Texas Students in Foster Care: Results from Data Sharing Between Child Welfare and Education AgenciesLaura Marra, MSSW
Joseph “Jody” Hughes, assistant solicitor general under Paxton, told the judges it would be impossible to put each foster child into a home to receive individualized care, because there are so many thousands [of] children in need of the system and “not eve...
leaders from Texas’ Department of Family and Protective Services waffled on their methods of tracking deaf children in foster care and the number currently in the system. After foster children came forward and shared stories of abuse and neglect amplified by an inability to communicate w...
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.
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.
Where can I find Texas, my brother, who is in foster care? As a tip, when asking for assistance to locate people, it is always helpful to get specific answers with a particular question to start. Being specific with the location of the record(s) helps minimize broad generalized answers—...
Jack, the semi-retired judge who has become the state’s unofficial foster care czar through some 60 orders aimed at the system over the past decade, “has become too personally involved in the proceedings” to provide even the “appearance of justice” in the high-s...
Systemic Issues in Child Welfare: Role of the Legal and Judicial System for Children, Youth, and Families in Foster Care A chapter of the book "Child Welfare for the Twentieth Century" is presented. The chapter outlines the role of the court system in children, youth and fami... M Hardin...
But in her final order Friday, Jack wrote that "two years and one legislative session later, the foster care system of Texas remains broken." She also writes that the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services "has demonstrated an unwillingness to take tangible steps to fix the broken...
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