Children’s Shelter furloughs 68 after state pauses child placement
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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.