2023 POLICY BRIEFS
November
11/28/2023 - Medical Debt is a Significant Source of Housing Instability
11/23/2023 - Environmental Injustice is Harming Houston’s East End
11/14/2023 - Fourth Special Session Begins With A Focus on School Vouchers
11/07/2023 - Behind Bars & Beyond Safety: Addressing the Increase of Deaths in Harris County Jails
October
10/31/2023 - Weighing the Options: Ballot Propositions Offer Critical Decision-Making Opportunities this November
10/17/2023 - Where Have All the Books Gone? When Some Libraries Become Team Centers
10/10/2023 - Silent Suffering: Unveiling the Epidemic of Domestic Violence in Houston
10/03/2023 - Proposition B Puts the Houston-Galveston Area Council on the Ballot
September
09/26/2023 - Voting is Good for Your Health
09/19/2023 - HISD Takeover: Teacher Bait & Switch?
09/12/2023 - The True Cost of Drunk Driving in Harris County
August
08/29/2023 - Rising Flood Insurance Premiums Strain Housing Budgets
08/22/2023 - Poverty is Now the 4th Leading Cause of Death in the United States
08/17/2023 - HISD Takeover: Noew School Year, New System
08/08/2023 - Overcrowded & Overheated: American Prisons Face Another Wave
July
07/25/2023- Property Tax Reform Bills Signed by the Governor
07/18/2023 - New Survey Shows Challenges Many Patients Face Using Their Health Insurance
07/12/2023 - President Biden's Student Debt Relief Plan Faces Defeat
07/05/2023 - Vehicle Break-ins and the Rise of Gun Violence in Houston
June
06/27/2023 - One Year after the Dobbs Decision
06/20/2023 - Affordable Housing: Addressing the Crisis
06/13/2023 - The TEA Takeover of HISD has Begun
06/07/2023 - Houston Extends Holistic Assistance Response Teams Program
May
05/31/2023 - Legislature Extends Postpartum Medicaid Coverage for Texas Moms
05/22/2023 - The Legislature is Still Working on Addressing Housing
05/16/2023 - Lawmakers Look to Address School Safety and Student Mental Health
05/09/2023 - Lege Considering Bills That Would Make it Easier to Send Youth Offenders to Adult Prisons
05/02/2023 - Expanding Doula Care Can Help Improve Maternal Outcomes
April
04/25/2023 - Housing Affordability is a Key Issue for Most Texans
04/18/2023 - Texas Bills Bring Spotlight to the Library
04/11/2023 - Bail Reform is Back on the Legislative Agenda
04/04/2023 - The Legislature is Advancing Bills to Limit Access to Gender-Affirming Care for Young People
March
03/28/2023 - Prioritizing Property Tax Reform Helps Some, But Not All Texans
03/21/2023 - School Vouchers Find New Life in the 88th Legislature
03/13/2023 - Legislature Has Another Chance to Give Youth Offenders a ‘Second Look’
03/07/2023 - TEA Takeover of HISD Could Come This Week
February
02/28/2023 - Now is the Time for Medicaid Expansion
02/21/2023 - The 88th Legislative Session Has Begun
January
01/31/2023 - Texas Teens Fight To Shutdown Youth Prisions
01/24/2023 - 147 Pregnant Women In Texas Died, Disproportionately Black Moms
01/17/2023 - Principal Dr. Stredit-Thomas Shares Enrichment Programs At Blackshear ES
01/10/2023 - Legal aid in eviction cases a win for tenants & county
2022 POLICY BRIEFS
December
12/20/2022 - Best of 2022 - CCPPI Policy Briefs
12/13/2022 - Texas is Underinvesting in Early Childhood Resources
12/06/2022 - New Tenant Protections in Texas
November
11/30/2022 - We Engaged with Nearly 3,500 Voters!
11/21/2022 - Center Indigenous Peoples This Thanksgiving
11/15/2022 - Community Violence Interventions across US & Harris County
11/08/2022 - TODAY is Election Day! Go Vote!
11/01/2022 - “Nowhere to Go” - Texas, A Maternity Care Desert
October
10/25/2022 - At-risk students made up 65.2% of HISD’s 2018 - 2019 student population
10/18/2022 - All Tenants Deserve the Right to Legal Representation: Harris County Needs Right to Counsel
10/11/2022 - Harris County School Districts Under Report School Bus Accidents Over Last 5 Years
10/04/2022 -Texas Abortion Funds Fight to Unpause Services
September
09/27/2022 - Disrupting the School to Prison Pipeline: A Conversation with HISD School Board Trustees
09/20/2022 -“If you don’t get to the courthouse, you lose your rights.”
