/tags/child-welfare child welfare en-US Copyright Fri, 13 Jun 2025 16:58:48 GMT /texas-news/2025-06-13/parental-rights-texas-department-of-family-protective-services-child-protective-services-texas-supreme-court-brazoria-county-child-custody Justices say a court may terminate a Houston-area father's parental rights because his "extensive" criminal history and time in prison has endangered his son's life, even if it didn't directly harm the boy. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 16:58:48 GMT /texas-news/2025-06-13/parental-rights-texas-department-of-family-protective-services-child-protective-services-texas-supreme-court-brazoria-county-child-custody Toluwani Osibamowo /news/2025-05-15/texas-house-passes-bill-to-ban-child-marriage Current state law allows children as young as 16 to marry if they are legally emancipated from their parents, a situation critics say has given rise to widespread abuses. Thu, 15 May 2025 15:00:00 GMT /news/2025-05-15/texas-house-passes-bill-to-ban-child-marriage Andrew Schneider /government/2025-04-22/mila-jackson-cps-medical-neglect-aclu-texas-black-family Mila Jackson, now 2 years old, was returned to her family after the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services used erroneous legal documents to put her in state custody. But the ACLU of Texas says the DFPS administrative procedure has left the family with an administrative guilty verdict. Tue, 22 Apr 2025 21:17:15 GMT /government/2025-04-22/mila-jackson-cps-medical-neglect-aclu-texas-black-family Toluwani Osibamowo /government/2024-11-01/houston-mother-lifetime-protective-order-parental-rights-texas-supreme-court The Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a Houston mother's effort to get a lower judge to reconsider a permanent protective order separating her from her kids. Fri, 01 Nov 2024 10:00:00 GMT /government/2024-11-01/houston-mother-lifetime-protective-order-parental-rights-texas-supreme-court Toluwani Osibamowo /texas-news/2024-04-16/federal-judge-fines-texas-health-and-human-services-over-child-welfare-failures The Texas Health and Human Services Commission will be fined $100,000 a day until it comes into compliance on two remedial court orders. Tue, 16 Apr 2024 10:29:55 GMT /texas-news/2024-04-16/federal-judge-fines-texas-health-and-human-services-over-child-welfare-failures Paul Flahive /government/2024-02-23/texas-democrats-congress-letter-gov-greg-abbott-foster-care-children The letter from nine members of the state's congressional delegation comes as the state fights a nearly 13-year-old federal class action suit over alleged failures to ensure the wellbeing of children in foster care. Fri, 23 Feb 2024 19:43:21 GMT /government/2024-02-23/texas-democrats-congress-letter-gov-greg-abbott-foster-care-children Toluwani Osibamowo /government/2023-12-06/texas-foster-care-lawsuit-federal-takeover-contempt-fines Both sides finished their arguments Wednesday after days of testimony over accusations that Texas agencies don't protect foster children. Thu, 07 Dec 2023 00:28:24 GMT /government/2023-12-06/texas-foster-care-lawsuit-federal-takeover-contempt-fines Toluwani Osibamowo /news/2023-12-06/who-doesnt-get-abuse-training-in-texas-schools-sometimes-its-kids-needing-protection-the-most Texas students need parental consent to get abuse prevention education under state law. Advocates say that requirement is an obstacle that does more harm than good. Wed, 06 Dec 2023 11:00:00 GMT /news/2023-12-06/who-doesnt-get-abuse-training-in-texas-schools-sometimes-its-kids-needing-protection-the-most Caroline Love /education/2023-10-26/texas-high-school-principal-cleared-of-child-abuse-charges-after-paddling-student The East Texas school leader was following school district policy — and state law — which allows for corporal punishment. Texas is one of 17 states that allows it, despite one Democrats efforts to ban the practice. Thu, 26 Oct 2023 21:15:32 GMT /education/2023-10-26/texas-high-school-principal-cleared-of-child-abuse-charges-after-paddling-student Pooja Salhotra | The Texas Tribune /education/2023-10-25/texas-principals-arrest-after-paddling-student-sparks-new-debate-over-corporal-punishment A principal in Overton, Texas, is back on the job after he was arrested after he paddled a student, a punishment allowed in the district. Community members support him, but experts say corporal punishment isn't effective. Wed, 25 Oct 2023 10:00:00 GMT /education/2023-10-25/texas-principals-arrest-after-paddling-student-sparks-new-debate-over-corporal-punishment Bill Zeeble