Texas Child Protection News For April
The following stories and articles about child abuse and child protection in Texas have been gathered from April 2016
4/28/16- Immigrants Can Adopt Relatives from Foster Care Despite Immigration Status
Immigrants can adopt relatives foster care despite immigration status (kut.org)
4/28/16- In Texas, Citizenship Not a Factor in Latino Adoptions
4/27/16- Texas High Risk Child Abuse Areas Now Tracked By Zip Code
Texas high risk child abuse areas now tracked by zip code (dfw.cbslocal.com)
4/27/16- Organization Demands Crackdown on Human Smuggling
Organization demands crackdown on human smuggling (krgv.com)
4/27/16- Q&A: Child welfare expert Katherine Barillas on what gives her hope amid Texas’ CPS crisis
4/27/16- Birkman: Ways to protect children from abuse and neglect (Opinion)
4/26/16- CPS changing approach to families with domestic violence
4/25/16- Spriggs: Texas’ child protection system is failing our children
4/22/16- More than 30,000 Texas children in need of foster homes
More than 30000 texas children in need of foster homes (abc7amarillo.com)
4/22/16- Opinion: Texas’ foster care, child protection system confronts an urgent crisis
4/22/16- Opinion: Symptoms of a shattered foster care system
Katherine barillas symptoms shattered foster care system (heralddemocrat.com)
4/22/16- Uncut: Time for action for CPS in Texas
4/21/16- Foster Parents Pack Fort Worth Town Hall
Foster Parents Pack Fort Worth Town Hall (nbcdfw.com)
4/21/16- Opinion: Is the New Head of Texas’s Broken Foster Care System Really Interested in Reform?
Is the new head of texass broken foster care system really interested in reform (houstonpress.com)
4/21/16- Texas’ Foster Care System Faces $40M Shortfall
Tt texas foster care system faces 40 million shortfall (governing.com)
4/19/16- Texas House Speaker Joe Straus: Next budget a ‘significant challenge’
4/20/16- Opinion: Lack of foster homes contributing to foster teens’ bleak future
4/20/16- Commentary: The Rio Grande Valley needs families for children
19012 commentary the rio grande valley needs families for children (baptiststandard.com)
4/20/16- Texas Capitol hearing stresses urgency of reforming state child protections
Texas capitol hearing stresses urgency of reforming state child protections (keyetv.com)
4/20/16- Lawmakers Hear Litany of Foster Care Woes
Lawmakers told foster care woes (texastribune.org)
4/20/16- Texas State Senate Focused On CPS & Foster Care Issues
Texas state senate focused on cps foster care issues (dfw.cbslocal.com)
4/20/16- Senators joust over whether to fix CPS with higher pay or better management
4/20/16- Lawmakers Wrangle Over Fix for ‘Broken’ Foster Care System
Texas child welfare system hhsc hearing (texasobserver.org)
4/20/16- Report outlines CPS missteps
4/20/16- Texas Foster Care Facing Budget Shortfall as Problems Mount
Texas Foster Care Facing Budget Shortfall as Problems Mount (nbcdfw.com)
4/19/16- Texas pilot uses technology to improve outcomes for foster kids (and it’s working!)
Texas pilot uses technology improve outcomes foster kids and its working (smartcitiescouncil.com)
4/20/16- F. Scott McCown, Texas Perspectives: Underfunded, overworked Child Protective Services fails our most vulnerable in Texas
Article c9943ac1 8fc8 578c a2d8 771470052cb1 (wacotrib.com)
4/19/16- Courts should back disabled children of Texas, restore funding
Courts should back disabled children of texas restore funding (viewpoints.blog.statesman.com)
4/20/16- Texas Re-Examines Foster Care System As Issues Mount
Texas re examines foster care system as issues mount (dfw.cbslocal.com)
4/18/16- Child-welfare agency turmoil inexcusable
20160418 child welfare agency turmoil inexcusable.ece (dentonrc.com)
4/18/16- Horrors of Texas Foster Care Are Not Materially Unlike Better Known Atrocities
Horrors of texas foster care are not materially unlike better known atrocities (dallasobserver.com)
4/17/16- Research project aims to help foster children
Research project aims to help foster children (dailytexanonline.com)
4/16/16- McCown: Changes need to be made at Child Protective Services
4/15/16- LGBT rights battles now playing out in statehouses got their start in Texas
Texas country (dallasvoice.com)
4/15/16- Opinion: Texas can’t hold its head high until it fixes broken, corrupt child welfare system
4/14/16- CPS workers didn’t check on endangered kids but filed records showing they did
4/14/16- Davis: Child-abuse solutions rest with family, community
4/14/16- Despite Systemic Failures, State Moves to License Detention Centers for Child Care
Dfps child care licenses detention (texasobserver.org)
4/12/16- Opinion: How Young Is Too Young Before CPS Gets Involved?
