Data show that youth of color and students with disabilities are disproportionately subjected to arrests, court involvement, use of force, and juvenile probation for similar behavior.
December 13th Stakeholder Meeting on Texas Policies to Address Perinatal Depression
Please join Texans Care for Children, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)-Texas, the Postpartum Health Alliance, and the Texas Pediatric Society for a stakeholder meeting to discuss and receive feedback on policy proposals aimed at ensuring more women experiencing perinatal depression are identified and have access to services and supports they need for the health and well-being of moms and their babies alike.
Highlights of Texas Senate Health & Human Services Committee’s Interim Report
Top Texas Kids' Issues for 2017 & Our Policy Recommendations
Surveying Adults Who Were Teens in Texas Foster Care
Your Chance to Shape How Texas Implements the Every Student Succeeds Act
Last year Congress passed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), a reauthorization of the nation’s public education law and successor to the No Child Left Behind Act. The new law goes into effect in the 2017-18 school year, but states are already planning for its implementation. Here's your chance to share with TEA your opinion on where it should prioritize is efforts.
Making it Easier to Get Breastmilk to Babies in the NICU
Comments to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Texans Care for Children strongly supports HHSC’s proposed adjustment related to Medicaid payments for human donor milk. This critical step will increase the availability and use of human milk in neonatal units (NICUs) and, in turn, improve infant health, prevent infections and illnesses in babies, improve child growth and development, and reduce costs for the state.