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2-year-old in US foster care after parents deported

  • Apr 30, 2025

Retired sheriff's detective speaks out on Turpin abuse investigation

  • Nov 22, 2024

Mom arrested, accused of trying to sell drug-positive baby on Facebook

  • Nov 2, 2024

California foster family sentenced in abuse case involving Turpin kids

  • Oct 21, 2024

Paris Hilton speaks at House committee hearing on child welfare

  • Jun 27, 2024

Retired DFPS supervisor on foster care system: 'It feels criminal'

  • Apr 18, 2024

Federal judge penalizes Texas for failures in its foster care system

  • Apr 17, 2024

From foster care to college: How to secure financial stability

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  • Jan 27, 2024

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Mom arrested, accused of trying to sell drug-positive baby on Facebook

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Retired DFPS supervisor on foster care system: 'It feels criminal'

  • Apr 17, 2024
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Texas fined $100,000 per day for failing to act on foster care abuse allegations

  • Apr 16, 2024
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'Life changing' foster youth fair aimed to beat odds of homelessness

  • Oct 6, 2022
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Monitors find 'ample evidence' kids were abused at Texas foster care

  • Mar 29, 2022
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LA Rams internship helps homeless student beat the odds in pursuit of success

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Boy wins mullet contest to help kids just like him

  • Oct 15, 2021

Latest Stories

Facing pressure from judge, Texas reassigns workers to care for foster kids in unlicensed homes

The staffing changes are designed to make it so that regular caseworkers aren't expected to work overtime rotations to care for the children without placement.

  • Jan 24, 2024

Judge considers holding state in contempt a third time over foster care conditions

U.S. District Judge Janis Jack is considering whether Texas' foster care agency has made progress in caring for the most vulnerable children or should be held in contempt for the third time in a 2011 lawsuit.

  • Dec 10, 2023

Texas laws favor parents in child abuse investigations as they limit number of kids in foster care

Legislators also passed bills that will provide foster kids entering the troubled system with duffel bags or backpacks and those aging out of the system with help setting up bank accounts.

  • Jun 29, 2023

New facility in downtown Houston geared to house former foster children breaks ground

Studies have shown that children in foster care are more likely to become homeless after aging out of the system, but the HAYS Center is looking to change that.

  • Jun 17, 2023

$28 million approved for construction of campus to help kids aging out foster care in Harris County

Once complete, the $28 million complex will be able to house 1,400 kids in 50 units.

  • Dec 14, 2022