Texas KIDS COUNT: “Our Border, Our Future"

FRIDAY, MAY 8: CPPP TO PRESENT 2009 BORDER KIDS COUNT DATA IN EL PASO

WHAT: Texas KIDS COUNT: “Our Border, Our Future”
Release of 2009 Border KIDS COUNT Data Reports, which include data on health, poverty, population growth, and family economic security for El Paso and border-area children.

WHO: El Paso County Commissioner Pct. 2 Veronica Escobar
Dr. Frances Deviney, Texas KIDS COUNT Director
Kymberlie Quong Charles, Texas Voice for Health Reform Coordinator

WHEN: Friday, May 8, from 8:30 – 10:00 a.m.

WHERE: La Fe Cultural & Technology Center
721 South Ochoa – Rear Building
El Paso, Texas 79901

WHY: To discuss well-being of El Paso and border-area children and compare to well-being of children elsewhere in the state.

R.S.V.P. by Wednesday, May 6, to CPPP Outreach Director Lonny Stern at stern@cppp.org or (512) 320-0222 ext. 107.

The Center for Public Policy Priorities (CPPP) is a non-profit, non-partisan policy institute dedicated to improving the economic and social conditions of low- and moderate-income Texans. You can learn more about CPPP at http://www.cppp.org.

CPPP is home to the Texas KIDS COUNT project and to Texas Voice for Health Reform. You can learn more about these projects at http://www.cppp.org/kidscount or http://www.texasvoiceforhealthreform.org.