Current Initiatives

OpportunityTexas is undertaking several initiatives in partnership with the business community, the K-12 system, higher education, nonprofits, the public sector, financial institutions, and employers to expand asset building products and services for low- and moderate-income Texans. Specifically, OpportunityTexas is:

  • Making grants to Texas-based entities through the OpportunityTexas Innovation & Investment Fund to expand financial education, increase household income, and create new Texas savers.
  • Establishing measures for financial stability & economic mobility through the Texas Regional Opportunity Index (TROI).
  • Supporting the development of a "Smarter Texas" program that integrates personal financial education into the K-12 curriculum and highlights the importance of saving for college.

 

 

Search Our Site

Opportunity Texas Updates

OpportunityTexas is hiring for an AmeriCorps VISTA position!

CPPP releases new paper on strengthening adult basic education to prepare Texans for good careers.

Check out a 30 minute conversation with our own Don Baylor which aired on KACV-TV: Public Television for the Texas Panhandle on Jan. 17! Don talks about poverty in Texas and what it really takes for Panhandle families to get by. This interview preceded the airing of Center for Public Policy Priorities' A Fighting Chance documentary on KACV.

The Smarter Texans Save financial education research study launched in Amarillo on January 10th! Check out the press release and KFDA news story.

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Copyright © 2013 OpportunityTexas. All Rights Reserved.

Website and Logo Design by SQUARE FOOT STUDIO
Graphic and Web Design | New Media Marketing | Multimedia