Texas Children's Justice Act

Enhanced Family-Centered Safety Decision Making

This initiative is part of an ongoing effort by Child Protective Services, in partnership with the National Resource Center on Child Protective Services, to provide clarity for staff between safety and risk, on the importance of gathering sufficient information about the family, and on how to engage the family in… Continue Reading
Texas Children's Justice Act

Training and Technical Assistance for Texas Child Advocacy Centers

This initiative will assist local CACs throughout Texas by providing high-quality training, technical assistance, and support designed to strengthen the functioning and leadership of multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) across the state – law enforcement, CPS, prosecution, mental health providers, medical professionals, forensic interviewers, and family advocates. Support services provided will include… Continue Reading
Texas Children's Justice Act

Bridge to Permanency

The Bridge to Permanency Project was implemented in order to expedite resolution of backlogged adoption cases in Gregg County. The successful initial year of the program identified 49 children for intensive case management. Of those, 36 have been adopted and are out of the system. During the second year, 27… Continue Reading

IN THE NEWS

03.22.2012

A Silence of Mockingbirds Is a True Story of Child Abuse

(Huffington Post blog)

This new book tells the story of the murder of a three year old child and if anyone deserves to have the truth told, it is this child.

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03.21.2012

Senate committee tackles rural child welfare

(The Texas Tribune )

Child Protective Services officials got an earful on Wednesday at a Senate hearing on improving the caseworker retention and turnover rates in rural communities. And they got a minor scolding…

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03.19.2012

Study of ‘meth babies’ finds behavior problems

(Associated Press )

The first study to look at methamphetamine’s potential lasting effects on children whose mothers used it in pregnancy finds these kids at higher risk for behavior problems than other children.

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03.15.2012

The business of foster care

(Huffington Post )

Businesses and organizations across the nation are providing financial, housing, educational and other support to America's most vulnerable children.

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RESOURCE GUIDE

UPCOMING EVENTS

The Sum of My Parts: A Survivor's Story of Dissociative Identity Disorder

April 11, 2012
Bookwoman Bookstore Austin, TX

Olga Trujillo is an independent consultant, nationally-renowned speaker, survivor, and attorney dedicated to enhancing understanding of - and building effective responses to - violence against women and children. The Sum of My Parts is Olga's memoir, released in October 2011, which tells the story of Olga's courageous struggle to understand and overcome the psychological aftereffects of her abuse childhood.

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ChildSafe Annual Conference

April 26, 2012
Crown Plaza San Antonio, TX

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18th Annual National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect

April 16, 2012
Washington, D.C.

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Crimes Against Children Conference

August 13, 2012
Dallas, TX

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