The Department of Family and Protective Services has increasingly relied on housing foster kids in hotels when it can’t find them a home. Staff turnover at the agency is now at a record high, with nearly 1 in 3 employees leaving in fiscal year 2022. bit.ly/48uaDT1

Texas will award $610,000 in workforce education grants to support foster youth and victims of sex trafficking. Cecilia and I thank all partners supporting this program. Together, we will help these young Texans chart a course toward a brighter future.

“The perfect child welfare system already exists. It’s the family (of origin).” Dr. Amelia Franck Meyer Alia #tccac23

🔍👪 Examining the contentious world of "Foster Parent Intervention," a zero-sum game that pits parents and caregivers against each other in a lopsided winner-take-child contest. #ChildWelfare #FamilyReunification propublica.org/article/foster…

When did we decide that speaker phone, video calls, podcasts, video shorts, etc. in public spaces without headphones was acceptable behavior?

Texas foster youth on mental-health drugs not properly monitored by state, professor says dallasnews.com/news/politics/…

The Texas Quote of the Day should be enjoyed like a cup of good coffee on a clear, sunny Texas morning ... "Going west, through Texas, you leave Fort Worth and come out suddenly onto a rolling, bare-hilled country that stretches away on every side. Without warning you have been

For most parents, Shrier is right: we should resist the urge to pathologize our children. ifstudies.org/blog/most-kids…

Just a reminder that I am "For" or "Against" the current thing, as appropriate.

In 2017, Texas had 30,000 in Texas DFPS care. Now, there are fewer than 16,000. Texas has reduced the number of children separated from their families in measured, thoughtful ways over four legislative sessions. This is a model for family justice. imprintnews.org/top-stories/te…

Thank you James Frank for your leadership.

Shame on you Fort Worth Star-Telegram for this histrionic piece of safetyism. No wonder parents are stressed out and children are anxious. Yes, children under 12 can be left safely at home. They are competent and capable of independence. You will not be arrested. 🙄 star-telegram.com/news/state/tex…

Earlier this year, a friend of mine almost had his young daughter taken from him in California just because he wanted her to wait a few years to permanently transition. He talked the police out of taking her when they came to his house. That day, he left California with his