How young is too young before cps gets involved (texasstandard.org)
4/12/16- Straus Promises CPS Overhaul Is “Top Priority”
Straus promises cps overhaul is top (kykr.iheart.com)
4/14/16- Report Finds One-Fourth of Texas Children Live in Poverty
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4/13/16- Advocates talk about fight against child abuse
Article af8107a8 01f4 11e6 8edc ab8a25c65da2 (brownsvilleherald.com)
4/8/16- Foster Home Crunch Strands Children in Psych Facilities
Foster care home crunch means length psych stays g (texastribune.org)
4/12/16- An Expert Weighs In On The Child Welfare Crisis In Texas
Expert weighs child welfare crisis texas (keranews.org)
4/12/16- Budget Cuts for Therapy Won’t Harm Kids, Judge Told
Therapy payment cuts will not harm children judge (texastribune.org)
4/12/16- San Augustine Co. to get long-overdue Children’s Service Building
San augustine co to get long overdue childrens service building (ktre.com)
4/12/16- As more CPS bigwigs quit, Texas House Speaker Joe Straus vows to better protect abused kids
4/12/16- Two more leaders resign amid problems with CPS and foster care
4/11/16- Abbott picks new leaders for CPS
Abbott picks new leaders for cps (news-journal.com)
4/11/16- Abbott Names New Leaders at Embattled Child Welfare Agency
Abbott names new leaders child welfare agency (texastribune.org)
4/11/16- Editorial: Turmoil at Texas’ child-welfare agency is unconscionable
20160411 editorial turmoil at texas child welfare agency is unconscionable.ece (dallasnews.com)
4/11/16- Texas CASA Introduces Collaborative Family Engagement (CFE) During Child Abuse Prevention Month
4/9/16- Community, CPS collaborate to care for foster children (+ video)
Community cps collaborate care foster children video (heralddemocrat.com)
4/9/16- Overnight at CPS: Need for foster families outpaces local supply
Overnight cps need foster families outpaces local supply (heralddemocrat.com)
4/10/16- Caseworkers, Kids Trapped in Collapsing Foster System
Children caseworkers under pressure amid foster ca (texastribune.org)
4/10/16- Child Protective Services questioned after UT homicide
Child protective services questioned after ut homicide (kxan.com)
4/8/16- Report: Teen charged with killing Austin student was abused in foster care
4/7/16- Foster Care, Dead Children and Greg Abbott’s Cognitive Dissonance
Foster care dead children and greg abbotts cognitive dissonance (houstonpress.com)
4/6/16- Dallas State Senator: CPS System Needs a Fix
Dallas State Senator CPS is a crisis (nbcdfw.com)
4/6/16- Program strives to end child abuse in Arlington
Article bc959b26 f75d 11e5 9653 934b250348b6 (theshorthorn.com)
4/6/16- Breaking the cycle of child abuse
Article 9ffcd4b6 fb7c 11e5 afc8 376da9418140 (dailytribune.net)
4/6/16- Let’s work for ‘no child left behind’ in abuse
Lets work no child left behind abuse (fredericksburgstandard.com)
4/6/16- Child Abuse Prevention Month – Texas Statistics
Child abuse prevention month texas statistics (bigcountryhomepage.com)
4/5/16- Harris County’s most wanted offenders highlighted at Child Abuse Prevention Month kickoff
4/5/16- Dallas region’s top CPS official retires amid staggering caseloads
4/5/16- Emails Show Abbott’s Involvement at Child Welfare Agency
Emails show abbotts involvement child welfare agen (texastribune.org)
4/4/16- 2 fired, 1 resigns amid allegations CPS could have prevented girl’s fatal beating in Grand Prairie
4/2/16- CPS scrambles over loss of child-abuse investigators in North Texas
4/1/16- Despite Texas’ broken child welfare system, many heroes still hard at work
4/1/16- So many Dallas CPS investigators have quit, state has to bring in backups from other areas
3/31/16- No excuse: ChildSafe sets lofty goal to combat child abuse, neglect
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