News Releases
- 04/06/21 - Community-Based Foster Care Expands in South Texas
- 12/21/20 - Texas Launches Get Parenting Tips Campaign
- 04/22/20 - Child Abuse Prevention Month Proclamation
- 04/21/20 - Blue Sunday Marks Child Abuse Prevention Month
- 04/15/20 - Elder Abuse Prevention Month Proclamation
- 03/01/20 - Texas Foster Care Debuts Private Case Management
- 02/03/20 - Adult Protective Services Slashes Caseworker Turnover
- 01/09/20 - More Texas Children and Youth to Receive Mental Health Services and Remain with Families
- 12/04/19 - More Children Leaving Foster Care than Entering
- 05/28/19 - Hank Whitman Steps Down as DFPS Commissioner
- 01/28/19 - Risk of Child Maltreatment Varies Dramatically Across Age and ZIP Codes
- 06/27/18 - DFPS Commissioner to Speak at Texas Fatherhood Summit
- 06/21/18 - DFPS and Texas A&M Partner to Support Foster Youth
- 03/28/18 - April is Child Abuse Prevention Month
Other News
- 04/13/21 - Supporting Foster Youth and Families through the Pandemic Act
- 10/22/20 - Email Address Change FAQ
- 09/11/20 - A New Vision for DFPS from Commissioner Jaime Masters
- 08/03/20 - Housing Help for Former Foster Youth
- 01/15/20 - HHSC Announces Open Enrollment for Residential Treatment Center (RTC) Services for Children
- 05/16/18 - Supervised Independent Living (SIL) Open Enrollment Request
- 05/01/18 - May is Elder Abuse Prevention Month
- 04/03/18 - Update on Family First Prevention Services Act
- 02/01/18 - 2017 Annual Report released
News Archive
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