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From Texas Standard:A comprehensive report written by two court-appointed federal monitors says that children in the Texas foster care system continue to…
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From Texas Standard:The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services recently released new internal guidelines that cut the caseloads of foster care…
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DALLAS — 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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A federal appeals court has ordered Texas to make significant changes to improve its foster care system.A three-judge panel at the Fifth Circuit Court of…
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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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From Texas Standard:The Department of Family and Protective Services was in the news this week because its commissioner, Hank Whitman is retiring. His…
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From Texas Standard:"Unidentified: How Kids Can Age Out Of Texas Foster Care Without Documentation" is a series of reports from Texas Standard about the…
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From Texas Standard:The Texas foster care system is violating the constitutional rights of children, and Texas must improve its investigations of child…
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From Texas Standard:An earlier version of this story said that thousands of children in Texas foster care are sexually abused. The data shows that CPS…