Of Note

Here's to 25 Years! On November 16, more than 500 sponsors, donors, and friends joined with us to celebrate 25 years of working for a Better Texas.
> more Better Texas Film The Better Texas film. Together we can make our state a better place for all of us. A place of opportunity and prosperity. Because we all do better when we all do better.
> more How Is Your County Affected by the Budget? CPPP has county-by-county consequences of the 2012-13 state budget for major essential services, such as health and human services, public education, and higher education.
> more OpportunityTexas The Center for Public Policy Priorities (CPPP) and RAISE have launched a joint initiative, OpportunityTexas^TM, an effort to help individuals and families save for the future and increase college access and success.
> more Former Lt. Governor Hobby and CPPP's McCown's Letter to Business Leaders Former Lt. Governor William P. Hobby and CPPP Executive Director F. Scott McCown urge business leaders to help address a challenge facing Texas that imperils our economic recovery and future prosperity—how to cope with a devastating state revenue shortfall.
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EMPLOYMENT

Sponsored Internships

The Betty Anderson Public Policy Internship

Betty Anderson,
1930 - 2008

Betty Anderson was a founding board member who passed away in December 2008. Her family established the Betty Anderson Public Policy Internship in her honor to help train aspiring young people for a career seeking social justice.

A founding board member of the center, Betty was a prominent Lubbock activist dedicated to the needs of the poor and vulnerable throughout our state. She was an active participant in the advocacy process and the community, at one time serving as a board member of 35 organizations such as the South Plains Food Bank, Lubbock Women’s Protective Services, and Lubbock Rape Crisis Center. She also received several awards and recognitions, including a national aware from the League of Women Voters and Distinguished Alumnus of Texas Tech University College of Human Sciences.

The center is proud to continue Betty Anderson’s powerful legacy of social justice advocacy through this internship.

The Michael and Alice Kuhn Public Policy Internship

The Michael and Alice Kuhn Foundation generously funds the Michael and Alice Kuhn Public Policy Intern. This intern helps with research and analysis to monitor policies that affect the well-being of low-and moderate-income Texans.

The Michael and Alice Kuhn Foundation is a family foundation located in Austin that supports community-based empowerment programs, programs to benefit economically disadvantaged students in Travis County, programs to encourage Jewish continuity, and arts programs that benefit economically disadvantaged students and promote social consciousness.