Texas must make fundamental changes to CPS that focus on protecting children in their families when possible or in their communities and fully commit to community-based foster care as the vehicle for CPS reform. Texas should transfer the full continuum of child welfare services to regional providers.
Failure to Thrive: Repairing our Foster Care System
Broken families take a lot of healing. That’s because familial support is a person’s greatest resource in life. We gain support in many ways across our lifespan: friendships, relationships, family, and within our communities. If we are fortunate, we gain the best of all of these. The notion of family can be likened to a...