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Texas, Foster Care Providers Helped Children During Harvey

Posted on September 12, 2017 · Texas Child Protective Services and its contractors evacuated more than 400 foster kids in institutions because of Hurricane Harvey and, probably, hundreds more who lived in foster homes along the Gulf coast.

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Foster Care and Test Scores: Monday’s Show (November 9, 2015)

Posted on November 9, 2015 · While the number of children in foster care has increased nationwide in the last five years — and the population of Harris County has increased since 2010 — the number of kids in foster care in the county over that time has dropped annually, based on the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Kids Count data and numbers from […]