Entries Tagged as 'CPS'

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Problems Persist for Texas Child and Family Services

The Houston Chronicle reported that Texas child welfare workers are unable to meet their federally mandated number of visits with children and parents leading to difficulties with the federal government.
Texas already is appealing a $4 million fine for insufficient caseworker visits stemming from a 2002 review. Preliminary results released last month from a 2008 review [...]

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Thursday, July 17th, 2008

Undocumented Children: Federal Government vs. the State

The article Children of the State discusses the difficulties faced by Texas’ Child Protective Services when it comes to taking care of undocumented children. While child welfare is handled by the states, immigration is handled by the federal government, leading to conflict when these two spheres overlap. Indeed, new federal rules that are designed to [...]

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Filed under CPS, federalism, focus on Texas, immigration