Policy Priorities

Total Position Statements

81st Legislature - Summary of Position Statements

Behavioral Health

81st Legislature - Community Mental Health/Behavioral Health Services

81st Legislature - Decriminalization of Mental Illness and Substance Abuse

81st Legislature - Workforce Expansion

Child Welfare Services

81st Legislature - Aging Out of Foster Care

81st Legislature - Post Adoption Support Services Funding

Community Care for Seniors and Disabilities

81st Legislature - Quality Attendant Training

81st Legislature - Quality Attendants Wage Increase

81st Legilature - Community Care: Hospital Medicaid Level of Care Waiver

Early Care and Education

81st Legislature - Expand Pre-Kindergarten

81st Legislature - Support Early Childhood
Professional Development

81st Legislature - Support Safe, Affordable and
Accessible Child Care

Health Care

81st Legislature - Healthcare Reform

81st Legislature - Immunization Issues

81st Legislature - Medicaid Eligibility

Public Education

81st Legislature - Reducing Texas Teen Birth Rate & Drop Out Rate by Providing
Comprehensive Sex Education & Family Life Education

81st Legislature - Behavioral Discipline Policies in Public Schools

81st Legislature - Reducing the Drop Out Rate
by Improving Outcomes for Teen Parents and Their Children

Basic Needs

81st Legislature - Energy Assistance

81st Legislature - Individual Development Accounts

81st Legislature - Basic Needs: Payday Lending Industry Reform

Support & Recommendations

Austin Area Human Services Association