By Perdita Henry Healthy Futures of Texas’ BAE-B-SAFE program announced that they’re heading up Interstate 35 to bring their programing...

By Perdita Henry If there is a term to describe the Texas Women’s Healthcare Coalition’s (TWHC) approach to the 87th Texas Legislative...

By Perdita Henry The Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) hosted a Post Award Forum for the Healthy Texas Women (HTW) 1115 Waiver....

By Perdita Henry and Leah Joiner The 87th Legislative Session is a wrap. Advocates worked hard to bring attention to and garner support...

By Perdita Henry My first year as an eligible voter found me as an 18-year-old in Naval boot camp. As I adapted to a new life, I still...

By Perdita Henry and Leah Joiner The 87th Texas Legislature is headed toward Sine Die and TWHC continues advocating for bills that have...

By Perdita Henry A key to successful conversations about family planning is realizing that it looks different for everyone. Depending on...

By Perdita Henry and Leah Joiner The 87th Texas Legislature is off to an interesting start, but TWHC is monitoring a flurry of bills that...

By Perdita Henry and Leah Joiner Update: The Calendars Committee sent HB 133 to the House floor. On April 14, the House will vote on the...

By Perdita Henry We’re in the final days of Women’s History Month 2021. It’s a month many of us have spent thinking about the way’s women...

By Perdita Henry and Leah Joiner The 87th Texas Legislature is off to an interesting start, but TWHC is monitoring a flurry of bills that...

By Perdita Henry There’s so much more to community than just who lives next door or down the street. Like everything else, the pandemic...

By Erika Ramirez On January 11, 2021, ahead of the 87th Legislative Session, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Glenn Hegar, released...

By Perdita Henry A doctor’s visit involves so much more than just making an appointment and showing up on a day at a specific time. For...

By Perdita Henry While many of us thought 2020 would be our year, just three months in we realized that perhaps this year had other...

By Perdita Henry In 2017, the Houston Endowment convened a steering committee with leaders with backgrounds in healthcare, behavioral...

Trigger Warning: Mental, physical, and sexual abuse is discussed. TWHC often collaborates with members to bring awareness to a host of...

By Perdita Henry In the following member spotlight, you will notice that we use the term Latinx. This is a gender-neutral term that is...

By Amanda Elkanick Oder October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and this year it is even more imperative that we spotlight the...

By Perdita Henry Safety should not be a luxury. When we end a long day in the world that produces its own set of harms, often based on...