SWRK 4319: Social Welfare Policy Analysis

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"The Legislative Budget Board (LBB) is a permanent joint committee of the Texas Legislature that develops budget and policy recommendations for legislative appropriations, completes fiscal analyses for proposed legislation, and conducts evaluations and reviews to improve the efficiency and performance of state and local operations."

Provides an alphabetical guide to terms used in legislation and during the legislative process in the Texas House and Senate.

Texas Legislature Online allows you to follow the work of Texas House and Texas Senate, learning more about the work of committees and tracking bills' progress through both chambers.

"As the official child support enforcement agency for the State of Texas, the Office of the Attorney General provides services for parents who wish to obtain or provide support for their children."

"The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality strives to protect our state's public health and natural resources consistent with sustainable economic development."

"The DADS mission is to provide a comprehensive array of aging and disability services, supports, and opportunities that are easily accessed in local communities."

"The Texas Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Division administers 12 federal child and special nutrition programs for the State of Texas. TDA supports providers of nutrition assistance by helping ensure accountability and the efficient use of taxpayer dollars to nourish Texans in need."

"The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) manages offenders in state prisons, state jails and private correctional facilities that contract with TDCJ. The agency also provides funding and certain oversight of community supervision (previously known as adult probation) and is responsible for the supervision of offenders released from prison on parole or mandatory supervision."

"The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) works with communities to protect children, the elderly, and people with disabilities from abuse, neglect, and exploitation. It also works to protect the health and safety of children in daycare, as well as foster care and other types of 24-hour care."

The mission of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs "serves as a financial and administrative resource that helps provide essential services and affordable housing opportunities to Texans who qualify for this assistance based on their income level. Additionally, the Department is a resource for educational materials and technical assistance for housing, housing related, and community services matters."

The mission of the Department of State Health Services is "to improve the health, safety, and well-being of Texans through good stewardship of public resources, and a focus on core public health functions."

"Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) is the state agency charged with overseeing and providing workforce development services to employers and job seekers of Texas."

A compilation of all state agency rules in Texas. Includes information in effect on January 1, 1999 - current.

"Texas Health and Human Services (HHS) employees do their best to ensure they carry out the will of the Texas Legislature by following state and federal rules and regulations when delivering services to eligible Texans."

"The Texas Demographic Center functions as a focal point for the production, interpretation, and distribution of demographic information for Texas. The Texas Demographic Center produces and disseminates population estimates and projections for Texas, as well as other demographic information. Special emphasis is placed on data that may be useful to policy makers in dealing with issues regarding the demand for State services."

Includes statistics about prison population health and injuries.

"The Texas Education Agency believes the public has a right to know how its public schools are doing. Thanks to a decision in the 1980s to create the Public Education Information Management System, known as PEIMS, Texas has one of the largest education data bases in the world."

"Texas Health Data is an interactive public data system that allows you to query DSHS public health datasets for statistical reports and summaries."

An interactive website hosted by the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) that disseminates Texas labor market statistics, offering time series labor market data and provides inquiry capabilities for labor force, employment and unemployment estimates, industry and occupational projections, and occupational wage data.