Policy Report–Opportunity Texas

Policy Report

Our OpportunityTexas report series outlines a comprehensive plan to build a strong middle class in Texas. We will be releasing our report series throughout 2011 and 2012.

Dollar for Dollar: Incentives and Innovations to Boost Savings in Texas (10/2012)

The Cost of College: How Texas Students and Families Are Financing College Education (5/2012)

Ready, Steady, Go! Strategies to Improve Texans' Financial Readiness to Pay for College (6/2011)

OpportunityTexas Launch Report (12/2010)

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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.