‘Concert for Love’ will be on Sunday, October 1 at Dosey Doe - The Big Barn. The doors open at 5 p.m. A portion of the ticket sales will go to Love Heals Youth to support the mental health services and other missions rendered to foster youth and home
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services has awarded 4Kids4Families, a division of Arrow Child & Family Ministries, the contract to become the Single Source Continuum Contractor (SSCC) for the Piney Woods area of Texas DFPS Region 4. Beginning March 1, 4Kids4Families will work with DFP
As Bexar County foster care system plunges deeper into turmoil, what happens next?
Area foster parents say it had become apparent Family Tapestry was not running smoothly
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SAN ANTONIO – As a flurry of bills were being discussed at the Texas Legislature last week, even state representatives were forced to acknowledge Texas’ current foster care quandary how do you continue to streamline and privatize the system while also increasing oversight of it?
A proposed bill in the state senate, which was discussed at length during a hearing before the House Human Services Committee last week, would create a new office focused on transitioning the state to a community-based care system.
Children’s Shelter furloughs 68 after state pauses child placement
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CPS issues requirements for San Antonio children s shelter to reopen
SAN ANTONIO – The Children’s Shelter announced Wednesday that it plans to furlough 68 employees at its emergency shelter after the state put an indefinite hold on placing children at that facility.
The furloughs will begin on May 5, according to a news release, and the shelter expects to extend them for “approximately 60 days, hoping to get resolution on the placement hold during that time.”
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Commissioner Jaime Masters ordered a “placement hold” on the Children’s Shelter’s emergency shelter, known as the Cottage, on April 22. That means it can’t host any kids until the state decides otherwise. All of the children who were already at the emergency shelter had to be relocated by April 26.
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DALLAS, April 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ One year ago, 3-year-old Amari Boone was brought to a children s hospital in Fort Worth experiencing respiratory failure. Within two days, he would be dead. Medical personnel and an autopsy determined that Amari s death was the result of abuse while in the Texas foster care system and under the watch of ACH Child and Family Services (or ACH) and its community-based care division that goes by the name our community. our kids.
The family of the North Texas toddler have filed a lawsuit against the organization, and its employees, who they believe failed to follow proper protocols and carry out their job requirements to keep their son safe. Amari passed away on April 12, 2020, after his third emergency visit to Cook Children s hospital, less than 40 days into his kinship placement through ACH, with agency employees responsible for monitoring him. He ultimately suffered from a severe brain injury, and his de