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Welcome to the Texas Action Center serving the Disability Policy Consortium (DPC) in partnership with United Cerebral Palsy of Texas (UCP Texas) and member affiliate UCP of Greater Houston.

The Disability Policy Consortium is an independent group of health and disability advocacy organizations committed to promoting the rights, inclusion and independence of Texans with disabilities.  Issue areas include children services, education, employment, healthcare, housing, judicial review, mental health, Olmstead, restraint/seclusion and self-determination.

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Expanding Housing Opportunities for People with Disabilities
Wouldn't it be great if Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison co-sponsor a bi-partisan bill to reinvigorate the HUD Section 811 program and would produce up to 4,000 new integrated and scattered site 811 units every year through a new Demonstration program ...
Close State Schools
The level of abuse shown in the video of the Corpus Christi State School "Fight Club" is incomprehensible. Public outrage must send the message that the state has a moral duty to keep residents safe and that this facility has not met that oblig
Educate the Budget Conference Committee
Few decisions will matter more to Texans with disabilities than the amount of money lawmakers appropriate to state agencies in the health and human services arena. The 81st Texas Legislature Budget Conference Committee has been meeting and they are ...
Texans with disabilities improved protections in employment.
Near the end of March, the Texas House Business and Industry Committee unanimously passed House Bill (HB) 978. To move this bill forward for a vote on the Texas House floor, the Calendars Committee must approve the bill for consideration by the House.
Funding for the Early Childhood Intervention Program
Please support the necessary funding to serve the babies and young children with disabilities in Texas through the Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) program. You can make a difference in the lives of these children and families to provide services ....
Texas Housing Trust Fund - Urgent!
On May 5, the joint House/Senate appropriations conference committee will decide how much funding to give to the Texas Housing Trust Fund. Contact the conference committee members. Tell them to go with the House recommendations for funding the Housing ...
Texas Housing Trust Fund
It's time to speak up for affordable housing for low-income Texans! Support full funding for the Texas Housing Trust Fund!
Senate Finance Legislation
As you know, the 81st Texas Legislature is in session. Between now and June 1, legislators will make hundreds of decisions that will set the course of the state for the next two years and beyond.

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