foster care

Texas aims to contract child welfare services to private providers by 2029 under a system called "community-based care." The abrupt cancelation of its contract with a foster care provider serving eastern North Texas after child deaths has community stakeholders questioning the system's effectiveness.

The parents of Mila Jackson alleged the department put them on an abuse and neglect registry after their daughter Mila’s removal without a clear way to appeal and get their names cleared of any wrongdoing. DFPS says the process is working as it should.

A court-appointed Texas Department of Family and Protective Services regional manager will take over foster care services in nine North Texas counties after allegations that mismanagement at a private contractor put children in harm.

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services has asked a Dallas County court to appoint a third party to take over foster care services in nine North Texas counties.

Justices say a court may terminate a Houston-area father's parental rights because his "extensive" criminal history and time in prison has endangered his son's life, even if it didn't directly harm the boy.

A federal appeals court is being asked to reconsider its decision to remove U.S. District Judge Janis Jack from a lawsuit over Texas' struggling foster care system.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling late Friday says U.S. District Judge Janis Jack's contempt ruling and $100,000 per day fine violates the constitutional limits of the power of the court over individual states. The appeals court also said Jack had disrespected the state and its attorneys and created an appearance of being unfair to the state.

Lawyers for the State of Texas on Monday tried to convince a U.S. appeals court that it should not be fined for failures in investigations of abuse and neglect of intellectually disabled children. The three-judge panel appeared to not need much convincing.

A 13-year fight between a judge and Texas over how the state runs its foster care system is back in court on Monday. Texas wants the judge off the case and her stiff fines canceled. The case is also part of a nationwide push back on judges who force states to take specific actions — decisions that, conservatives say, are 'corrosive to federalism.'

A federal judge has taken the Texas’ foster care system to task for 13 years. Reforms have been made. Now armed with private legal fire power, the state wants the judge off the case.

After 13 years, the state said Judge Janis Jack should be removed from overseeing its foster care system because she isn't 'impartial.'

A federal appeals court has stayed a $100,000 a day fine against the State of Texas. Texas was found in contempt Monday by U.S. District Judge Janis Jack for violating two of the court's orders in its long-running foster litigation.