Eddie Gaspar
At least 23 children have died in Texas’ long-term foster care system since summer 2019, according to a new report by court-appointed monitors for state agencies in charge of the system.
Six of the children died as a result of either neglect or abuse by caregivers. Another is suspected to have died from abuse. Five more deaths are also still under investigation.
“It’s the safety of these children that’s at stake here,” U.S. District Judge Janis Jack said during a federal court hearing following the release of the report. “That’s the most important thing we have … and I expect Texas to live up to its duties to keep these children safe.”
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‘That’s Heartbreaking’: How American Health Care Looks From Abroad https://t.co/d1b58mGnYT Jane McAlevey (@rsgexp) April 29, 2021
Byzantine health plans. Impoverishing deductibles. Exorbitant drug costs. Soul-crushing surprises lurking in the fine print.
The American health care system is to put it mildly totally perplexing, an exercise in patience and a test of financial resilience.
And that’s for its participants.
So imagine what the system must look like to people from other countries, especially those with universal health care, where citizens don’t live in fear that the next bout of the sniffles might somehow lead to bankruptcy.
San Angelo Couple Indicted for Causing a Brain Injury to a Child
SAN ANGELO, TX – A San Angelo couple was indicted in April for seriously injuring an infant.
According to court documents, on Apr. 7, Shalyn Brannon and Jarrett Mays were indicted for causing the injury to their infant.
The case began after an officer with the San Angelo Police Department received a CPS report that accused Jarrett Mays of dropping the infant. In the report it stated that the child suffered a subdural hematoma which required surgery at Cook Children s Medical Center in Ft. Worth.
The officer then interviewed Mays. On Feb. 2 Mays said that Brannon went to work and he was in charge of watching the kids including the child. At one point Mays told officers that the baby would not stop crying so he picked the baby up and shook it for two or three seconds.
Parents of dead toddler say foster care agency ignored signs their son was being abused, lawsuit says
Parents of dead toddler say foster care agency ignored signs their son was being abused, lawsuit says
Amari Boone was taken to the emergency room at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth twice before his death from a brain injury in April 2020. He was 3.
Joseph Delancy (left) and Deondrick Foley are charged with five and seven counts, respectively, of injury to a child by omission resulting in bodily injury in connection with the death of Amari Boone.(KXAS-TV (NBC5))
The biological family of 3-year-old Amari Boone, a Fort Worth toddler who died in April 2020 while in foster care, is suing ACH Child and Family Services, the organization that managed his case.