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Texans who take custody of their relatives’ kids struggle to make ends meet — and to get more aid from the state

Relative caregivers, like grandparents who want to keep kids out of foster care, usually get half as much state assistance as strangers who take in children.

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Woman arrested in killing of 3 children at Texas home

DALLAS — A woman is accused in the killing of three children at a home in the Ellis County city of Italy on Friday after a Child Protective Services investigator decided to remove the children, the Ellis County sheriff’s office said Saturday.

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Texas’ foster care system is plagued with problems. Here’s how lawmakers want to fix it.

Texas legislators are considering increasing the Department of Family and Protective Services’ budget, giving extended relatives more money to care for kids and notifying the subjects of child abuse investigations of their rights.

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Texas should tell parents their rights when it investigates child abuse claims, lawmaker proposes

Most reports of child abuse or neglect turn out to be unfounded. But while under investigation, parents with little understanding of their rights or the process often make decisions that could impact the fate of their families.

The Texas Tribune

After alleged sexual assault of two children living in state care, another foster shelter closes

Two girls in the care of Child Protective Services were allegedly sexually assaulted in October after sneaking out of a facility run by the state agency. Advocates say it’s a symptom of the Texas foster care systems’ problems.

The Texas Tribune

Mother of 6-year-old accused of shooting Virginia teacher could face charges, police say

The mother of the 6-year-old boy accused of shooting a teacher at a Virginia elementary school last week could possibly face charges, authorities said.

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Kidnapped boy, 5, found 7,000 miles away from home but foster mum suspect still at large

The boy, identified only as ND, disappeared from his home in Mount Vernon, Washington, US, alongside his foster mum Amanda Dinges in an incident police describe as 'intentional and pre-planned'

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Unconstitutional for Court to Threaten Suspending Custody Rights for "Any Further Unfounded Allegations" of Abuse

The order “could encompass speech ... that [the mother] believe[s] valid and substantiated even if CPS ultimately determines that [it is] not.”

Reason

House of horrors where twins 'handcuffed and forced to drink urine' before daring escape

The malnourished twins were reportedly left in a utility room where they were forced to drink their own urine and eat their own faeces. They are now in the custody of Child Protective Services

Daily Mirror

They begged social workers to save 8-year-old Sophia Mason. She was found dead in a bathtub

Before 8-year-old Sophia Mason's body was found curled inside a bathtub in a Merced home, the young girl's extended family tried desperately to raise the alarm.

Los Angeles Times

Dilemma Between Pregnant Women Who Need Medical Marijuana And Child Protective Services

In Michigan, where medical and adult-use marijuana has been legal since 2008 and 2018, respectively pregnant women who consume cannabis to treat their illnesses are still in trouble.

Benzinga

Review: After Cult Leader Was Convicted, His Compound Was Raided by Child Protective Services

The Netflix docu-thriller Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey shows the downfall of Warren Jeffs and the unjustified taking of 450 children inside his religious community.

Reason

Mum who does OnlyFans as kids sleep says jealous parents throw bricks and call police

Lucy Banks, 32, has has to change her name in a bid to stop other parents reporting her to Child Protective Services and vandalising her home in Perth, Australia

Daily Mirror

Almost 600 Texas youths are trapped in a juvenile prison system on the brink of collapse

The agency is so understaffed that teens have reported spending up to 23 hours locked in their cells, using water bottles to go to the bathroom. A staggering number have hurt themselves or been placed on suicide watch.

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20 years ago, Disney's most chaotic sci-fi experiment ever paid off

Frantic but sweet, this was a rare success at a time when Disney was lost in the wilderness.

Input

Critics say YouTube's Dad Challenge Podcast has gone too far

Host Joshua Barbour has been accused of harassing and bullying mommy influencers. "He's just festering hate," says one detractor.

WEKU

Texas Supreme Court votes to allow trans child abuse investigations

The Texas Supreme Court says parents and doctors who provide gender-affirming care for trans kids can be investigated for child abuse. A lower court judge had halted the inquiries earlier.

Tribune News Service

San Jose suspects tried kidnapping baby 3 times before they succeeded, prosecutors say

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Two people, including a family friend, accused of kidnapping a 3-month-old San Jose boy last month attempted to take the child at least three times, including one instance in which one suspect posed as a Child Protective Services worker, until they eventually succeeded in late April,…

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Parents of six-year-old marathoner reveal child protective services visit

The Kentucky parents who drew backlash for running a marathon with their six-year-old son said that child protective services made an unannounced visit

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