Texas Seeks &#36;329M to Reform Child Agency
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Texas' troubled Child Protective Services needs &#36;329 million for reforms such as hiring nearly 2,000 more caseworkers and support staff and improving foster care, state officials said.
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The death of a 14-year-old boy in January led to an overhaul of FloridaÂs juvenile justice system.
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Moves to protect children from unscrupulous dealers in adoption.
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More than 100,000 children who have been abused or neglected by their biological parents are languishing in foster care, waiting to be adopted. The explanations are practically universal, with nearly every state facing the same problems in running its child welfare agency, a report finds.
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Texas Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn&#39;s reputation as a watchdog for the health and education of children is summed up in a needlepoint decoration in her office: &quot;One
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The U.S. Department of Education may withhold as much as &#36;7 million from President Bush's home state for failing to tell parents whether schools performed up to standards under the No Child Left Behind Act.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Child care advocates say the federal government must work toward a &quot;modest&quot; $10-billion annual investment in day care.
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Houston, TX, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Houston child welfare officials investigated four complaints against an adoptive mother before she allegedly abandoned her seven children in Nigeria.
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The Bush administration announced yesterday that it is seeking $200 million to help cities fight violent crime, citing as one of its reasons, the U.S. Sentencing Commission's decision to give convicted crack cocaine offenders a chance for an earlier release.
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People who sell drugs near schools or use children to aid them could get tougher  sentences under a new law.
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Police went to 22 Texas Youth Commission facilities and the agency headquarters Tuesday to investigate claims that young inmates were sexually abused and that agency officials covered it up.
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AUSTIN -- Texas Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn is investigating foster care and possible Medicaid prescription drug fraud. Strayhorn said Texas is spending about $4 million per year on mind-altering drugs for foster care children.
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Area legislators and school leaders are ready for the Texas Legislature to formulate a new school finance plan, hoping for an improvement over the &quot;Robin Hood&quot; plan deemed unconstutitional by a state district judge Wednesday.
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By Sandra Baker, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Sep.
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By Neil Strassman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Sep. 20--North Texans can comment tonight on a draft of a $30.7 billion statewide plan to provide enough water for Texas residents through 2060. The public meeting is at 6 p.m. at the Bob Duncan Community Center, 2800 S.
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In the year since a 7-year-old was found beaten to death in a rodent-infested room in her family's apartment, the city's child welfare agency has improved staffing, case tracking and coordination with other city agencies.
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AUSTIN, Feb. 6 -- Gov. Rick Perry (R) proposed Tuesday that Texas sell its state lottery for at least $14 billion, with the money dedicated to an endowment for residents without health insurance and a trust fund for cancer research.