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In a filing Friday afternoon, plaintiffs lawyers in the longtime fight over Texas 'broken' system ask for the feds to be put in charge.
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At least 800 youth this year have spent at least one night in a hotel room, classified as a child without placement. The state now says it will investigate allegations that staff were reaping rewards from the hotels those youth were staying in.
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Advocates say better accounting of deaf and hard-of-hearing children in the state’s care and better access to translators is needed.
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Expectations of a newly fired-up state defense were largely muted in Tuesday's foster care hearing.
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A motion filed Tuesday asks the state of Texas to defend its actions and prove it should not be fined for failures in the 12 year old litigation.
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A nationwide decline in foster home spots has led to dire situations around the country. In rural northeastern Nevada, officials resorted to housing children in casino hotels for short stints.
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After several years of collaborative state agencies, a federal judge said recent filings and objections signal a more defiant stance in foster care litigation.
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Judge Janis Jack took the state to task about the use of drugs and documented instances of errors. The state said it was concerned but disputed whether court has jurisdiction.
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The center of a TPR investigation was later found to have posed a ‘risk to health or safety of children,’ and the state closed it last month.
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Stephanie Muth, the new commissioner of the Department of Family and Protective Services, was given a warm welcome and a laundry list of fixes from a federal judge Friday.