Texas foster care

The federal judge overseeing the decadelong lawsuit against Texas for conditions in its foster care system cut this week’s hearing short. She proposed all parties involved, including the governor, “cut to the chase” to identify solutions.

Increased oversight and lack of funding mean hundreds of children spend their nights in hotels and churches and on office floors.

From Texas Standard: A comprehensive report written by two court-appointed federal monitors says that children in the Texas foster care system continue...

From Texas Standard : The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services recently released new internal guidelines that cut the caseloads of foster...

Nearly four years after a federal judge first ruled that Texas violated foster children’s civil rights by placing them in a system where rape and over...

A federal appeals court has ordered Texas to make significant changes to improve its foster care system. A three-judge panel at the Fifth Circuit Court...

From Texas Standard: "Unidentified: How Kids Can Age Out Of Texas Foster Care Without Documentation" is a series of reports from Texas Standard about...

It appears that the Texas foster care system still needs a good deal of work, despite a federal order to overhaul the system.As The Austin…

From Texas Standard: An earlier version of this story said that thousands of children in Texas foster care are sexually abused. The data shows that CPS...

A new report says current and former Texas foster youth face greater pregnancy risks and calls on the state to provide health care and education to…