Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

It’s been two months since Texas leaders spoke out targeting health care access for trans youth. Investigations into families and lawsuits circling the courts have made people like Michael and Tristan, who are part of a trans youth support group in North Texas, feel overwhelmed. Because they both feel unsafe given the current climate in Texas, we're only using their first names in this story.

While some Texas politicians have labeled gender-affirming care for trans kids “child abuse,” two doctors in Dallas say nothing is changing about their practice.

The judge's order stops short of preventing the state from looking into other reports about children receiving similar care.

Increased oversight and lack of funding mean hundreds of children spend their nights in hotels and churches and on office floors.

A federal judge in 2015 found that Texas violates foster children's constitutional rights. At a hearing this week, court monitors found some progress in reforming the foster care system — but also noted several concerns.

U.S. District Judge Janis Jack says she will give state officials until May to make progress on her orders to overhaul the state's foster care system, or face hefty fines.

On an April morning just two months shy of his fourth birthday, A.B., a toddler, was found unresponsive on the floor of his foster home, bleeding from his…

Nearly four years after a federal judge first ruled that Texas violated foster children’s civil rights by placing them in a system where rape and…

From Texas Standard: A new commissioner will take over at the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services in December. Gov. Greg Abbott announced...

More than 1,800 children and youth in foster care in Texas were reported missing during fiscal year 2018, according to a new report from the Texas...

A federal judge has ruled Texas will continue to need oversight of how it cares for vulnerable children, even after sweeping legislative changes last…

From Texas Standard: Over the last year or so, state lawmakers have taken steps to improve the working conditions of caseworkers at the Texas Department...