New! TexProtects State of the State Report

March 19, 2020

Every week, more than four Texas children die because of child abuse and neglect. The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) recently released...

Child Abuse Prevention, Child Protective Services, Home Visiting, Understanding Policy

March 9, 2020

Where Science Meets Policy New and Noteworthy - Child Protection Research Trends in Pediatricians’ Developmental Screening Rates 2002 - 2016 (American Academy of Pediatrics) A...

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

February 24, 2020

Launching our new monthly feature TexProtects is pleased to launch our latest monthly feature, Frontline for Children. In it, we will share the newest and...

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

February 14, 2020

Pictured left to right: Kate Murphy with Texans Care For Children , Alison Mohr Boleware with NASW Texas , Sarah Crockett with Texas CASA, Inc. , Kerri Judice with TexProtects, and...

Child Abuse Prevention, Child Protective Services

January 27, 2020

Your Voice - and Action - Matters Between Legislative Sessions As summarized in our last blog post on the legislative interim, the work toward next...

Home Visiting, Legislative

January 15, 2020

The 86th Interim Committee Charges and Child Protection The Texas Legislative Session takes place for 140 days every two years; but it may be a...

Child Protective Services, Foster Care, Legislative

October 10, 2019

TexProtects has eagerly awaited the appointment of the next DFPS Commissioner and looks forward to welcoming Ms. Masters to Texas as we continue to work...

Child Abuse Prevention, Child Protective Services

September 12, 2019

This op-ed was published in the Houston Chronicle, Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Longview News-Journal and Alice Echo News-Journal. By Sophie Phillips, TexProtects CEO Yet again, more...

Child Abuse Prevention, Family Connects, Home Visiting

August 28, 2019

DID YOU KNOW? Behavioral health is a term used to refer to the connection between physical and mental health and a person’s behaviorAt least 25%...

Child Abuse Prevention, Child Protective Services, Foster Care, Legislative, Trauma & ACEs

July 18, 2019

This op-ed was distributed to and published by newspapers statewide in Texas, including the Dallas Morning News, Longview News-Journal and Stephenville Empire-Tribune. Permission to reprint...

Child Abuse Prevention, Foster Care

July 18, 2019

DID YOU KNOW? In 2018, there were 280,874 reports of suspected child abuse/neglect to Statewide Intake. 66,370 or 24% of those reports were confirmed. Child...

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

July 18, 2019

For Immediate Release Contact: Lee Nichols, TexProtects 512-796-9877 or Lee@texprotects.org Austin – Today, 37 organizations dedicated to supporting Texas children and families wrote to state...

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