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    July 6, 2022

    Statement from TexProtects: Sophie Phillips Resigns as CEO; Jessica Trudeau Named as Interim CEO

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 6, 2022 The TexProtects Board of Directors announced that Sophie Phillips has resigned as CEO of TexProtects. Her last day is...

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    Interviews

    January 24, 2022

    A Social Work Career in CPS Research and Policy – Episode 6

    Do you ever wonder what it looks like to be a political social worker? Kerrie Judice joins us to discusses her social work background, her...

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    Child Protective Services

    Interviews

    January 12, 2022

    Children’s advocacy group discusses Texas foster care crisis

    The Texas foster care system has too many problems to detail in just a short TV interview. But for a taste of how bad it...

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    Foster Care

    Op-Eds

    December 20, 2021

    Opinion: Build Back Better can transform lives of millions of Texas children

    We can’t talk about the future of Texas without talking about the well-being of our children. During the last Texas legislative session, policymakers set a...

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    Prenatal to Three Collaborative

    Statements

    October 5, 2021

    Dallas County ARPA Funding Proposal for Child Welfare

    Dear Judge Jenkins and Commissioners Price, Garcia, Daniel, and Koch, On behalf of TexProtects and the 8 other undersigned local community organizations that advocate for...

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    Child Abuse Prevention

    Op-Eds

    August 28, 2021

    The critical foster care reforms in Texas are having unintended consequences

    Recently, we have been reading about foster children sleeping in Child Protective Services offices as if sleeping in offices is our child welfare crisis. Sleeping...

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    Foster Care

    News

    May 10, 2021

    Urgent Action We Need to Take in the Face of Texas’ Child Protective Services Crisis

    Statement from TexProtects CEO Sophie Phillips on urgent actions we need to take in the face of Texas’ Child Protective Services crisis May 10, 2021...

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    Child Protective Services

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    March 7, 2021

    Texas Must Make a Transformative Change in Child Protection and Foster Care

    The Texas winter freeze and power outages are once-in-a-lifetime events that qualify as collective trauma for all of us. However, for Texans who were already...

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    Child Protective Services, Foster Care

    News

    February 26, 2021

    Winter Storm Uri Reminds Us To Put Kids and Families First This Legislative Session

    Dallas - Last week was hard for all of us; it was heartbreaking and traumatizing for Texans. We hope you and your loved ones are...

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    Child Abuse Prevention

    News

    February 14, 2021

    The safety of our children is not an either-or-situation

    Read the latest op-ed by Sophie Phillips, TexProtects CEO, at the Austin-American Statesman. "We must consider additional actions we can take to prevent children from...

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    Child Protective Services

    Statements

    February 4, 2021

    TexProtects on Gov. Abbott’s Pledge to Comply with Foster Care Lawsuit

    Austin – Yesterday, Gov. Greg Abbott pledged to comply with orders by U.S. District Judge Janis Graham Jack in a nearly 10-year-old class-action lawsuit over...

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    Foster Care