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The concept is similar to the “foster care redesign” pilot program that was rolled out in North Texas in 2014. Foster care redesign was a hybrid system where Fort Worth-based provider ACH ...
Texas needs to continue the progress made updating the foster care funding system so that it reflects the true cost of effective services, helps maintain an experienced and dedicated workforce and ...
The 5th Circuit Court has blocked a judge's order fining Texas $100,000 per day for failing to implement court-ordered fixes to its foster care system. Texas will not have to pay, for now, $100K ...
In 2020, there were 407,493 children in foster care in the United States. [14] 45% were in non-relative foster homes, 34% were in relative foster homes, 6% in institutions, 4% in group homes, 4% on trial home visits (where the child returns home while under state supervision), 4% in pre-adoptive homes, 1% had run away, and 2% in supervised independent living. [14]
However, because of the long-term impacts of this final step, during COVID-19, experts have worried about the legal backlog and pileup. Children currently in foster care (and any children taken under lockdown) because of alleged abuse or neglect require a trial, but many trials and meeting dates have been delayed indefinitely. [19]
At least 23 children have died in Texas’ long-term foster care system since summer 2019, according to a new report by court-appointed monitors for state agencies in charge of the system. Six of ...