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A federal judge slammed Texas' top child welfare officials over claims about missing records, just a week after the state asked for relief in the years-long lawsuit over foster children in its care.
Texas child welfare officials are reassigning staff to monitor unlicensed motels and rental homes that house children in the foster care system.
The monitors’ March report found 75 – or half -- of the 161 children whose files were reviewed had been prescribed four or more psychotropics. Of those, only 21 had received the required review.
The state has faced criticism over the number and treatment of these children throughout the course of the long legal fight to fix Texas’ child welfare system