Number of Texas foster children without placement rising, even as in San Antonio provider quits
Child Protective Services head tells lawmakers that state foster care payment rates to provider are too low.
File of Texas Family and Protective Services. (May 2016 file photo by G.J. McCarthy/Staff photographer)
AUSTIN As the number of Texas foster children without suitable placements keeps spiraling, the state’s lead contractor in San Antonio has quit and the top leader at Child Protective Services is telling lawmakers something they don’t want to hear – state foster-care rates are “insufficient.”
Family Tapestry, a division of The Children’s Shelter that began supplanting the state’s role as the chief procurer of foster-care beds in Bexar County in early 2019, resigned from its contract on Monday.
Healthcare services company to close North Haven office
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Daniel Greenleaf is the chief executive officer of ModivCare.Contributed photo /
A Colorado-based company that provides non-emergency medical transportation, home healthcare and nutritional meal delivery is closing its North Haven office in June and laying off 59 people.
ModivCare is closing its office at 127 Washington Avenue in North Haven on June 1 when its lease expires, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification filing the company made with the Connecticut Department of Labor on Friday. Of the 59 people who will lose their jobs, 39 work as call center customer service representatives.
Until January of this year, the 20-year-old company was known as Providence Service Corp. It was first based in Stamford and then moved its headquarters to Atlanta before relocating once again to Denver in March of last year.
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BUENA, N.J., Feb. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Teligent, Inc. (Nasdaq: TLGT), ( Teligent or the Company ), a New Jersey-based specialty generic pharmaceutical company, today announced it has appointed Carter Pate to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Mr. Pate will serve on the Audit and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees.
Mr. Pate leads a family-owned investment firm and serves on the Board of Directors at multiple companies, including Global Step and Advanced Emissions Solutions, Inc. He excels at leading companies through moments of change to drive business objectives and redefine their possibilities for growth.
John Celentano, Chairman of Teligent s Board of Directors, commented on the appointment, stating, We are excited to have Carter join Teligent s Board. Carter s years of experience have given him an abundance of knowledge of various industries, and he has proven that he can help shepherd businesses throug