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One
Voice Texas
Advocates
for Comprehensive High Quality Health and Human Services for
Texas
One
Voice Texas
is a network of public, private
and non-profit organizations and individuals working together
to ensure that the health and human services needs of all
Texans are addressed in legislative, regulatory, funding and
other public policy initiatives.
One
Voice Texas functions
through identified workgroups:
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Basic
Needs and Community Care -
food, housing, utilities,
income assistance, transportation, financial stability,
seniors and persons with disabilities
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Behavioral
Health - mental
illness, substance abuse, criminal justice
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Child
Welfare - foster
care, transitioning out of foster care, permanency, juvenile
justice
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Early
Childhood Education
- access to pre-kindergarten, child care subsidies, quality
of care, and professional development
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Public
Education
- teen pregnancy, behavior management policies, drop-out
issues, professional development
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Healthcare
- federally qualified health clinics, innovative healthcare
coverage, CHIP and Medicaid, immunization registry. |
One
Voice Texas supports
the
need for strong prevention and early intervention programs,
and the ability to maximize federal funding for health and
human service programs in Texas, so that we can
"Keep Texas dollars working in Texas."
One
Voice Texas members stand
united that
their responsibility is to identify health and human service
needs and to recommend changes or improvements to public policy
and legislation. The strength of this community based collaborative
is its ability to bring together the advocacy voices of hundreds
of people in a multitude of organizations.
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