State to take over Bexar County foster care placement again as Family Tapestry ends contract
State to take over Bexar County foster care placement again as Family Tapestry ends contract
The Children’s Shelter moved to end its contract days after submitting a plan to help keep it
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SAN ANTONIO – With a local partner ending its contract early, the Department of Family and Protective Services will take over managing the placement of Bexar County foster kids again.
A DFPS spokesman says the agency learned on Monday that Family Tapestry, the wing of The Children’s Shelter responsible for its community-based care initiative, was ending its state contract for managing the placement of foster kids out of Bexar County. The spokesman was unable to definitively say when the contract would end, but he said the state would be taking over that role until “if and when” it decides to put the contract out for bid again.
Report: 23 Texas foster kids have died in state custody since July 2019
More kids in state custody from Bexar County than any other Texas county
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CORPUS CHRISTI –
Editor’s note: Some of the details in the report may be disturbing or hard to read for some viewers.
Twenty-three foster care children in Texas have died the past 21 months while in state custody, according to a massive report filed Tuesday as part of a decade-old federal lawsuit.
While locations and identities were not provided for most of the deaths, the report does detail suicide attempts, sexual misconduct reports and other issues at Bexar County facilities.
KSAT Community to host virtual Child Abuse Awareness Town Hall with The Children’s Shelter
In 2020, Bexar County reported 5,499 confirmed victims of child abuse and neglect, according to officials
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SAN ANTONIO – With the increase in unemployment, domestic violence increasing and more families facing poverty due to COVID-19, there is a potential for an increase in child abuse and neglect in our community.
To help prevent child abuse during COVID-19, KSAT12 will be airing a KSAT Community Child Abuse Awareness Town Hall on Wednesday, April 28 from 2-3 p.m. with The Children’s Shelter. A panel of experts (names will be posted once confirmed) will answer questions live and viewers can learn the signs of abuse, how to report it and where to seek help.