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The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) is responsible for investigating charges of abuse, neglect or exploitation of children, the elderly, and adults with disabilities. Prior to its creation in 2004, the agency had been called the Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services ( DPRS ).
The 84th Texas Legislature, 2015, abolished this agency effective Sept. 1, 2017. [3] DADS services were transferred to HHSC. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) House Bill 5, 85th Regular Legislative Session, 2017, established DFPS as an agency independent of Texas Health and Human Services effective Sept. 1, 2017. [4]
The Refuge Ranch was a Christian faith-based facility on 50 rural acres in Bastrop County, Texas, for young women who had been subjected to human trafficking, which operated under contract with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) until it was ordered to shut down on March 11, 2022, in the wake of multiple reports of sexual abuse and exploitation, medical neglect and ...
Since 2004, the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services had itself been an object of reports of unusual numbers of poisonings, deaths, rapes and pregnancies of children under its care. The Texas Family and Protective Services Crisis Management Team was created by executive order after the critical report Forgotten Children of 2004.
DePelchin Children's Center, founded in 1892 in Houston, Texas, is a nonprofit organization focused on supporting and sustaining children and the families who care for them. DePelchin provides a range of services for children and families — it is an accredited foster care and adoption agency, and it also provides residential treatment for ...
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The Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) is a state agency that coordinates Texas's emergency management program.. TDEM implements programs to increase public awareness about threats and hazards, coordinates emergency planning, provides an extensive array of specialized training for emergency responders and local officials, and administers disaster recovery and hazard mitigation ...
On February 24, 2022, Briggle spoke out against the efforts of Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to describe gender-affirming medical treatments for children as child abuse and the directive from Abbott for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) to investigate families with transgender children who were reported to be receiving such medical ...