Health and Human Services Commission

A young adult loads a foldable wheelchair into the back of a sedan type car. Personal community-based attendants wages are pegged at a shockingly low $10.60/hour.

Impossibly Low Wages Hurt Community-Based Caregivers and Clients

Texas Health and Human Services Commission and legislators don’t stick up for disabled Texans and those who care for them.

How We Got Here

by Sophie Novack

State Officials Tried to Cut Women’s Health Care During a Pandemic. It’s a Clear Reflection of Priorities.

Neglected in Care

by Elena Mejía Lutz

The waiting room of Planned Parenthood in Waco. Since losing funding through the Women’s Health Program, this Planned Parenthood location relies on private donations and grants to help alleviate the cost for low-income clients.

Texas Tackles Reweaving a Tangled Repro Health Safety Net Without Planned Parenthood

As Texas consolidates its multi-pronged family planning programs, doctors air their concerns about meeting patients' needs with limited resources.

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

Pro-choice protester holds a sign outside the Bank of America building in Austin: "I asked God, She's pro-choice."

State: Two Planned Parenthood Affiliates Guilty by Association

by Andrea Grimes and Alexa Garcia-Ditta

A patient gets her blood pressure checked at the Waco Planned Parenthood.

Texas to Cut Off Remaining Medicaid Funds for Thousands of Planned Parenthood Clients

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

HHSC: Public Input ‘Vital’ to New Women’s Health Panel

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

A special needs child reads at home.

Court Hearing Highlights Callous Incompetence Behind Medicaid Therapy Cuts

by Christopher Hooks

special needs kids

Texas Parents, Therapists Speak Out: No Cuts For Thousands of Special Needs Kids

by Christopher Hooks

A special needs child reads at home.

UPDATED: Cuts Threaten Therapy Services for Disabled Texas Kids

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

Access to Planned Parenthood

Report: Thousands Fewer Women Served by Women’s Health Program Since 2011

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta