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The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) is responsible for investigating charges of abuse, neglect or exploitation of children, the elderly, and adults with disabilities. Prior to its creation in 2004, the agency had been called the Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services ( DPRS ).
House Bill 5, 85th Regular Legislative Session, 2017, established DFPS as an agency independent of Texas Health and Human Services effective Sept. 1, 2017. [4] To comply with previous legislation, on Sept. 1, 2017, HHSC assumed responsibility for the child care licensing function previously managed by DFPS.
The groups implored all lawmakers to address issues such as the state’s waiting list of about 80,000 children who are awaiting financial assistance to help pay for child care, in addition to the ...
Texans Care for Children released an updated dashboard of data and policy recommendations on Wednesday. New Texas school readiness data shows child care, pre-K gaps. What are proposed solutions?
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.
Texas Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn made a statement in 2006 about the Texas foster care system. [55] In Fiscal 2003, 2004 and 2005, respectively 30, 38 and 48 foster children died in the state's care. The number of foster children in the state's care increased 24 percent to 32,474 in Fiscal 2005, while the number of deaths increased 60 ...
Although a $2.3-billion House proposal for child care was not included in the state’s finalized budget for 2024-25 — amid a $30 billion surplus — a bright spot for the child care sector came ...
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