Houston Matters
The mother of a transgender child in Texas says she lives in a near-constant panic attack
Posted on · Houston's Ann Elder shares what it's like to be the mother of a transgender child.
Tag: child protective services
Child Welfare
Child welfare monitors say there’s ‘ample evidence’ kids were abused at Bastrop foster care facility, disputing Texas Rangers
Posted on · Watchdogs appointed by a federal court found there is evidence of abuse and exploitation after reviewing thousands of documents and recordings.
Politics
Texas Foster Care Children Exposed To Sexual Abuse, Given Wrong Medication And Neglected In Unlicensed Placements, New Report Says
Posted on · The federal judge overseeing the decadelong lawsuit against Texas for conditions in its foster care system cut this week’s hearing short. She proposed all parties involved, including the governor, “cut to the chase” to identify solutions.
Harris County
REPORT: 322 Pregnant Texas Teens In Foster Care, 39 in Harris County
Posted on · The county with the highest number in the state is Bexar County with 54.
News
Federal Judge Hammers Texas Officials Over Failures To Improve Foster Care System
Posted on · An exasperated U.S. District Judge Janis Graham Jack found the state in contempt of court for failing to comply with some of her earlier orders in the wide-ranging lawsuit filed on behalf of Texas foster children.
News
Mother Of Maleah Davis Heckled After Canceled Court Hearing
Posted on · Derion Vence's bail bond was lowered from $1 million to $45,000. His next court date is set for July 10.
News
Houston Woman Sentenced For Trying To Sell Daughter For Sex
Posted on · She was arrested Feb. 22. Her daughter is the custody of state Child Protective Services.
News
Nannies in Texas: Self-Regulation Raises Concerns
Posted on · “I fear that nothing is going to change in this issue until something terrible happens.”
Texas
Texas Legislature Passes $217 Billion Budget
Posted on · The two-year package includes extra funding for foster care and mental health, but shifts more of public school costs onto local taxpayers.
Texas
House of Representatives Grinds Through Debate Over State Budget
Posted on · The House is considering more than 400 amendments to general appropriations bill.
Texas
Gov. Abbott’s Goals of CPS Overhaul, Budget Cuts In Conflict
Posted on · In his State of the State address, Gov. Greg Abbott told the Legislature fixing Child Protective Services was his top priority for the session.
Texas
Education, Immigration Likely Major Themes Of Abbott’s State Of The State Message
Posted on · Governor Abbott is also expected to call for additional funds for Child Protective Services to address a statewide crisis in foster care.
News
DPS Troopers Assisting In Effort To Locate Thousands Of Missing CPS Children
Posted on · Special agents with the Department of Public Safety are being used to locate an estimated 2,800 children who have been deemed by the state as at high-risk for abuse.
News
4 Regional CPS Directors Fired Amid Texas Agency’s Shakeup
Posted on · Child Protective Services has fired four regional directors as it looks to overhaul operations following years of complaints that the agency fails to adequately protect children who are abused or neglected.
Houston Matters
Report: Texas CPS is Failing to Protect the State’s Most Vulnerable Children
Posted on · Kristopher Sharp entered the foster care system in Texas when he was 10 years old. Until he aged out of the system at 18, he was placed in 20 different foster homes, mostly group homes. Along the way, he suffered abuse. He says face-to-face visits with Child Protective Services caseworkers were rare. We talk with […]