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Tag Archives: DFPS

Hank Whitman — CPS

by Laura Marie Thompson

Child Protective Services Refusing to Help Child Crime Victims with Immigration Visas

The agency’s blanket ban on issuing certifications puts an already vulnerable group in a precarious situation.

Fri, Dec 2, 2016 |

For the past eight months, Texas Child Protective Services has quietly rejected requests for help from undocumented children who are the victims of crime....Read More

Families in the hall at the notorious T. Don Hutto family detention center

by Alexa Garcia-Ditta

Despite Systemic Failures, State Moves to License Detention Centers for Child Care

Thu, Apr 14, 2016 |

As Texas’ Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) makes headlines for inadequate monitoring of children in state care — in some cases, deathly i...Read More

swings

by Beth Cortez-Neavel

State Stumbles Forward with Foster Care Privatization

Tue, Sep 9, 2014 |

Is the state agency charged with guarding Texas' abused kids trying to privatize foster care services for no reason? ...Read More

Despite Child Deaths, State Likely to Keep Foster Care Contractor

Tue, Jul 8, 2014 |

The two foster children who drowned on Sunday were placed by an agency owned by a company Texas has contracted to manage foster kids in 60 counties. ...Read More

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