Mary Katherine Stout, director of the Center for Health Care Policy at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, presented testimony before the Texas House Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services regarding Medicaid reform, October 9, 2006.
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Temporary Assistance for Two-Parent Families in Texas: Reorienting TANF Toward Integral Human Development and Flourishing
Temporary Assistance for Two-Parent Families in Texas: Reorienting TANF Toward Integral Human Development and Flourishing Key points: TANF was designed to promote two-parent family stability, but current implementation in Texas diverts funds away from this core purpose. Strong empirical evidence shows that children in two-parent households experience better educational, economic, and behavioral outcomes. Texas TANF...
October 21, 2026