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The letter from nine members of the state's congressional delegation comes as the state fights a nearly 13-year-old federal class action suit over alleged failures to ensure the wellbeing of children in foster care.
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Both sides finished their arguments Wednesday after days of testimony over accusations that Texas agencies don't protect foster children.
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A hearing in Bexar County around a child in state's foster care program raised questions about how the system is run and what damage a lack of placements has on youth.
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An email from a former foster care official claims his colleagues are collecting big hotel rewards for booking youth in their care.
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Advocates say better accounting of deaf and hard-of-hearing children in the state’s care and better access to translators is needed.
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The Texas Department of Family Protective Services confirmed DeSoto parents Temecia and Rodney Jackson regained custody of their newborn daughter Mila.
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Temecia and Rodney Jackson say their newborn daughter Mila was wrongfully taken into Child Protective Services custody days after she was born. Local reproductive rights activists are demanding Mila's return.
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Dallas couple Rodney and Temecia Jackson claim CPS workers removed their baby late last month.
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Texas’ foster system has dropped hundreds of runaway kids from its care over the past five years. 170 of those kids were minors when the state stopped its relationship. One legislator says the state is 'washing its hands' of the most vulnerable youth — youth who often end up being sexually abused or trafficked while missing.
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Stephanie Muth, the new commissioner of the Department of Family and Protective Services, was given a warm welcome and a laundry list of fixes from a federal judge Friday.
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What life is like for trans youth in Texas after Abbott's calls to investigate gender-affirming careIt’s been eight months since Gov. Greg Abbott directed the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services to investigate the families of trans youth for providing gender-affirming care. Since then, some families have left the state. Those that stayed have weathered anxiety and the dizzying back-and-forth of legal battles to determine whether investigations will stop.
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The state is appealing the decision by a Texas judge to stop investigations into families of trans youth.