Health Equity

Thousands of Texans with intellectual disabilities live in group homes. The group home system is struggling to retain workers under the low base wage the state legislature set last year.

While national data has long suggested that COVID-19 has affected low-income and minority groups at higher rates than others, this new research offers a hyperlocal view of pandemic disparities in Austin.

Una oficina del estado se enfocará en combatir disparidades de salud relacionados a temas de raza, etnicidad, geografía y otras cosas.

A Department of State Health Services office will work to eliminate disparities in the state when it comes to race, ethnicity and geography, among other things.