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Children Living with Extended Family Get Less Than Foster Children

Posted on December 16, 2014 · Across Texas, a quarter of a million children are living informally with grandparents and other relatives because their parents have died or can't take care of them. A new report explains why those families need more support and services from the state.

Houston Matters

Foster Home Shortage in Houston

Posted on September 20, 2013 · According to the Childrenâs Bureau of the Department of Health and Human Services, in its most recent report to Congress, on the last day of 2011, nationwide, an estimated 407,000 children were in foster care. That represented a four-year low. And yet, for the first time in four years, more children entered foster care over […]