Texas Children in Immigrant Families: Five Things to Know
As the state’s economy and population grow, the future of Texas depends on the health, education and financial security of all our children. But we cannot raise the bar for all kids if we don’t look specifically at how children of color are faring and how our public policies impact the 2.4 million children of […]
New Report: Texans Face Widespread Financial Insecurity
New data from the Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED) show that our state’s growing economy is not providing sufficient economic opportunity for all Texans. CFED’s annual Assets & Opportunity Scorecard ranks Texas at or near the bottom among all states on key measures of the ability of residents to achieve financial security, and several of […]
CFED Scorecard: Texas Economic Ladder Needs Some Fixin’
Despite an improving national economy, 49.8 percent of Texas households are in a persistent state of financial insecurity, according to the 2014 CFED Assets & Opportunity Scorecard released today. The number of households who have little or no savings to cover emergencies or to start building a better life has barely budged from last year’s […]
