Of Note

Now Hiring: Communications Director CPPP is hiring a Communications Director to start between August 1 and September 2, 2008. Applications are due at the close of business on Friday, June 6.
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WHAT WE DO

For more than twenty years, the Center for Public Policy Priorities (CPPP) has been a nonpartisan, nonprofit research organization committed to improving public policies and private practices to better the economic and social conditions of low- and moderate-income Texans.

The center pursues this mission through independent research, policy analysis and development, public education, advocacy, and technical assistance.

The center neither supports nor opposes any political party or candidate for office. We focus solely on evaluating public policy as it affects low- and moderate-income Texans.

The center's work is divided into workforce and economic development; access to public benefits, including health care, food, and cash assistance; child protection; school finance; state and federal tax and budget analysis; and family economic security. CPPP is also the Texas home to KIDS COUNT, a state-by-state effort to track and promote the well-being of children.

Our timely, accessible, and credible research informs policy makers, opinion leaders, the press, and the general public. It is funded by national and state foundations, businesses, and individuals.

In addition, the center participates in a number of nationwide coalitions, including the State Fiscal Analysis Initiative (SFAI), sponsored by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (www.cbpp.org), and the Economic Analysis and Research Network (EARN), an initiative of the Economic Policy Institute (www.epinet.org).

The Houston Chronicle calls the Center for Public Policy Priorities an "influential policy group," and the Dallas Morning News describes us as "...the primary source for detailed analysis on almost any legislative issue affecting low- to moderate-income Texans."