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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). [1] [2]
BCFS Health and Human Services (formerly Baptist Child and Family Services) is a U.S. 501(c)(3) organization based in San Antonio, Texas, specializing in emergency shelter, foster care, and adoption. It was founded as an orphanage for Hispanic children in 1944.
The Texas Family and Protective Services Crisis Management Team was created by executive order after the critical report Forgotten Children of 2004. In late 2010 or early 2011, doctors became aware that two out of three children in a family had very small rib fractures.
The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services offers a deep set of data on the foster care system, but those numbers only provide a glimpse into the struggles children face in the state ...
Texas law doesn’t say what age is old enough for a child to stay at home alone. But parents and caregivers are still accountable for a kid’s care, and inadequate supervision can be a type of ...
The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services officially pulled its foster placements on Jan. 17 due to “concerns about appropriate care,” according to spokesperson Marissa Gonzales.
DePelchin is a member of the Alliance for Children & Families, a national membership organization that supports education and training for organizations serving children and families, [27] as well as the Texas Alliance for Child and Family Services, an organization that provides nonprofits with advocacy, public policy, and technical assistance ...
After an MGM publicist and his wife adopted a child from the Texas Children's Home and Aid Society he presented Mrs. Gladney's life story to then head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Louis Mayer. Her life's work was the foundation for the 1941 film, Blossoms in the Dust. Greer Garson played Gladney and Walter Pidgeon played her husband Sam.