A judge says she's heartbroken by the lack of improvements to Texas' foster care system, at times calling out the state's "incompetence."U.S. District Judge Janis Jack started Friday's hearing in the decade-long lawsuit against the state's troubled foster care system hopeful that a new commissioner will turn things around at the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.
A new filing this week in the lawsuit shows during the first 11 months of 2022, there were 612 children who spent at least one night as part of CWOP, or children without placement. Jack, who in the past has criticized the state for not answering her questions directly or following through on specific directives she's given them, was not pleased with that answer and threatened to hold the state in contempt of court.
The report shows it takes an average of 5.2 minutes before calls from people reporting allegations of abuse, neglect or exploitation were handled. That response time is up a minute and a half since this time last year.
tell Joe Biden, pretending to cover all his bases. JoeBiden do something, since you say you care so much.
The children are the ones that suffer due to the corrupt system. Finally someone is finally putting their foot down