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  • Frontline For Children | JANUARY 2022

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    January 31, 2022

    Frontline For Children | JANUARY 2022

    We pulled together this month's most noteworthy child welfare research articles for you. Read them all here and take action today! 1. Equitable Supports for...

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    Child Abuse Prevention, Child Protective Services, Foster Care

    January 24, 2022

    A Social Work Career in CPS Research and Policy – Episode 6

    Do you ever wonder what it looks like to be a political social worker? Kerrie Judice joins us to discusses her social work background, her...

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    Child Protective Services

    January 12, 2022

    Children’s advocacy group discusses Texas foster care crisis

    The Texas foster care system has too many problems to detail in just a short TV interview. But for a taste of how bad it...

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    Foster Care

    Frontline For Children | December 2021

    Resources

    January 7, 2022

    Frontline For Children | December 2021

    We pulled together this month's most noteworthy child welfare research articles for you. Read them all here and take action today! U.S. Chamber of Commerce...

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    Child Abuse Prevention, Child Protective Services, Foster Care

    December 20, 2021

    Opinion: Build Back Better can transform lives of millions of Texas children

    We can’t talk about the future of Texas without talking about the well-being of our children. During the last Texas legislative session, policymakers set a...

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    Prenatal to Three Collaborative

    Frontline For Children | October + November 2021

    Resources

    December 8, 2021

    Frontline For Children | October + November 2021

    We pulled together this month's most noteworthy child welfare research articles for you. Read them all here and take action today! Texas Department of Family...

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    Child Abuse Prevention, Child Protective Services

    Four Recommendations to Start Transforming the CPS System

    Resources

    November 1, 2021

    Four Recommendations to Start Transforming the CPS System

    Guidance on how to measure outcomes for our child protection system and recommendations for improvement. View the Report.

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    Child Protective Services, Foster Care, Understanding Policy

    Frontline For Children | August + September 2021

    Resources

    October 7, 2021

    Frontline For Children | August + September 2021

    We pulled together this month's 8 most noteworthy child welfare research articles for you. Read them all here and take action today! 4 in 10...

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    Child Abuse Prevention, Child Protective Services, Foster Care, Home Visiting

    October 5, 2021

    Dallas County ARPA Funding Proposal for Child Welfare

    Dear Judge Jenkins and Commissioners Price, Garcia, Daniel, and Koch, On behalf of TexProtects and the 8 other undersigned local community organizations that advocate for...

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    Child Abuse Prevention

    August 28, 2021

    The critical foster care reforms in Texas are having unintended consequences

    Recently, we have been reading about foster children sleeping in Child Protective Services offices as if sleeping in offices is our child welfare crisis. Sleeping...

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    Foster Care

    Frontline For Children | July 2021

    Resources

    August 4, 2021

    Frontline For Children | July 2021

    We pulled together this month's 9 most noteworthy child welfare research articles for you. Read them all here and take action today! 2021 Kids Count...

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    Child Abuse Prevention, Child Protective Services, Foster Care

    Frontline For Children | June 2021

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    June 28, 2021

    Frontline For Children | June 2021

    We pulled together this month's 8 most noteworthy child welfare research articles for you. Read them all here and take action today! Racism Creates Inequities...

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    Child Abuse Prevention, Child Protective Services, Foster Care, Home Visiting