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Recent News About Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
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Frank: Change in foster care system is ‘essential for the well-being of Texas children and families’
The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services has been reluctant to effectively move toward a community-based care model, a recently released report reveals.
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Current community-based model 'is the future of foster care in Texas,' Austin-based policy expert says
A report is critical of the program's implementation, but a child and family expert with an Austin-based public policy foundation is supportive of an expansion of the state's current community-based foster care model.
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Pardo parents finally removed from child abuse registry after enlisting help of legislators, THSC
After a harrowing experience with Child Protective Services, Ashley and Daniel Pardo finally have been removed from the state’s registry of child abusers.
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Pair arrested in Oklahoma for human trafficking of a Texas teen
The discovery of a missing Texas teenager on a local ad for prostitution resulted in the arrest of two people in Tulsa, Oklahoma on suspicion of human trafficking.