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Texas Legislature Digs Into Problems at Child Protective Agency

9/22/2020

Texas Prepares for $26 Million Hit on Residential Foster Care

Roxanna Asgarian

Texas State Capitol in Austin.
Despite being mired in a federal lawsuit largely focused on children in group placements, the state’s child welfare agency seems likely to give up federal funds rather than meet new requirements for residential foster care. 

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6/6/2016

Group Home Closure Eliminates Key Option for Most Challenging Foster Youth

Opinion

Marie K. Cohen

I was sad to read in the Chicago Tribune that yet another well-respected institution is closing its doors to foster children as a consequence of the current belief that a loveless foster family is better than a caring residential placement.

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