Community-Based Care Expansion Announced
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Community-Based Care Expansion Announced

Community Based Care includes many of the services that Child Protective Services normally provides including foster care, case management, kinship, and reunification services.

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 Texas Failed to Comply with Court-Ordered Fixes
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Texas Failed to Comply with Court-Ordered Fixes

The judge in the 11-year federal lawsuit against Texas said the state has not properly punished or shut down unsafe childcare placement facilities or curbed the rate of children who are sexually victimized while in the state’s care.

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Foster Girls Abused at Bastrop State Shelter
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Foster Girls Abused at Bastrop State Shelter

The children were sexually abused and neglected while at The Refuge, a facility located in Bastrop contracted by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, according to a report from a current employee.

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Brush Country CASA
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Brush Country CASA

Brush Country CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) talks about the need for volunteers to assist with children in the foster care system.

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