Texas Students in Foster Care: Results from Data Sharing Between Child Welfare and Education AgenciesLaura Marra, MSSW
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.
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 wi...
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 e...
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.
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...
According to the Maryland Health Connection, “Eligibility will be determined in real time in most cases.” Young adults who have aged out of foster care will be eligible for Medicaid up to age 26 Stay tuned.
Date Posted: 8/16/2023 Nexstar Media Group’s KXAN in Austin, Texas, helped collect 740 fans and more than $231,000 to help neighbors in need combat dangerous temperatures. Family Eldercare has been running the drive for more than 30 years. The 2023 drive came during a week with multiple...
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...
Does she budget to pay for their storage for the rest of her life? Does she implant them at a point in her menstrual cycle when she's least likely to get pregnant? Burzlaff and her husband are in the middle of the adoption process through the foster care system. The Alabama decision,...