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Child Welfare
September 1, 2022
Investigating gender-affirming care as child abuse pushing state agency to ‘brink of collapse,’ staff warns
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July 15, 2022
Texas foster care ends its stewardship when some youth run away
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June 10, 2022
Judge temporarily blocks some Texas investigations into gender-affirming care for trans kids
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June 7, 2022
Federal judge to seek contempt charges against Texas for child welfare failures
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April 27, 2022
Trans kids and their families are leaving Texas amid state efforts to charge parents with child abuse
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March 31, 2022
Judge orders federal investigation into alleged child porn production at Texas refuge for young sex trafficking victims
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March 31, 2022
Investigation: Texas public school students don’t have adequate mental health resources
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March 25, 2022
CPS investigations in Rio Grande Valley chill political discourse about gender-affirming care
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March 22, 2022
Abuse allegations at Bastrop sex-trafficking shelter add new problem for Texas’ beleaguered child protective services
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March 7, 2022
US Supreme Court to take up Texas challenge to Indian Child Welfare Act
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March 1, 2022
As Texas moves to treat gender-affirming care for trans kids as ‘child abuse,’ families and advocates worry about the future
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January 11, 2022
Expert panel recommends investment in mental health system to ease state foster care crisis
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December 17, 2021
Texas adoptees lose access to their original birth records. Getting them back is a challenge
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October 28, 2021
Texas creates panel to address beleaguered foster care system
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October 26, 2021
Professor says allegations of abuse are nothing new in Texas juvenile detention system
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October 6, 2021
An effort to prevent teen dating violence through a ‘healthy relationship curriculum’
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September 15, 2021
Next Step For Texas’ Foster Care Mess: A Summit Among State Agencies And Plaintiffs
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September 15, 2021
The Pandemic Has Put More Kids At Risk Of Sex Trafficking, And Funding To Help Survivors Has Dwindled
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June 29, 2021
Fort Bliss Migrant Shelter Hires Away El Paso Child Care Workers, Aggravating Critical Shortage For Working Parents
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June 11, 2021
Tasing Reveals Police Role In Disciplining Youth At Migrant Shelters
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June 9, 2021
Feature: With The World In ‘Triage Mode,’ Who Will Care For India’s COVID Orphans?
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May 14, 2021
Texas Officials Knew Foster Children Were Illegally Placed In An Unsafe Shelter. It Didn’t End Until A Whistleblower Came Forward.
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May 10, 2021
New Report Shows Texas Foster Care System Still Falling Short
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March 23, 2021
As Foster Kids Continue Sleeping In State Offices, Providers Leave The System Citing Low Pay And Greater Scrutiny
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December 18, 2020
Soaring Number Of Texas Foster Children Sleeping In State Offices. Again.
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September 4, 2020
What You Need To Know About The Latest Court Hearing Over Texas Foster Care
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August 7, 2020
Pandemic Limits Some Kids And Parents In The CPS System To Video Visits
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July 17, 2020
Proposed $133 Million State Health Budget Cut Could Mean Less Oversight For Troubled Day Care, Foster Care Systems
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June 17, 2020
New Report Finds Texas’ Foster Care System Poses ‘Unreasonable Risk Of Serious Harm’
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May 8, 2020
Reports Of Child Abuse Plunge, But Advocates Fear Stay-At-Home Hides A Crush Of Cases
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February 11, 2020
Texas Asks US Supreme Court To End California Law Banning State-Funded Travel
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February 5, 2020
For The Growing Number Of Homeless Students, School Resources Can Be A Lifeline
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January 21, 2020
Without The Right Placements Available, More Texas Foster Kids Are Sleeping In State Offices
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December 18, 2019
Dallas Hospital Addresses A Need Often Overlooked In Women’s Health — Day Care
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December 6, 2019
For The First Time, More Children Are Leaving The Texas Foster Care System Than Entering It
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November 18, 2019
Texas’ Largest Archdiocese Seeks Exemption From Federal Anti-Discrimination Rule
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November 13, 2019
One Family’s Custody Battle Is Fueling A National Debate About Transgender Rights
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November 6, 2019
A Federal Judge Says Texas’ Conduct In Foster Care Case Has Been ‘Shameful’
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October 23, 2019
When Doctors Incorrectly Identify Abuse, Parents Risk Losing Their Kids
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October 10, 2019
A New State Commissioner Will Face Immediate Legal Conflict Over Texas Foster Care System
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July 30, 2019
Why Do Less Than 4% Of Former Foster Kids Have A College Degree In Texas?
