Texas

Texas lawmakers have invested $3 million in a project to ready former foster youth for college with a year-round hotline and help center. 

Private foster care and adoption agencies in Texas are brokering contracts for moms to turn over their children in a murky legal world, spawning protracted civil custody battles. By Sandy West

Lawyers representing foster children asked the high court to reinstate a contempt order against the state — and the ousted judge who issued it.

A bill introduced by Rep. John Lujan is among several child welfare bills before the Legislature, along with expansion of mental health care.

“Parental relinquishments” account for 6% of foster care entries in Texas; critics say public investments in mental health care will curb the practice. 

A Texas legislative panel accused the state’s Juvenile Justice Department of ignoring allegations of widespread abuse and unconstitutional conditions at juvenile detention facilities.

Two pieces of legislation in New York would end the common practice of giving foster youth trash bags to transport their belongings.

A White House executive order released on Jan. 28 has parents and supporters of trans youth in Minnesota unnerved.

A Texas facility linked to the death of an 11-year-old had a history of sexual misconduct and physical abuse, a federal report said Tuesday.