Research & Reports

Title Project Area Issue/Topic Document Type Date
File: Get More Texans on the Road and Off to Work (Full Length) Criminal Justice Fines & Fees More Resources
File: Get More Texans on the Road and Off to Work (Condensed) Criminal Justice Fines & Fees More Resources
File: Protecciones Para Estudiantes Inmigrantes Bajo McKinney-Vento Immigration, Youth Homelessness Immigrant Children & Families, Increasing Awareness of Youth Experiencing Homelessness, Youth & Liaison Support More Resources
File: Protections for Immigrant Students Under McKinney-Vento Immigration, Youth Homelessness Immigrant Children & Families, Increasing Awareness of Youth Experiencing Homelessness, Youth & Liaison Support More Resources
Report: Withholding Higher Education Education Justice, Fair Financial Services Higher Education, Debt Collection Reports
File: Coerced Debt Pilot: Coerced Debt and Its impacts on Survivors of Domestic Violence & Identifying and Disputing Coerced Debt
File: Coerced Debt Pilot: Introducing the Coerced Debt Pro Bono Representation Program
File: Coerced Debt Pilot: Coerced Debt Assessment Economic Advocacy Tool
File: Coerced Debt Pilot: How to Dispute Coerced Debts
File: Coerced Debt Pilot: Coerced Debt Screening Tool Spanish
File: Coerced Debt Pilot: Coerced Debt Screening Tool English
File: Coerced Debt Pilot: How to Get a Free Credit Report
File: Coerced Debt Pilot: Texas Advocacy Project Referral Form
File: Coerced Debt Pilot: Know Your 521 — Tips for Assisting Identity Theft Victims (2018)
File: Coerced Debt Pilot: Legal Strategies to Address Coerced Debt (2020)
File: Coerced Debt Pilot: Chapter 521 Sample Order
File: Coerced Debt Pilot: Chapter 521 Sample Application
File: Coerced Debt Pilot: Sample Questions for ID Theft Victim at Ch. 521 Hearing
File: Coerced Debt Pilot: Coerced Debt Assessment Economic Advocacy Tool
File: Coerced Debt Pilot: Case Plan Worksheet
File: Coerced Debt Pilot: Limited Scope Representation Agreement
File: Coerced Debt Pilot: How Will the Texas Advocacy Project Attorney Engagement Process Work?
File: Coerced Debt Pilot: Trauma-Informed Lawyering — How Do you Represent Someone Who Is a Survivor of Abuse
File: Coerced Debt Pilot: Why a 521 Order is Necessary & How to Obtain It
File: Driving Texans to Debt: The Use of Texas' Failure to Appear/Pay Program in San Antonio (Brief) Criminal Justice Fines & Fees More Resources
File: Driving Texans to Debt: The Use of Texas' Failure to Appear/Pay Program in San Antonio (Executive Summary) Criminal Justice Fines & Fees More Resources
File: Driving Texans to Debt: The Use of Texas' Failure to Appear/Pay Program in El Paso (Executive Summary) Criminal Justice Fines & Fees More Resources
File: Complaint to TEA against Corpus Christi Independent School District (CCISD) Education Justice Truancy Reform More Resources
File: Civil Rights Complaint to DOJ against Bonham Independent School District and Bonham Municipal Court Education Justice Truancy Reform, School Policing, School Discipline More Resources
File: Winter 2023-24 Newsletter Printed Newsletters
File: Driving Texans to Debt: The Use of Texas' Failure to Appear/Pay Program in El Paso (Brief) Criminal Justice Fines & Fees More Resources
File: Infographic: Select Advocacy Work Over Recent Years More Resources
File: Understanding Broadband and How to Get It Disaster Recovery & Fair Housing Infrastructure Equity & Environmental Justice Handbooks & Guides
File: Un Arcoíris de Recursos (Rainbow of Resources) Foster Care, Youth Homelessness LGBTQ+ Handbooks & Guides
Link: Dashboard: Payday and Auto Title Lending in Texas, 2012-2022 Fair Financial Services Payday & Auto Title Lending Reform More Resources
Report: Improving Access to Justice in Consumer Debt Lawsuits Fair Financial Services Debt Collection Reports
File: Senate State Affairs Committee Written Testimony Criminal Justice Pretrial & Detention Testimony
File: Oppose HB 225: Stop the Expansion of High-Cost Lending in Texas Fair Financial Services Payday & Auto Title Lending Reform More Resources
File: Oppose HB 3827: Exempts Wage Advance Products from Key Consumer Protections, Leaving Texans Vulnerable to Abuse Fair Financial Services Data Privacy & Financial Technology More Resources
File: Article IV, Rider #14: HB1 (House) Court Text Reminder Program Fact Sheet Criminal Justice Fines & Fees More Resources
File: Joint Testimony in Opposition to SB 245 Education Justice School Discipline Testimony
File: House Corrections Committee Written Testimony Criminal Justice Reentry Testimony
File: HB 4486 Fact Sheet Criminal Justice Policing, Citations & Arrests, Pretrial & Detention More Resources
File: HB 3695 Fact Sheet Criminal Justice Policing, Citations & Arrests, Pretrial & Detention More Resources
Report: School Safety and Threat Assessments: Assessing the Student Beyond the Threat Education Justice School Policing, School Discipline Reports
File: SB 1078 Fact Sheet 2023 Legislative Session Criminal Justice Reentry More Resources
File: School Policing is Not Synonymous with School Safety Education Justice School Policing More Resources
File: SB 1281 HB 4074 Fact Sheet Criminal Justice Fines & Fees More Resources
File: SB 665 HB 2992 Fact Sheet Criminal Justice Policing, Citations & Arrests More Resources
File: HB 2646/SB 2296 Fact Sheet Criminal Justice Fines & Fees, Reentry More Resources