When foster kids bounce from placement to placement, they leave their belongings with state child welfare workers — where advocates say they often get misplaced, given to the wrong child or even stolen.
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TribBlog: Warren Jeffs On Texas Soil
Warren Jeffs has made it to Texas. The embattled leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints — the polygamous Mormon breakaway sect whose Eldorado ranch was raided by child welfare officials in 2008 — will stand trial in San Angelo for allegedly sexually assaulting a child.
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A Death at Daystar
The same Houston-area residential treatment center where staffers forced disabled girls to fight each other — prompting child welfare officials to halt admissions and hire a safety monitor — is now under fire for the asphyxiation of a 16-year-old boy who died Friday after a restraint was applied by a staffer in a closet.
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TribBlog: Report: Dead Texans Could Get Child Care Checks
A new report details an undercover investigation of federally funded child care subsidy programs by the GAO in five states, including Texas. The GAO determined that the Texas program was vulnerable to fraud.
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Anne Heiligenstein: The TT Interview
The commissioner of the state’s Department of Family and Protective Services talked to the Tribune about the planned redesign of Texas’ foster care system — one she hopes will keep kids close to home and connected to their siblings and reduce their time in state custody.
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TribBlog: More Trouble In Foster Care
A teenage girl in foster care who collapsed at a Houston-area residential treatment center about a month ago has died.
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