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Of Note

Save the Date: 2012 Legacy Luncheon Reserve your seat for the Eleventh Annual Legacy Luncheon honoring Ben Barnes.
> more Better Texas Film The Better Texas film. Together we can make our state a better place for all of us. A place of opportunity and prosperity. Because we all do better when we all do better.
> more How Is Your County Affected by the Budget? CPPP has county-by-county consequences of the 2012-13 state budget for major essential services, such as health and human services, public education, and higher education.
> more OpportunityTexas The Center for Public Policy Priorities (CPPP) and RAISE have launched a joint initiative, OpportunityTexasTM, an effort to help individuals and families save for the future and increase college access and success.
> more Former Lt. Governor Hobby and CPPP's McCown's Letter to Business Leaders Former Lt. Governor William P. Hobby and CPPP Executive Director F. Scott McCown urge business leaders to help address a challenge facing Texas that imperils our economic recovery and future prosperity—how to cope with a devastating state revenue shortfall.
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Areas of Expertise

CPPP Areas of Expertise
  • Asset Building
  • Child Protection
  • Eligibility/Enrollment Delivery
  • Family Economic Security
  • Food/Nutrition
  • Health Care Access
  • Immigrants' Access to Benefits
  • Labor Market/Wages
  • Predatory Lending
  • School Finance
  • State and Federal Budget
  • State and Federal Taxes
  • TANF
  • Texas KIDS COUNT
  • Work Supports/Child Care


NEWSROOM


From child protection to school finance, CPPP policy staff know the issues affecting low- and moderate-income Texans.

If you are a member of the media, e-mail CPPP Communications Director Brian Stephens at stephens@cppp.org or call 512-320-0222 x 112. After hours, please call Brian's cell phone at 512-565-0506.

Please see our Staff Page for additional e-mail addresses.

Press Releases, Statements, & Op-Eds: 2003


Texas, U.S. Face Paradoxical Nutrition Problems (Op-Ed)
Release Date: 07/10/2003

In the richest nation on earth, 13 million children do not always get enough to eat. At the same time, in an alarming, paradoxical trend, childhood obesity has joined childhood hunger on the list of serious threats to kids' nutritional health.
The Monster in the Closet--A State Income Tax (Op-Ed)
Release Date: 05/1/2003

Texans need to face our own fear of the Monster in the Closet--the state income tax. If we can find the courage to fling open the door, we too will discover that there is no monster.
Take a Balanced Approach to Balancing the Budget (Op-Ed)
Release Date: 01/1/2003

Every balance sheet has two columns -- one for income and one for expenses. To balance a budget you have to look at both sides.

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