Week In Review – July 3rd, 2023

  Foster Care and Child Welfare Week in Review – June 26, 2023 Here are some news items from last week related to foster care, adoption, and child welfare that caught our eye: New Texas laws favor parents in child abuse investigations as legislators try to limit...

Week In Review – June 12, 2023

  Foster Care and Child Welfare Week in Review – June 12, 2023 Here are some news items from last week related to foster care, adoption, and child welfare that caught our eye: Hundreds of kids in Texas foster care were still sleeping in hotels or other unlicensed...

Week In Review – May 22nd, 2023

  Foster Care and Child Welfare Week in Review – May 22, 2023 Here are some news items from last week related to foster care, adoption, and child welfare that caught our eye: Texas DPS recovers 30 children in joint human trafficking operations Last week, a...

Week In Review – May 15th, 2023

  Foster Care and Child Welfare Week in Review – May 15, 2023 Here are some news items from last week related to foster care, adoption, and child welfare that caught our eye: First Lady Abbott hosts Heart Gallery event At Governor’s Mansion First Lady Cecilia...

Week In Review – May 8th, 2023

  Foster Care and Child Welfare Week in Review – May 8, 2023 Here are some news items from last week related to foster care, adoption, and child welfare that caught our eye: Judge defends keeping eye on Texas’ overuse of mental health drugs on foster children...

What We Are Reading – Upstream by Dan Heath

  Welcome back to our series “What We Are Reading”! This month we are taking a deep dive into Dan Heath’s book Upstream and today we are taking a glimpse at part one. To introduce the topic, Heath uses a parable that is ubiquitous in child welfare where friends...