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CHILD WELFARE


Texas should tell parents their rights when it investigates child abuse claims, lawmaker proposes

Most reports of child abuse or neglect turn out to be unfounded. But while under investigation, parents with little understanding of their rights or the process often make decisions that could impact the fate of their families.

New Texas foster care report shows both improvements and continued deficiencies

In a fifth report tracking the stateโ€™s efforts to remedy its embattled foster care system, federal monitors documented persistent risks to Texas children ahead of next weekโ€™s court hearing.

Texas fights federal rule that would outlaw LGBTQ discrimination in state adoptions and foster care

Texas allows religious groups that are part of the stateโ€™s child welfare network to refuse to assist LGBTQ couples seeking to foster or adopt. That could put critical federal funding at risk.

Texas case could change adoption rules for Native American children, and undercut tribal rights

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a lawsuit challenging the preferences Native American families and tribes are given under the Indian Child Welfare Act.

Bastrop County grand jury declines to indict caretaker at center of The Refuge abuse scandal

The grand jury said they did not find sufficient evidence to indict Iesha Greene, who was reported to have sold and solicited nude photos of children at the Bastrop shelter.

In Texas youth prisons, children trapped in their cells use water bottles and lunch trays for toilets

Gov. Greg Abbott largely remained silent as dangerous conditions caused by a lack of staff persisted at Texas juvenile facilities during the summer.

Texasโ€™ child welfare agency told staffers to keep quiet about gender-affirming care investigations, documents show

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services leaders instructed employees to avoid written communications about the cases and barred low-level employees from handling the investigations, according to internal agency communications.

Judge asks Texas to remove foster care kids from out-of-state facilities facing child abuse investigation

At least 48 Texas children are housed at facilities run by organizations under an investigation launched by two U.S. senators.

Judge plans to levy โ€œsubstantial finesโ€ after Texas failed to comply with court-ordered fixes to its foster care system

The judge in the 11-year federal lawsuit against Texas said the state has not properly punished or shut down unsafe child care placement facilities or curbed the rate of children who are sexually victimized while in the stateโ€™s care.

Texas Supreme Court allows child abuse investigations into families of transgender teens to continue

The high court also raised questions about why the state opened these investigations in the first place, noting that the child welfare agency is not bound by directives from the governor.

Lack of communication between child welfare and juvenile justice systems hurts foster kids, court monitors say

The court-appointed watchdogs expressed concern after learning that a caretaker accused of exploiting children at a state-licensed facility in Bastrop had been previously fired from a state juvenile justice facility for misconduct.

Bastrop shelter caretaker accused of exploiting girls was fired from previous job for misconduct with children

State records show Iesha Greene was fired in 2020 from a state juvenile facility for having inappropriate relationships with children. The Refuge said it was aware of her previous work there, but it never requested her publicly available personnel records.

Distraught over orders to investigate trans kidsโ€™ families, Texas child welfare workers are resigning

Other investigators donโ€™t want to follow an order they believe harms families but worry about the impact of a mass employee exodus on the stateโ€™s most vulnerable children.

Over 100 children have died in Texasโ€™ child welfare system since 2020, report says

Most of the deaths were attributed to โ€œpreexisting medical conditionsโ€ or abuse suffered before the children entered the system, according to the DFPS report. The numbers are on par with those reported in previous years.

Judge loses trust in Texasโ€™ child abuse investigation of foster care facility and calls for federal inquiry

U.S. District Judge Janis Jack said she is seeking a federal criminal investigation into allegations that children were sexually abused and trafficked at The Refuge, a state-licensed foster care shelter for victims of sex trafficking.

Founder of state-contracted child abuse shelter hopes to reopen after employee was accused of exploiting two girls

Brooke Crowder said The Refuge is working to incorporate a deeper employee screening process with the help of a company recommended by the governorโ€™s and attorney generalโ€™s offices.

Texas Rangers confirm investigation into nude photos of children at Bastrop shelter but find โ€œno evidenceโ€ of sex abuse

An attorney representing foster care children in a suit against Texas said Department of Public Safety director Steve McCrawโ€™s conclusion that there was no evidence of sexual abuse despite the investigation into the photos was โ€œboth surprising and extremely troubling.โ€

โ€œTheyโ€™re talking about how my existence is child abuseโ€: Trans teen fears crackdown on gender-affirming health care

Speakers at South by Southwest decried attempts by Texas officials to open child abuse investigations into families whose kids have used treatments like puberty blockers and hormone therapy.

State-licensed shelter where sex trafficking victims were reportedly abused ordered to close

The Refuge, which closed Friday, said it fired an employee accused of coercing the victims to sell nude photos as soon as it found out. The Bastrop-based shelter has not addressed the other eight staff members also accused of causing harm to the girls.

Texasโ€™ child welfare agency ordered to investigate trans kidsโ€™ families has been in crisis for years

The Department of Family and Protective Services has been under federal court monitoring for over a decade for violating the civil rights of kids in foster care. Now, the short-staffed agency has to investigate parents who provide their children with gender-affirming care.

Attorney General Ken Paxton appeals restraining order that blocked state agency from investigating trans teenโ€™s family

A Texas judge was scheduled to consider a statewide injunction on investigations of parents over obtaining gender-affirming care. The appeal now puts the hearing on hold.

Analysis: Texasโ€™ foster care problems are clear. The response from state leaders isnโ€™t.

The stateโ€™s foster care system has been dangerous to children and embarrassing to the state for years. But with state officials constantly chasing other issues, itโ€™s still suffering from neglect.

Texas foster care children exposed to sexual abuse, given wrong medication and neglected in unlicensed placements, new report says

The federal judge overseeing the decadelong lawsuit against Texas for conditions in its foster care system cut this weekโ€™s hearing short. She proposed all parties involved, including the governor, โ€œcut to the chaseโ€ to identify solutions.

Texas children and childrenโ€™s hospitals are under siege from two viruses: RSV and COVID-19

More children are being treated in Texas hospitals for COVID-19 than ever before, and an unseasonable outbreak of respiratory syncytial virus is adding to the stress on childrenโ€™s hospitals.

Texas foster care crisis worsens, with fast-growing numbers of children sleeping in offices, hotels, churches

Increased oversight and lack of funding mean hundreds of children spend their nights in hotels and churches and on office floors.

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