This week, the Child Protection Roundtable called on Governor Abbott and Texas legislative leaders to provide funding to address the severe shortage of safe foster homes for Texas children. The Child Protection Roundtable is a consortium of more than 70 child welfare member organizations in Texas.
The letter said, “The funding proposal jointly advanced by DFPS and the provider community should help address the urgent need for more foster homes and appropriate services. We urge you to ensure the state fully funds this proposal, which is essential if Texas leaders do not want our children living in a CPS office, an unlicensed home, or a potentially unsafe group facility—or shipped to a foster care facility hundreds of miles away in another state.”
The letter goes on to say, “We are grateful to the Governor for adding this subject to the call for special session and to the bipartisan majority of members of both houses who have wonderfully supported many of our Roundtable priorities over past sessions.”