New! TexProtects State of the State Report

August 8, 2022

The law that authorizes the bipartisan Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program will expire in September 2022. We cannot afford to lose these federal...

Child Abuse Prevention, Home Visiting

July 6, 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 6, 2022 The TexProtects Board of Directors announced that Sophie Phillips has resigned as CEO of TexProtects. Her last day is...

January 31, 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...

Child Abuse Prevention, Child Protective Services, Foster Care

January 24, 2022

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...

Child Protective Services

January 12, 2022

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...

Foster Care

January 7, 2022

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...

Child Abuse Prevention, Child Protective Services, Foster Care

December 20, 2021

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...

Prenatal to Three Collaborative

December 8, 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...

Child Abuse Prevention, Child Protective Services

November 1, 2021

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

Child Protective Services, Foster Care, Understanding Policy

October 7, 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...

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

October 5, 2021

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...

Child Abuse Prevention

August 28, 2021

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...

Foster Care