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It’s time to modernize Texas’ child welfare system: Newsletter

February 1, 2023

This is a preview of our Texas 2036 newsletter about our new report that outlines the need to modernize the child welfare IT data system. To receive this weekly highlight of our work, sign up here. Modernizing Texas’ Child Welfare IT System 🌐 Setting the Stage: In 2020, three out of every 1,000 children in the U.S. were living in…

TX shouldn’t have a child welfare system where data, kids fall through cracks

January 30, 2023
Texas cannot continue to rely on ’90s era technology to protect the state’s most vulnerable.  Texas 2036 and the Texas Alliance of Child and Family Services (TACFS) are releasing today a report calling for the state to update the child welfare information system used by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) to...

Texas receives $363M in federal grants to increase access to high-speed internet

January 27, 2023

Today, Texas Comptroller Hegar announced that the state was awarded $363.8 million in federal funds from the Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund for broadband expansion projects in the state.  The money will be used to fund a competitive grant application program — Bringing Online Opportunities to Texas, or BOOT — whose aim is to bring high-speed…

Health care prices and access: What we’re working on

January 25, 2023

This is a preview of our Texas 2036 newsletter highlighting our work around health care prices and access. To receive this weekly highlight of our work, sign up here. Affordable Care Act Enrollment 🩺 Setting the Scene: Two weeks ago, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released the most recent national snapshot of enrollment for the Affordable Care Act Marketplace…

Texas 2036’s Water Infrastructure Blueprint

January 24, 2023
The condition of Texas’ aging, deteriorating water infrastructure has reached a boiling point. Several of the major water stories of 2022 were a result of water systems failures. These included a 13-day boil water notice in Laredo, a broken trunk line in Odessa and other communities enduring limited access to water. Taking a step back,...
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