Contact: Patrick Bresette, Executive Director (512) 925-8125 AUSTIN, August 30, 2021 — Seventy organizations from Texas and around the country have urged Governor Greg Abbott to withdraw [...]
Read MoreAt 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 MoreStatewide Texans demand action on health care from lawmakers AUSTIN, TEXAS — A coalition of grassroots Texas activists today launched #SickOfItTX, an organizing [...]
Read MoreResources 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 MoreFOR 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 [...]
Read MoreOn Monday May 27, Texas lawmakers and their staff breathed a collective sigh of relief as the 86th Texas Legislative Session gaveled to a close. [...]
Read MoreAustin - A new national report finds that Texas has the worst uninsured rate for women of childbearing age in the nation. The uninsured rate [...]
Read MoreChildren's Defense Fund Texas - Flores Comments - 11.6.18 is a comprehensive objection to the changes the Trump administration is proposing to the Flores Agreement [...]
Read MoreCDF-Texas Executive Director Patrick Bresette contributes to this report on the recently published Public Charge. Published by The Rio Grande Guardian International News Service.
Read MoreYet another pertinent article featuring CDF-Texas Executive Director Patrick Bresette's insights about the numbers of uninsured in Texas. Published by the Texas Standard.
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