Texas Tries (Again) to Reboot Its Troubled Child Welfare System

Governing: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott recently signed a package of bills aimed at reforming the state's broken foster care system. Since he took office in 2015, achieving zero child fatalities in the system has been a major priority of his administration.

The changes, which seek to retain effective caseworkers, keep children in their communities and place children with relatives when they have to be separated from their parents, come after years of critical audits, newspaper investigations and high-profile tragedies involving children in the state's care.

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