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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…
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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…
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From Texas Standard: A new commissioner will take over at the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services in December. Gov. Greg Abbott announced...
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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...
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A federal judge has ruled Texas will continue to need oversight of how it cares for vulnerable children, even after sweeping legislative changes last…
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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...
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Gov. Greg Abbott signed four child welfare bills into law on Wednesday, measures that aim to recalibrate how the Texas Department of Family and Protective…
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The Texas House on Thursday passed the last bill in a package of sweeping measures aimed at addressing a crisis in the state's child welfare system. After…
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As Texas Department of Family and Protective Services officials continue investigating the death of a girl who escaped a Child Protective Services office,…
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Texas legislators from both chambers unanimously passed bills on Wednesday that would change how the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services…
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Gov. Greg Abbott and other state leaders ordered the Department of Family and Protective Services Wednesday to ramp up efforts to protect endangered…
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Doctors at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth are used to treating cases of abuse. But what they’d really like to do is prevent it. So they’re…