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Child Protective Services
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Texas Investigators Failed to Check on Thousands of At-Risk Children
New data from Texas’ child welfare agency details a disturbing number of high-priority children whom investigators failed to check up on.
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New Child Welfare Chief Asks Lawmakers for Cooperation
The new chief of the state’s beleaguered child welfare system had a clear message for Texas lawmakers Tuesday: Time has run out for business as usual.
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Energy
Child Abuse Case Resurfaces in Railroad Commission Race
Sixteen years ago, CPS staffers accused Gary and Melissa Gates of abuse and removed their 13 children from their home. That case fizzled quickly, but the allegations and ensuing legal fight continue to provide fodder for Gates’ political opponents.
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Lawmakers Hear Litany of Foster Care Woes
The state’s child welfare agency faces a $40 million budget shortfall, a critical shortage of good homes for foster children and overwhelming caseloads for staff, agency leaders told state lawmakers at a hearing on Wednesday.
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TribCast
TribCast: GOP Leaders’ No Good, Very Bad Week
On this week’s TribCast — Emily’s first back at the helm — she talks to Ross, Morgan and Terri about Sid Miller’s ethics challenges, Ken Paxton’s legal woes and Greg Abbott’s challenges fixing the state’s child welfare system.
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Analysis: Take or Leave the Advice on Texas Kids, but Heed the Numbers
The younger part of the state’s population doesn’t look like the older part, and a new report suggests we should have a look at that before we make a big mess.
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Abbott Names New Leaders at Embattled Child Welfare Agency
At a time of heightened public scrutiny of Texas’ embattled child welfare agency, Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday appointed new leadership of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.
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Caseworkers, Kids Trapped in Collapsing Foster System
The Texas foster care system has been throwing off increasingly desperate distress signals for months. It falls to caseworkers like 27-year-old Daniel Hernandez to try to keep it working.
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Foster Home Crunch Strands Children in Psychiatric Facilities
Abused children in Texas are being left in psychiatric facilities longer than they were six years ago as the state’s child protective services system grapples with federal court scrutiny and diminishing options.