CDF-Texas Statement on SB 8 – March 22, 2023
Thank you for the opportunity to testify today. I work for Children’s Defense Fund - Texas, a nonpartisan children’s advocacy organization that works for and [...]
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CDF-Texas Statement on HB 900 — March 21, 2023
Chair Buckley and members, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. I work for Children’s Defense Fund - Texas, a nonpartisan children’s advocacy organization [...]
Read MoreTelling stories of struggle, Texans demand health coverage
AUSTIN — “We need health coverage. We deserve to see our families grow up.” That message — delivered by Tambra Morrison, an advocate from Dallas — was [...]
Read MoreChildren’s Defense Fund – Texas Testimony on the Community Effects of Operation Lone Star
Esther Reyes, Director of Immigration Policy and Advocacy, Children’s Defense Fund - Texas November 15, 2022 Chairman Birdwell and honorable Members of the Senate Committee [...]
Read MoreChildren’s Defense Fund DACA Statement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cindy Ji cji@childrensdefense.org This statement can be attributed to Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson, President and CEO of Children’s Defense Fund. On Wednesday, [...]
Read MoreChildren’s Defense Fund-Texas Testimony — Invited Testimony Regarding Joint Charge # 2 to the Joint Texas House Committees on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence and Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Esther Reyes, Director of Immigration Policy and Advocacy, The Children’s Defense Fund - Texas October 3, 2022 Chairman Leach, Chairwoman Neave, and honorable Members of [...]
Read MoreChildren’s Defense Fund-Texas Testimony — Texas Health and Human Services Commission Legislative Appropriations Request
To: Legislative Budget Board Date: September 29, 2022 From: Children’s Defense Fund-Texas Re: Texas Health and Human Services Commission Legislative Appropriations Request I appreciate the [...]
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Migrant Deaths Fall on Inhumane Immigration Policies
On Monday, fifty migrants were found dead in the back of a tractor-trailer in San Antonio—including two teenagers. As of Wednesday afternoon, the death [...]
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Children’s Defense Fund-Texas Testimony Senate Finance Hearing on 1115 Waiver
Good afternoon my name is Adrienne Lloyd and I am a Senior Health Policy Associate at the Children’s Defense Fund-Texas. I appreciate the opportunity to [...]
Read MoreChildren’s Defense Fund-Texas Testimony in Support of HB133 THTQIP Waiver
Adrienne Lloyd, Senior Health Policy Associate June 9, 2022 Good morning my name is Adrienne Lloyd and I am a Senior Health Policy Associate at [...]
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