One Voice in the Statesman

Austin nonprofits are wielding more influence these days in major policy decisions across the city.

Since its creation two years ago , One Voice — a collaboration of 40 Central Texas nonprofits that provide health and human services programs — has been vocal about issues that affect low-income people. Its members have been at the table when Austin Energy developed programs to assist the poor, helped city leaders revamp a bidding process for nonprofit contracts and testified at Capital Metro hearings about proposed rate increases.  

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