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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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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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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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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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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Resources
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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Resources
June 1, 2021
State of the State: Texas Child Welfare System Trends
Key data on the state of children in Texas, including the impact of trauma and abuse, child fatalities, numbers on the foster care system, paths...
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Resources
June 1, 2021
The Economic Cost of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
Prevalence of ACEs in Texas and the economic cost to the state if ACEs are not mitigated or prevented. View the Report.
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Resources
May 20, 2021
Frontline For Children | May 2021
We pulled together this month's 10 most noteworthy child welfare research articles for you. Read them all here and take action today! Transforming Child Welfare:...
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Articles
May 18, 2021
New Developments on the Texas Foster Care Lawsuit Crisis
Earlier in the month, Judge Janis Jack conducted a hearing to follow up on the progress made on the thirteen remedial orders. The Department of...
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News
May 10, 2021
Urgent Action We Need to Take in the Face of Texas’ Child Protective Services Crisis
Statement from TexProtects CEO Sophie Phillips on urgent actions we need to take in the face of Texas’ Child Protective Services crisis May 10, 2021...
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Resources
May 1, 2021
Federal Foster Care Lawsuit
A timeline of the foster care crisis in Texas. View the Infographic.
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