<figcaption> The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services offices in Austin on Nov. 14, 2019. <cite>Credit: Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune</cite>
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Last year, Jack found state officials in contempt of court on two separate occasions for not making enough progress on her orders. Credit: Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune
Two years after U.S. District Judge Janis Jack ordered a long list of reforms for the Texas foster care system, state health and human services officials have made some improvements. But on Tuesday, Jack again decided they haven’t done enough.
In a quick morning hearing, Jack said she will give state officials until May to make progress on all of her orders, which resulted from a now decade-long lawsuit against the state filed by representatives for the more than 15,000 children in foster care in Texas. If the state fails to make the changes in time, Jack said she would not only sanction the state with hefty fines but also call another hearing for every new example of noncompliance.
These bills are before lawmakers in 2021 to address foster care issues
Georgia s foster care system, one rife with complexity and circumstance, can be difficult to navigate for foster parents and biological relatives.
For the state’s many foster care workers and advocates, the complexity of foster care is one that requires a lot of untangling.
“Think of the foster care system as a complex web,” said Janet Walden, executive director of the Hall-Dawson Court Appointed Special Advocate program. “In this web, you need constant resources and support to ensure that everyone in the foster care system has access to a support system.”
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Education, public health among top line items in Arizona governor’s proposed fiscal 2022 budget
State budget analysts brought heartening news to citizens, businesses and schools in the governor’s proposed budget for fiscal 2022.
First and foremost, there will not be a budget deficit as predicted earlier this year when the pandemic caused a spike in unemployment and disruptions to commerce statewide.
Governor Doug Ducey also wants income tax cuts amounting to $600 million over the next three years, state budget analysts said during a press conference revealing the proposed budget on Friday.
In fact, Arizona is doing so well, revenues are projected to provide a healthy surplus. Arizona’s healthy economic standing means there will be $389 million to help students who have suffered pandemic-induced learning losses to catch up.