The Latest Crisis in Texas Foster Care

The Texas Foster Care Capacity Crisis and Its Solution This is part one of a two-part series about the ongoing capacity crisis in Texas foster care. Today’s post will discuss the problem and its causes. The Texas foster care system is experiencing the worst...

Community-Based Care: The Stages

On December 30, 2020, the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) announced that Region 9 — which includes Midland, Odessa, and San Angelo — would transition to a new system of foster care called Community-Based Care (CBC). This is the third in a...

Week in Review – November 6

Foster Care and Child Welfare Week in Review – November 6, 2020 It was a fairly light week for foster care in the news. It’s almost as if something else was dominating the news cycle this week. Nevertheless, here are some news items from this week related to...