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  • Future Directions for Home Visiting in Texas

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    November 1, 2020

    Future Directions for Home Visiting in Texas

    Strategies that can be used to finance expansion, innovation, engagement, and workforce stabilization of home visiting services. View the Report.

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    Home Visiting

    Home Visiting Advocacy Toolkit

    Resources

    November 1, 2020

    Home Visiting Advocacy Toolkit

    6 ways to advocate for home visiting programs. View the Toolkit.

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    Home Visiting

    How To Address Loneliness In Our Youth During COVID-19

    Articles

    October 26, 2020

    How To Address Loneliness In Our Youth During COVID-19

    Most people feel lonely at some point in their lives, but two landmark Cigna studies found that more than half of respondents reported some degree...

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    Insight into DFPS priorities for 2022-2023

    Articles

    October 22, 2020

    Insight into DFPS priorities for 2022-2023

    While we can likely all agree that 2020 has been a year that has somehow simultaneously flown by and dragged on, one thing is certain: the 87th Legislative...

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    Child Abuse Prevention, Child Protective Services, Foster Care, Legislative

    Here’s How TexProtects Has Been Advocating for Texas Children and Families in October

    Articles

    October 19, 2020

    Here’s How TexProtects Has Been Advocating for Texas Children and Families in October

    TexProtects has been hard at work advocating for children and families. Recently, we submitted comments in response to Requests for Information (RFI) from three different...

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    Child Abuse Prevention, Child Protective Services, Foster Care, Legislative

    What to Expect for Child Welfare Funding in the 87th Legislature

    Articles

    October 12, 2020

    What to Expect for Child Welfare Funding in the 87th Legislature

    The Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) recently released their Legislative Appropriations Request. In a typical legislative budget cycle, one would expect numerous exceptional...

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    Child Protective Services, Legislative

    What One Grandparent Wants You to Know About Supporting Kinship Caregivers

    Articles

    September 28, 2020

    What One Grandparent Wants You to Know About Supporting Kinship Caregivers

    Mercedes Bristol is a grandparent raising five grandchildren after their involvement with Child Protective Services (CPS). She also advocates for the needs and rights of...

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    Child Protective Services, Foster Care

    Frontline for Children | September 2020

    Resources

    September 10, 2020

    Frontline for Children | September 2020

    CHILD PROTECTION POLICY – NEW AND NOTEWORTHY The Moment is Now: Children’s Bureau August/September Newsletter: Vol. 21, No. 6 (Department of Health & Human Services,...

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    Child Abuse Prevention, Child Protective Services, Foster Care

    How Will Texas Implement FFPSA?

    Articles

    September 8, 2020

    How Will Texas Implement FFPSA?

    Texas has moved one step closer to creating a state plan that leverages federal funding to prioritize prevention and family preservation. In February 2018, Congress...

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    Child Abuse Prevention, Child Protective Services, Foster Care, Legislative

    State of the State: Texas Child Welfare System Trends

    Resources

    September 1, 2020

    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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    Child Abuse Prevention, Child Protective Services, Trauma & ACEs

    87th Texas Legislative Session Wrap Up

    Resources

    September 1, 2020

    87th Texas Legislative Session Wrap Up

    Smart solutions to child abuse and neglect were put forward by TexProtects during the legislative session, including accomplishments, missed opportunities. View the Report.

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    Child Abuse Prevention, Child Protective Services, Legislative, Prenatal to Three Collaborative, Trauma & ACEs

    Child Abuse and Neglect Risks During COVID-19

    Resources

    September 1, 2020

    Child Abuse and Neglect Risks During COVID-19

    Summary of how economic recessions, unemployment, increases in family violence, mental health, substance abuse, and parental stress have correlated to increases in child abuse and...

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    Child Abuse Prevention