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Gov. Greg Abbott vows Texas will do ‘exactly’ what federal judge requires on foster care
The Republican governor said he and lawmakers will provide needed funding “to live up to” edicts for improvement by U.S. District Judge Janis Graham Jack.
Gov. Greg Abbott for the first time has pledged that Texas will do exactly what a federal judge presiding over a foster care lawsuit has ordered. He s also promised to try to win additional state funds for improvements. In 2017 file photo, a therapist at a respected Austin foster care facility works with a young girl.
AUSTIN Gov. Greg Abbott for the first time has pledged that Texas will do “exactly” what a federal judge presiding over a foster care lawsuit has ordered and that he and lawmakers will provide the funding “to live up to” her edicts.
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AUSTIN A federal judge on Friday found Texas in contempt of court again for continuing to expose thousands of children to “an unreasonable risk of serious harm” while they are in foster care.
U.S. District Judge Janis Graham Jack threatened to levy fines of $75,000 a day against the state Health and Human Services Commission, starting Jan. 3.
The fines can be averted, she said, if the commission, which regulates foster care providers, stops dragging its feet and assembles by then an electronic readout of each home or facility’s five-year history on maltreatment and corporal punishment.
Despite being ordered to provide its inspectors the tool more than a year ago, the commission didn’t modify its database to accommodate such historical information until Aug. 31, three days before a show-cause hearing, Jack noted.
Abused, neglected children again sleeping in CPS offices in repeat of Texas foster care crisis
Higher costs because of COVID-19, low state reimbursements and lawsuit-inspired enforcement crackdown plunge Texas again into a shortage of foster care beds, provider group leader says.
Abused and neglected children, such as this 7-year-old, shown at an emergency shelter in Garland in 2016, often linger for years in Texas foster care. Last month, 126 kids removed from their birth families spent at least two consecutive nights with CPS workers, either at state offices or hotels, the highest number in several years, as Texas again experiences a capacity crunch.(G.J. McCarthy / Staff)