This has also helped the department reduce average daily caseloads per conservatorship case workers.
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This has helped the department to make huge improvements in children without placements (CWOP) from over 190 to under 40 statewide.
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Importantly, child fatalities in the state of Texas have also decreased, even as removals decrease. This shows that even with a tightening up of the definition of neglect, the state has not missed removing children who are in harms way.
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For instance, the number of children that have been removed from their families and entered into care through DFPS has drastically decreased over the past 4 to 6 years. This is a result of many efforts to keep kids from experiencing the psychological damage of removal while

Quietly but consistently, Texas DFPS has been making significant strides taking care of vulnerable children in our state. #txlege

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The African American Family Preservation Act is progressing in the Minnesota legislature. You can read more about this bill aimed at preserving and supporting African American families in the Minnesota child welfare system in this article: tinyurl.com/2xjwf5s4

'Power dynamics form the subtle backdrop of most child protective services interactions.' Jessica Pryce explores the power dynamics in child welfare investigations, and the powerlessness that parents face: imprintnews.org/opinion/time-t…

These parents and their children were subject to a lengthy child welfare investigation - all because the 7-year-old lagged behind on a family walk to get a free cookie from the grocery store! Read more about this story here: reason.com/2024/04/02/bet…

This week we talk with Joanna Woolman, executive director of the Institute to Transform Child Protection. Joanna tells us about complaint brought forward to address the disproportionality of African American children in Minnesota's child welfare system. tinyurl.com/58e4drj8

'Baird acknowledged that her entire basis for recommending that the foster parents keep the baby girl was a single less-than-two-hour observation and interview that she’d conducted with them — her clients. propublica.org/article/expert…

This week we talk with Will Estrada, senior counsel at the Homeschool Legal Defense Association. Will tells us about his upcoming law review article, in which he argues that parental rights are a pre-political right. Listen at tinyurl.com/58e4drj8

Washington D.C's Child and Family Services Agency is launching a new 'warm line' to provide assistance to families without sending them down the child welfare investigation pipeline, which often leads to unnecessary and invasive traumas. Read more at tinyurl.com/33xrtcrr

'We look forward to a time very soon when fewer families are harassed, and many more children remain with their biological families.' In this article, a foster and adoptive mom shares her perspective on our broken child welfare system: thehill.com/opinion/civil-…

This week on the EPPiC Broadcast, we’re talking with Michelle Weidner, executive director of the Family Justice Resource Center. She tells about being falsely accused by a child abuse pediatrician over a blur on her infant son’s medical scan. parentalrightsfoundation.org/podcast/

This week, we're talking with Kelly Fong, author of Investigating Families: Motherhood in the Shadow of Child Protective Services, published in 2023. Kelly explains how child protective services exert an inescapable surveillance over many parents.
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Don't miss this week's EPPiC Broadcast conversation with Matt Sharp of Alliance Defending Freedom! Catch the full episode at parentalrightsfoundation.org/podcast/

This week on the EPPiC Broadcast, we're talking with Matt Sharp of Alliance Defending Freedom. You can listen to our interview with Matt at parentalrightsfoundation.org/podcast/

Season Eight of the EPPiC Broadcast is here! Our first episode with Diane Redleaf is live now. You can listen at parentalrightsfoundation.org/podcast/

Our second episode of Season 8 features Matt Sharp, Senior Counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom. Our conversation with Matt goes live on Tuesday, February 20th at 2 pm EST.
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Our first episode this season features Diane Redleaf, legal consultant at Let Grow and author of They Took the Kids Last Night. Our interview with Diane will go live on Tuesday, February 13th at 2 pm EST! parentalrightsfoundation.org/podcast/