These organizations support Texas accepting federal funds to close the healthcare coverage gap. Closing the gap will provide insurance to low wage workers, create jobs, and relieve pressure on local tax payers.
These organizations support Texas accepting federal funds to close the healthcare coverage gap. Closing the gap will provide insurance to low wage workers, create jobs, and relieve pressure on local tax payers.
These organizations support Texas accepting federal funds to close the healthcare coverage gap. Closing the gap will provide insurance to low wage workers, create jobs, and relieve pressure on local tax payers.
Texas Associate Director Childrens Defense Fund (713) 419-8422
Statewide Support for Closing the Coverage Gap
These organizations support Texas accepting federal funds to close the healthcare coverage gap. Closing the gap will provide insurance to low wage workers, create jobs, and relieve pressure on local tax payers.
Chambers of Commerce & Business Associations (26)
Texas Association of Business Arlington Chamber of Commerce Austin Chamber of Commerce Greater Beaumont Chamber of Commerce Bryan/College Station Chamber of Commerce Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce Dallas Chamber of Commerce Dallas Citizens Council El Paso Chamber of Commerce Central Fort Bend Chamber of Commerce Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce Greater Austin Hispanic Business Chamber Greater Dallas Asian American Chamber Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Greater Houston Partnership Huntsville-Walker County Chamber Irving Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Longview Chamber of Commerce Lubbock Chamber of Commerce North Dallas Chamber of Commerce Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce Rio Grande Valley Hispanic Chamber San Antonio Chamber of Commerce San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Texas Assoc. of African American Chambers West San Antonio Chamber of Commerce
County Commissioners Courts, County Judges, and City Councils (21)
Bexar County Commissioners Court Bexar County Judge Nelson W. Wolff Cameron County Commissioners Court Dallas County Commissioners Court Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins El Paso County Commissioners Court El Paso County Judge Veronica Escobar Fort Bend County Commissioners Court Harris County Judge Ed Emmett Hidalgo County Commissioners Court Tarrant County Judge B. Glen Whitley Tom Green County Commissioners Court Travis County Commissioners Court Houston Mayor Annise Parker Austin City Council Dallas Citizens Council Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council Healthcare Committee of Collin County Waco City Council
Editorial Boards (8)
Austin American-Statesman Beaumont Enterprise Corpus Christi Caller-Times Dallas Morning News Fort Worth Star-Telegram Houston Chronicle Longview News Journal San Antonio Express-News Laura Guerra-Cardus, M.D. Texas Associate Director Childrens Defense Fund (713) 419-8422 Texas Health Associations (15)
American Diabetes Association Texas Behavioral Health Alliance of Texas Catholic Health Association of Texas Light and Salt Association National Association of Social Workers (TX) Seton Healthcare Family Teaching Hospitals of Texas Texas Academy of Family Physicians Texas Association of Community Health Centers Texas Assn. of Community Based Health Plans Texas Association for Infant Mental Health Texas Counseling Association Texas Hospital Association Texas Oral Health Coalition Texas Medical Association
Organizations & Faith-Based Groups (61)
Accessible Housing Austin! Access Esperanza Clinics Inc. Allied Communities of Tarrant Any Baby Can of Austin Arise Austin Health Care for All Texas Austin Interfaith Barnabas Connection Coalition of Texans with Disabilities Community Advancement Network COPS/Metro Central Health CHRISTUS Health City Square Clarity Child Guidance Center Daughters of Charity Direct Care Alliance Doctors for America Doctors for Social Responsibility Foundation Communities Gateway to Care Greater Houston One Voice Epiphany Community Health Outreach Services Easter Seals Rio Grande Valley Harris County Healthcare Alliance Harris Health System Heatlh Care for All (TX) Healthy Futures of Texas Hope Family Health Center Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF) League of Women Voters (TX) Legacy Community Health Services Living Hope Wheelchair Association Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council Memorial Hermann Mental Health America of Greater Dallas Mental Health America of Texas MomsRising Move On Central Texas National Alliance on Mental Illness Texas National Council of Jewish Women (TX) National Physicians Alliance Nuestra Clinica del Valle One Voice Central Texas Peoples Community Clinic The Perryman Group Personal Attendant Coalition of Texas (PACT) PrimeroHealth.org Project Access Proyecto Azteca Rio Grande Valley Equal Voice Network San Antonio Nonprofit Council Senior Community Outreach Services Texas Catholic Conference Texas Childrens Hospital Texans Together Education Fund Texas State Teachers Association United Ways of Texas University Medical Center of El Paso Valley Interfaith Young Invincibles Laura Guerra-Cardus, M.D. Texas Associate Director Childrens Defense Fund (713) 419-8422 Cover Texas Now Member Organizations (17) Cover Texas Now is a coalition of consumer and faith-based organizations that, as part of their work to expand health care coverage in Texas, have endorsed closing the Coverage Gap. The Cover Texas Now legislative agenda can be found at their website: www.CoverTexasNow.org
ADAPT of Texas Alamo Breast Cancer Foundation Center for Public Policy Priorities Childrens Defense Fund Texas Consumers Union, SW Regional Office Dallas Area Interfaith Easter Seals Central Texas La Union del Pueblo Entero (LUPE) Methodist Healthcare Ministries National MS Society Lone Star Progress Texas & the Texas Research Institute Texans Care for Children Texas AFL-CIO Texas Impact Texas Organizing Project Texas Pediatric Society Texas Well & Healthy
The list is compiled as part of the organizing work of Texas Well & Healthy. If you have any questions, or if you would like to have your organization listed as supportive of closing the Coverage Gap, please contact Laura Guerra-Cardus of Childrens Defense Fund - Texas at laura@texaswellandhealthy.org