Position: Equal Opportunity/Income Assistance
By
LWV Texas
Posted: 2021-08-13T16:50:00Z
Support action to achieve equal rights for all. Combat discrimination and poverty. Provide equal access to housing, employment, and education. Provide services and job training for income assistance (welfare) recipients.
Position In Brief:
The League of Women Voters of Texas supports legislation and administrative action to achieve equal rights for all persons, regardless of their race, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, veteran and military status, familial status, or disability, to combat discrimination and poverty, and to provide equal access to housing, employment, and quality education in Texas.
Equal Opportunity/Income Assistance
1970, 1995
The League of Women Voters of Texas supports legislation and administrative action to achieve equal rights for all, to combat discrimination and poverty, and to provide equal access to housing, employment, and quality education in Texas. Specific measures that we support include:
- Access for all persons to free public education that provides equal opportunity for all.
- Removal of the ceiling on income assistance (welfare) spending from the state constitution.
- Provision by the state of supportive services, such as health care, childcare, family planning, legal aid, and job training for income assistance (welfare) recipients.
- An effective human relations commission for Texas that includes such features as:
- Permanent independent status.
- Investigative and legal enforcement powers that go beyond the conciliation process.
- An adequate budget funded independently of the governor’s office.
- Equitable representation of racial, religious, and ethnic groups.
- An adequately sized staff trained in human relations work.