Issues of abuse and neglect have plagued the state's child welfare agency for decades. It is why the Texas foster care system is undergoing a major overhaul, moving to privatize its services.
In federal court last week, Texas Judge Janis Graham Jack demanded faster action from the state agencies overseeing Texas'' foster care system for swifter action to address the current crisis, KXAN Austin reported. On Jan. 10, a panel of three independent, national experts submitted their ...
It took just one day for Texas to appeal a federal judge's ruling concerning the state's foster care system. A federal judge is fining the state $100,000 a day for contempt and neglecting to adequately investigate allegations of abuse against s
Morris interviewed Alyssa Murphy, now 20 years old and an adult who has aged out of the Texas Foster Care system. Alyssa is one of the original plaintiffs in the state’s ongoing foster care lawsuit that began in 2011, and which was just recently heard a...
The lawsuit against Texas’ foster care system has taken many turns in the 13 years that it has wound through the federal courts. But the decision that now sits before the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals could be a bombshell.
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The proportion of children with emotional and behavioral disturbances within the foster care system in the United States is continuing to increase. Many of
Readers find it hard to control outrage; worry about state government control; and wish Texas would focus on fixing its foster care system. ByLetters to the Editor Mar. 30, 2024 | Updated 12:31 a.m. CDT | 4 min. read To stay sane this election seas...
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When they aged out of the foster care system, they realized how lucky they were to have had such loving foster families. "Six-year-old Sherry and Cherry didn't see this. The ones who were left on the steps and even the ones who were not adopted," Sherry said. "So this is, it's...