The Family Success Project is dedicated to promoting flourishing marriages and families, recognizing that the common good of Texas depends on the common good of each and every Texan household. We strive to develop policies that encourage stable marriages, equip parents to best raise their children, and support the holistic growth of the next generation of Texans in an increasingly complex world. Through these efforts, we aim to make Texas the national leader in strong, thriving, and happy families.
TPPF’s Legislative Action Agenda for the Family Success Project includes:
Improving TANF Programs to Strengthen Marriage and Family: Reorients TANF to prioritize promoting two-parent families and measures program success through clear metrics.
Child Support at Conception: Allows courts to order child support payments starting at conception to provide financial support for mothers and promote father accountability.
Establishing the Texas Office of Parental Rights: Creates an enforcement office within the Attorney General’s office to protect parental rights across multiple domains.
Success Sequence Education: Requires instruction on the ‘Success Sequence’—graduation, full-time work, marriage before children—to reduce poverty and promote family success.
Child Welfare Reform: Expand upon success transforming the culture of child welfare to prioritize family integrity, reduce the number of children who enter foster care, and improve the quality of services intended to protect children and preserve families.
Prohibit Social Media Companies from Peddling their Addictive, Harmful Product to Minors: Prohibits minors from accessing social media to mitigate mental health harms and exploitation risks.