A workgroup of the Texas Senate Finance Committee was willing to give Child Protective Services caseworkers $12,000 raises but balked at hiring all the new workers Commissioner Hank Whitman requested.
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Report says Child Protective Service workers are overloaded, urges overhaul
The long-awaited report comes almost a year after U.S. District Judge Janis Jack ruled that Texas’ long-term foster care system violated children’s civil rights.
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Health care
Texas Public Policy Foundation begins new child welfare initiative
The conservative foundation intends to weigh in on the state’s continuing struggle to take care of at-risk children.
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Foster care chief ups request for caseworker pay hikes
One day after lawmakers challenged his plans for retaining caseworkers, DFPS chief Hank Whitman asks for even more money to raise salaries.
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Health care
“Beat on me,” foster care chief tells lawmakers. And they do.
Hank Whitman, appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott to fix the state’s dangerous and dysfunctional foster care system, says he needs more money to get the job done. Some lawmakers aren’t convinced.
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Politics
Warring ads turn up heat on competitive Dallas County House race
An out-of-district house and a Child Protective Services vote are the topics of competing campaign materials from incumbent Republican Rep. Kenneth Sheets and his opponent, Democrat Victoria Neave.
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Child Protective Services chief: We need 550 more caseworkers
“Texas children remain at risk,” Department of Family and Protective Services Commissioner Hank Whitman wrote. “This is unacceptable.”
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Politics
Dan Patrick offers faith-based plan to ease foster care crisis
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick wants faith-based communities to help find foster and adoptive homes for kids in need.
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Health care
State leaders order overhaul of Texas Child Protective Services
The governor’s office has put the Department of Family and Protective Services on notice to come up with a plan to help foster children find home placements faster and seek out those facing abuse.
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Child Welfare Oversight, Teen Drivers’ Training and Trump’s Women Woes (Video)
In the Roundup: Child welfare agency failures, teen drivers could be taught how to deal with police and Trump’s challenges with Texas women.