/tags/dfps DFPS en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Thu, 02 Mar 2017 20:20:01 GMT /politics/2017-03-02/how-three-different-bills-could-change-the-texas-foster-care-system From Texas Standard:Both houses of the Texas Legislature have unanimously approved an overhaul of how the state cares for its most vulnerable kids. It's a� Thu, 02 Mar 2017 20:20:01 GMT /politics/2017-03-02/how-three-different-bills-could-change-the-texas-foster-care-system Rhonda Fanning /politics/2016-12-02/texas-child-protective-services-funding-gets-final-ok-with-restrictions A board of lawmakers has given final approval for $150 million in funding to help pull the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services out of its� Fri, 02 Dec 2016 21:24:25 GMT /politics/2016-12-02/texas-child-protective-services-funding-gets-final-ok-with-restrictions Marissa Evans, Texas Tribune /texas/2016-10-04/texas-investigators-failed-to-check-on-thousands-of-at-risk-children On any given day in the last six months, nearly a thousand of Texas' "highest-priority" children � considered by the state to be at immediate risk of� Tue, 04 Oct 2016 18:15:12 GMT /texas/2016-10-04/texas-investigators-failed-to-check-on-thousands-of-at-risk-children Edgar Walters | Texas Tribune, Annie Daniel, Texas Tribune /texas/2016-04-10/caseworkers-kids-trapped-in-texas-collapsing-foster-system Daniel Hernandez, an investigator for the state’s Child Protective Services agency, left his South Austin home at dawn on a recent Thursday holding a� Sun, 10 Apr 2016 15:15:14 GMT /texas/2016-04-10/caseworkers-kids-trapped-in-texas-collapsing-foster-system Edgar Walters | Texas Tribune /texas/2014-08-01/state-contractor-pulls-out-of-foster-care-redesign The private contractor leading the state’s foster care redesign initiative has voluntarily terminated its contract with the Texas Department of Family and� Fri, 01 Aug 2014 19:29:57 GMT /texas/2014-08-01/state-contractor-pulls-out-of-foster-care-redesign Alexa Ura /texas/2013-09-09/child-protective-services-launches-foster-care-redesign The state’s child welfare agency is launching a new program aimed at improving the outcomes of children in foster care in Texas. The project, called� Mon, 09 Sep 2013 13:52:20 GMT /texas/2013-09-09/child-protective-services-launches-foster-care-redesign