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A 2004 report by Texas Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn was very critical of the Texas foster care system. [10] A follow-up statement with continued criticisms of the Texas foster care system was made in 2006 by the Comptroller and renewed a request to have the governor create a Family and Protective Services Crisis Management Team. [11]
Child protective services (CPS) refers to government agencies in the United States that investigate allegations of child abuse or neglect, and if confirmed, intervene by providing services to the family through a safety plan, in-home monitoring, supervision, or if a safety plan is not feasible or in emergencies, removing the child from the custody of their parent or legal guardian.
The CPS Family Helpline is a new project of the Texas Legal Services Center that provides information, in a confidential manner, to anyone with questions about the Texas CPS system. It primarily helps parents with CPS cases who have questions about how the system works, what they do to resolve matters, and how long CPS may stay involved with ...
Instead, the state's child protective services agency, the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS), ordered the parents to leave the hospital and placed the baby in foster care.
The Texas legislature voted to move to the new format in 2017, shortly after the death of a 15-year-old girl who was in CPS care in Houston. It was also in the wake of a class-action lawsuit ...
In New York City, child welfare workers search tens of thousands of families’ homes every year, looking for abuse and neglect. They rarely get a warrant.
DePelchin Children's Center, founded in 1892 in Houston, Texas, is a nonprofit organization focused on supporting and sustaining children and the families who care for them. DePelchin provides a range of services for children and families — it is an accredited foster care and adoption agency, and it also provides residential treatment for ...
Call the Texas Abuse Hotline at 1-800-252-5400 if you suspect a kid has been abused or neglected, or if you have any questions about a situation you think might be abuse or neglect. In an ...