09/13/2022 - 5 Years Later… Houstonians Still Dealing with the Aftermath of Hurricane Harvey
09/07/2022 - Demand Health Justice! #MedEx4TX #South4MedEx
August
08/30/2022 - Speak Up for an Honest Education! #TeachTheTruth
08/23/2022 -The Rent Eats First
08/16/2022 - Close Texas’ 5 Juvenile Prisons, Kids Don't Belong in Prison
08/09/2022 - Americans in the Coverage Gap Left Behind
08/02/2022 - Harmful Censorship Bills - TX House Public Education Committee Hearings
July
07/26/2022 - Support Rental Assistance - Support the Stable Families Act
07/19/2022 - Environmental Racism Rampant in Houston
07/12/2022 - An America Without Abortion Access
07/06/2022 - Texas' Broken Child Care System
June
06/28/2022 - Housing Not Highways
06/21/2022 - Kids Deserve to Walk to School Safely
06/14/2022 - Gun Violence is a Public Health Crisis
06/07/2022 - "Hardening" Schools Does Not Prevent School Shootings
06/01/2022 - Racism in the Homebuying Process - a new brief by CCPPI & IUPRA
May
05/24/2022 - How Pretrial Reform Shaped Harris County’s System & Improved Lives
05/17/2022 - Texas Moms Need Postpartum Health Coverage
05/10/2022 - New Houston ISD Initiative...Potential to Create Equitable Change
05/03/2022 - Low-Income Renters Need Urgent Help
April
04/26/2022 - A Conversation about Juvenile Justice with the Earl Carl Institute
04/20/2022 - Getting There - Texans Travel Out-of-State for Abortion Care Following SB 8
04/12/2022 - ALL Texas School Districts Lack Mental Health Providers
04/05/2022 - We Need Rental Assistance, Not Just Emergency Rental Assistance
March
03/29/2022 - Texas Prison Conditions Violate International Human Rights
03/22/2022 - The Gender Wage Gap Impacts Women's Health
03/15/2022 - Teacher Shortages Unsurprising in Texas Public School System
03/08/2022 - Housing First: Ending Homelessness & Benefitting the Economy
03/01/2022 - Keep Bail Reform in Harris County
February
02/22/2022 - Eviction & Healthcare Utilization
02/15/2022 - Attacks on Books, Learning About Race & Gender in Texas Public Schools
02/08/2022 - Evictions Keep Voters from the Ballot Box
02/01/2022 - Black History Month 2022 - Black Health & Wellness
January
01/25/2022 - Safe, Accessible Streets & Sidewalks … in Houston!
01/19/2022 - Black Americans in the South Face Most Medical Debt
01/11/2022 - #CancelStudentDebt
01/05/2022 - “Build Back Better Act - Historic Affordable Housing Investment at Risk!
POLICY BRIEFS
December
12/29/2021 - Happy New Year from the CCPPI Team!
12/14/2021 - “To be free, to be young…” Formerly Incarcerated Youth Imagine a World without Youth Prisons
12/14/2021 - Impacts of COVID-19 on our Community - Thousands of Texas children have lost a parent
12/07/2021 - Whitewashing History Laws Make Way for Further Censorship, Book Banning
November
11/30/2021 - House Approves Build Back Better Act! An Important Step Forward...
11/23/2021 - Ways to Center Justice & Honor Indigenous Peoples This Thanksgiving
11/16/2021 - Protect Black Girls
11/09/2021 - COVID-19 Vaccines Approved for Children Ages 5 to 11!
11/02/2021 - Federal Funding for Childcare & Pre-K are Essential
October
10/19/2021 - Harris County Jail Approved as a Polling Location - & more
10/12/2021 - Take Action to Fix our Medicaid Coverage Gap!
10/05/2021 - Investments in Housing Lead to Better Educational Outcomes for Kids
September
09/28/2021 - Take Action for Housing for ALL Today
August
08/31/2021 - Millions Of Renters At Risk Of Eviction After The Supreme Court Lifts Moratorium
08/24/2021 - "A Roof Over Your Head... That’s The Hardest One To Get"
08/17/2021 - Texas & COVID-19 Vaccines
08/10/2021 - Back To School In Texas: No Masks Despite The Delta Variant & Surging Cases
08/04/2021 - Millions Face Eviction, Housing Remains Out Of Reach, & More...
June
06/22/2021 - There is still time to raise your voice for Medicaid Expansion!
06/15/2021 - Housing Segregation & Educational Equity
06/08/2021 - $318 Billion for Affordable Housing...#HousingISInfrastructure Update
06/02/2021 - Still so much work to do... One Year Since George Floyd's Murder
May
05/25/2021 - Medicaid expansion won't pass this session...
05/18/2021 - Allow teachers to educate students on race & gender... Stop HB 3979!
05/11/2021 - Housing IS Infrastructure
05/05/2021 - Immediate Action Needed TODAY! Stop Voter Suppression. Stop HB 6!
05/05/2021 - No Justice, No Peace...
April
04/20/2021 - Racism is a Public Health Crisis: Texas Needs an Office for Health Equity
04/15/2021 - Register for our Community Advocacy Series Spring 2021 Sessions
04/13/2021 - A Strong Texas Recovery Starts with the Recovery of Our Public Schools #FundTxEdRecovery
04/06/2021 - COVID-19 Needs Assessment Survey
04/06/2021 - Housing is Healthcare
March
03/25/2021 - Immediate Action Needed! Stop Voter Suppression! Stop SB7 & HB6 TX.
03/23/2021 - Save Bail Reform in Texas
03/16/2021 - Mask Up, Texas! & We need #MedEx4TX
03/08/2021 - Deep Mistrust in the Public School System Keeps Black Families from wanting in-person learning
03/01/2021 - Support is Coming - Houston/Harris County Emergency Rental Assistance Program Begins
February
02/23/2021 - Texas in Recovery - Resources, How to Help, and Affects of the Historic Storm & its Aftermath
02/15/2021 - Mass Incarceration is a Public Health Crisis
02/09/2021 - CCPPI Receives Houston Endowment Funding
02/01/2021 - Texas Begins the 87th Legislative Session