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From Texas Standard: A new commissioner will take over at the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services in December. Gov. Greg Abbott announced...
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A new county-wide pilot program aims to lower barriers to higher education for students coming from the foster care system. The two-year, $3.5 million…
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One of the most effective ways to keep people from voting for the political opposition is to not give those voters a place to go vote. The recipe is easy;…
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After 16 years of moving from one foster home to another, Krizia Franklin couldn’t wait to be out on her own when she graduated from high school.“Nobody…
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From Texas Standard: "Unidentified: How Kids Can Age Out Of Texas Foster Care Without Documentation" is a series of reports from Texas Standard about...
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Monday at noon on "The Source" — The Texas legislature's order to redesign the state's foster care system has led to a new model for managing cases. The…
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From Texas Standard: The Texas foster care system is violating the constitutional rights of children, and Texas must improve its investigations of child...
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More children are being sent to foster care because of a parent's opioid misuse. America's opioid crisis is creating a cycle of hardship for families…
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From Texas Standard: An earlier version of this story said that thousands of children in Texas foster care are sexually abused. The data shows that CPS...
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From Texas Standard: Texas is back in federal court making the case before a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals over the state's...