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July 29, 2019
Texas CASA Reaches Out To Faith Communities
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July 11, 2019
Why A Texas Nonprofit Wants To Change Houston’s Curfew For Minors
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July 9, 2019
Appeals Court Ruling Overturns Some 2015 Foster Care Orders, Upholds Others
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May 31, 2019
Despite Looming Deadlines, Legislators Made Little Progress On Child Welfare Measures This Session
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May 27, 2019
How To Prepare For When A Child With Disabilities ‘Ages Out’ Of The System
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February 7, 2019
Persistence Is Often Key To Getting Needed Identification For Foster Youth
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February 4, 2019
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December 7, 2018
Nearly 90 Children Have Died In Texas Day Care Centers In The Past Decade
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November 15, 2018
New Report Indicates One In Five Texas Children Lives in Poverty
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October 22, 2018
Appeals Court Upholds Ruling Against Texas Foster Care System, But Says Some Remedies Went Too Far
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October 10, 2018
Children Separated From Deported Parents Could Be Adopted In The U.S.
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August 13, 2018
After Audit Finds TEA Shortchanged Kids, Texas Must Come Up With $3.2 Billion For Special Education
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May 28, 2018
Immigrant Families Separated At The Border Are Struggling To Find Each Other After Detention
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May 8, 2018
Why Do Children in Foster Care Become Pregnant At A Much Higher Rate? Well, It’s Complicated
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May 1, 2018
‘The Whole Mess Is Before Them’: U.S. Court Of Appeals Takes Up Texas Foster Care Case
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February 8, 2018
Child Abuse Deaths In Texas Increased 30 Percent In One Year
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December 11, 2017
Court Says The State Must Ramp Up Foster Parent Recruiting
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September 20, 2017
400,000 Texas Kids Could Lose Health Insurance. Congress Has Two Weeks To Prevent It.
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September 11, 2017
Foster Kids Face Special Challenges In Harvey’s Wake
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September 6, 2017
A New Texas Law Will Create a More Private Foster Care System
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January 1, 2018
How CPS And The ‘Broken’ Foster Care System Fared In 2017
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March 2, 2017
How Three Different Bills Could Change the Texas Foster Care System
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February 14, 2017
‘Fostels’ Aim to Place More Foster Kids in Homes
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November 23, 2016
Ken Paxton Challenges Expert Recommendations on Fixing Texas’ Foster Care System
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September 27, 2016
Foster Care Overhaul Would More Than Triple the State’s Returns
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September 19, 2016
This Child Was Removed From Her Parents by CPS. Where Will She End Up?
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September 12, 2016
CPS is Keeping Families Together Through Kinship Placements
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July 13, 2016
Broken Foster Care System Gets Some Backup As Texas Ranger Steps in as New Chief
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June 28, 2016
How Churches Can Help You Help a Kid in Foster Care
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May 17, 2016
Legislators Hope Traveling Foster Care Hearings Will Bring Solutions to Broken System
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May 2, 2016
New CPS Guidelines Treat Victims of Domestic Violence Differently in Cases of Child Abuse
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April 28, 2016
No Papers? No Problem: Texas’ Official CPS Adoption Policy May Surprise You
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March 28, 2016
‘You Get Tired:’ What the Retiring Leader of Texas’ Foster Care System Told Us
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March 25, 2016
Federal Efforts to Reform Texas’ Foster Care System Move Ahead, Trump Goes After Cruz’s Wife
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March 18, 2016
How Texas’ Foster Care System is Failing LGBTQ Youth
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March 10, 2016
State Workers Ask CPS to Withdraw Their Appeal to Reform the Foster Care System
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February 23, 2016
The Foster Care System is Broken, But the State’s Fighting an Order to Fix It
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December 18, 2015
Why the Texas Foster Care System is Being Called ‘Broken’ and ‘Unconstitutional’
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May 4, 2015
Texas Foster Kids Could Benefit From Trauma-Informed Care
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February 24, 2015
Is A Texas Foster Care Company Putting Profits Ahead of Care?
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