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.
Fifth Circuit Judge Patrick Higginbotham, also a Reagan appointee, noted that foster care in Texas looks bleak by statistics. For instance, he said, children who pass through the system “have a five times greater chance of having post-traumatic stress disorder t...
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...
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...
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...
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Re: “Still trying to dodge accountability — Texas says neglect suffered by disabled kids in foster care isn’t its responsibility to look into,” by Meredith Shytles Parekh, Aug. 22 Opinion. The Texas government isn’t pro-life — it’s pro-birth. It disgusts me that this government ...