CPS OVERLOOKED THOUSANDS OF AT-RISK KIDS. NOW TEXAS IS SENDING POLICE TO FIND THEM. [TexasStandard.org]
After reports that Child Protective Services caseworkers have let thousands of children at risk for abuse and neglect slip through the system’s cracks, a select team of police will begin to search the state for them. The more than 2,800 children aren’t missing – they’ve instead been put on waiting lists for state intervention after tips about their safety were called in on the Texas child abuse hotline. The move comes after a Senate Finance Committee meeting Wednesday. Lawmakers pressured...