Oct 16, 2020
Foster Care and Child Welfare Week in Review – October 16, 2020 Here are some news items from this week related to foster care, adoption, and child welfare that caught my eye: 1. CASA in the Heart of Texas helps keep youth in foster care safe Court Appointed...
Oct 13, 2020
Opportunities for the Child Welfare System from the COVID-19 Pandemic COVID-19 is presenting the child welfare system with an opportunity to rethink existing practices and refocus on priorities. Remote learning, business restrictions, and operational changes have been...
Sep 24, 2020
Support for Foster Parents Comes from their Community George Lucas said it best, “creativity isn’t strictly a well of ideas, but an alchemy of people”. The creator of the “Star Wars” empire has found that our best does not come when we have a bunch of ideas in a pot...
Aug 24, 2020
Texas Foster Care to Sex Trafficking Pipeline There is a Texas foster care to sex trafficking pipeline resulting in over 100 children and youth being victimized while missing from foster care in 2019. 51,417 children and youth were in the state foster care system in...
Jul 20, 2020
The Permian Basin Needs More Foster Parents The Permian Basin needs more foster parents to serve our children and youth in foster care. A lack of foster care capacity has been a consistent issue in the 17 counties comprising the Permian Basin. Almost 90% percent of...
