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Sandy West is a freelance journalist based in Houston. She can be reached at [email protected]
8/1/2023
A CPS whistleblower says Texas foster youth with cognitive and mental health challenges are being cast out of the system when they turn 18.
4/18/2023
Before becoming a social worker and founder of a nonprofit advocacy group, Cortney Jones experienced the foster care system at its worst.
2/20/2023
An investigation by The Imprint found that Texas has scores of open beds for aged-out foster youth who are left to struggle on the streets.
9/21/2022
In Texas, a novel residential program provides young men who have survived sex trafficking with health care, legal help and animal therapy.
6/23/2022
When Child Protective Services in Texas fails families, Judge Aurora Martinez Jones is determined to find solutions.
4/21/2022
In Texas, top politicians say gender-affirming care is abuse, compelling one therapist to protect her clients — and her family.
3/2/2022
In Texas, an employee with the state child welfare agency is among the first parents to be investigated for accessing gender-affirming medical care for her child after an order from Gov. Greg Abbott.
