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Steering Committee Members

The Raising Texas Steering Committee Members consists of agency members with sufficient policy and operational authority to approve policy recommendations and to explore or approve the availability of agency resources as proposed by the implementation teams, and to provide guidance in prioritizing and addressing areas requiring cross agency coordination. The Raising Texas Steering Committee Members consists of one member from each HHS agency (Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services, Department on Aging and Disability Services, Department of Family Protective Services, Department of State Health Services, Health and Human Services Commission) and a member from the Texas Education Agency, Texas Workforce Commission, Office of the Attorney General, and the State Center for Early Childhood Development. The chairperson for each of the four implementation teams is also a member of the Steering Committee Members. The Steering Committee is not conceptualized as voting body but a forum for which innovative ideas for increasing the coordination of services and the promotion of evidence-based practices for children under the age of six is considered.

Raising Texas Steering Committee Members:

Health and Human Services Commission – Pending

Department of State Health Services – Evelyn Delgado – Assistant Commissioner for Department of State Health Services

Department of Family Protective Services – Pending

Department on Aging and Disability Services – Pending

Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services – Kim Wedel – Assistant Commissioner for Early Childhood Intervention

Texas Education Agency – Gina Day – Deputy Associate Commissioner, School Readiness and Partnerships

Texas Workforce Commission – Pending

State Center for Early Childhood Development – Dr. Susan Landry, Michael Knight Professor of Pediatrics

Office of the Attorney General – Pending

Access to Insurance and Medical Home Team Chair – Pending

Social Emotional Development and Mental Health Team Chair – Dr. Connie Almeida – Zero to Three

Early Care and Education Team Chair – LaShonda Brown – Director, Head Start State Collaboration Office

Parent Education and Family Support Team Chair – Marianne Ehrlich – President and CEO, Healthy Family Initiatives

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