst uninsured rate, aims to make health care top issue for 2020/2021
Statewide Texans demand action on health care from lawmakers AUSTIN, TEXAS — A coalition of grassroots Texas activists today launched #SickOfItTX, an organizing [...]
Read MoreHow Can We Be Ready to Do Better? CDF-TX Proposes Interim Studies to the Texas Legislature
For Texas legislators to make the most of each biennial session, they charge committees with the task of studying various problems during the interim. What [...]
Read MoreCDF-Texas Denounces Proposed Federal Rule Changes on Healthcare: “Government agencies must protect all the people they serve, no matter their identity.”
"Anti-discrimination regulations must be expanded to protect more people, rather than scaled back." On Tuesday, CDF-Texas submitted the following Public Comment to the U.S. Department [...]
Read MoreChildren’s Defense Fund-Texas Statement on Public Charge Rule
Resources for immigrant and mixed-status families to get informed and know their rights AUSTIN — The Children’s Defense Fund-Texas is outraged at the Department of Homeland [...]
Read MoreImminent Raids on Immigrant Families Sow Fear, Threaten Children’s Health and Wellbeing
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 21, 2019 CONTACT: Cheasty Anderson, Senior Policy Associate, CDF-Texas canderson@childrensdefense.org AUSTIN—Children’s Defense Fund-Texas is disturbed by recent reports of imminent [...]
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