Beth Cortez-Neavel
By Beth Cortez-Neavel:
Closing the Gap: Seeking Better Care for Foster Kids in Texas
Lawmakers Try to Bring Order to Disastrously Lax Foster Care Training System
Responding to the deaths of 13 children under the protection of licensed caregivers, the legislature is considering more oversight of foster care agencies. Read More
The State Considers Pausing Controversial Foster Care Reforms
The House and Human Services Committee is asking that the state temporarily stop the rollout of controversial reforms to the foster care system in Texas. Read More
Texas Kids Living With Relatives Aren’t Getting State Support They’re Due
According to a new report, a quarter-million Texas children are living with family members other than their parents, but aren’t getting the state and federal benefits they’re due. Read More
Report: Foster Care Reforms Will Cost More Money
A new report concludes that controversial foster care reforms will likely cost Texas more money. Read More
State Stumbles Forward with Foster Care Privatization
Is the state agency charged with guarding Texas' abused kids trying to privatize foster care services for no reason? Read More
Fostering Neglect
Texas’ foster care reforms were supposed to fix a deadly system. Instead, they might make it worse.
Texas’ foster care reforms were supposed to fix a deadly system. Instead, they might make it worse. Read More
Advocates, State Officials Fight Over Foster Care System Overhaul
Depending on whom you ask, Texas is either rushing to implement potentially disastrous changes to its foster care system or taking bold action to fix serious problems. Read More
Laid-Off UT-Brownsville Faculty Sue, Claiming School Ignored their Tenure Rights
Three professors filed a suit against the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, escalating a two-year battle over tenure rights. Read More
Photos From Wendy Davis’ Filibuster and the Senate Battle Over Anti-Abortion Bill
With the Texas Senate poised to approve one of the harshest anti-abortion laws in the country, the crowd took over. Read More