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Round-Up of Child Protection News - Friday, December 02, 2011

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9.19.11 Child Abuse Increased As The Economy Crashed, Study Show (MSN.com)

9.2.11 Child Advocates Say More Should Be Done To Assist Immigrant Minors Crossing The Border(iWatchNews.org)

8.26.11 Child Welfare Commissioner Announces Retirement (The Texas Tribune)

8.6.11 Prosecutors Find Glitches In Human Trafficking, Sexting And Domestic Abuse Laws (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

7.23.11 A Ray Of Hope For Exploited Girls (San Antonio-Express News)

7.21.11 Grandparents Can Be a Lifeline For Kids in Upheaval (Austin American Statesman column)

6.16.11 Social Services Situation Is Still Grim In Texas (San Antonio Express-News)

6.8.11 Feds Sue State In Inquiry Over Possible Forced Overtime At CPS (Austin-American Statesman)

6.8.11 Foster Care Report Highlights Importance Of Family (Public News Service)

5.25.11 "Kinship Care" Program To Help Families That Take In Foster Children Survives Budget Ax (The Dallas Morning News)

5.11.11 Child Abuse Not Always Visible (Lubbock Avalanche-Journal)

4.17.11 Budget Cuts Would Hurt Services For Abused Children (Killeen Daily Herald)

4.7.11 Child Abuse and Distracted Driving: Two Important Issues (San Antonio Express-News)

3.7.11 Paddling Smacks Of Violence, Not Education (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

2.28.11 Budget Would Kill Stipends That Keep Kids With Family, Not In Foster Care (The Dallas Morning News)

2.22.11 The Cost of Protecting Texas Children (State of the Children blog)

2.1.11 Texas Foster Care Children May Not Find Placement (The Associated Press)

2.1.11 Texas Budget Cuts May Scuttle Plan to Help Region's Most Traumatized Children (The Dallas Morning-News)

1.24.11 Looming Budget Cuts Worry Children's Advocates (The Texas Tribune)

1.20.11 Study: Courts Can Do Better with Long-Term Foster Care (The Texas Tribune)

1.16.11 Bill Would Overhaul Texas Foster Care (Austin American-Statesman)

12.21.10 Blue Ribbon Panel Presents Plans for Overhauling Texas' Tax System (Dallas Morning News)

11.20.10 Texas Shares the Blame for Foster Care Tragedy (Houston Chronicle op-ed)

11.13.10 You Can Help Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect (San Antonio Express-News editorial)

10.27.10 1 in 5 Texas Foster Children on Psychotropics (News8Austin)

10.20.10 Nearly 60,000 Dallas Kids Unsupervised After School (Dallas Morning News blog)

10.19.10 Children Exposed to Domestic Violence at Much Greater Risk for Other Forms of Child Abuse (UNH Crimes Against Children Research Center)

10.15.10 Mistreatment in Childhood May Trigger Elevated Stress Response in Adulthood (MedScape Today)

10.1.10 Texas Speaker Straus Says Government Alone Can't Care for Foster Children, Commends CASA (PR Newswire)

9.28.10 Study: Foster Children Struggle to Learn, When Bounced from Home to Home (USA Today)

9.23.10 Shortage of Foster Parents Seen as a U.S. Trend (USA Today)

9.22.10 Texas Officials to Withdraw Proposal for Stricter Day Care Rules (Austin American-Statesman)

9.20.10 New Research and Opportunities in Child Welfare (Partners in Child Protection Reform)

9.15.10 Texas Will Receive over $7.4 Million in Federal Adoption Incentives (BusinessWire via TexProtects)

9.8.10 Funding for the Department of Family and Protective Services (Legislative testimony)

9.7.10 New Data: Many Fewer U.S. Kids in Foster Care(Associated Press)

9.1.10 Rise Expected in Number of Texas Children in Foster Care this Year (Dallas Morning News)

8.21.10 Deep Cuts in Family Services Proposed for 2012-2013 (Austin American Statesman)

8.20.10 An Interview with DFPS Commissioner Heiligenstein (Texas Tribune)

8.20.10 Perry: Toughen Penalties for Human Traffickers (Associated Press)

8.10.10 "One with Courage� Campaign Against Child Sex Abuse Kicks Off in Plano (Dallas Morning News)

8.6.10 Health and Human Service Cuts Would Harm Texas Children (Texans Care Newsroom)

8.6.10 Former Foster Kids Struggle to Get Records (Texas Tribune)

8.6.10 Number of Children Dying in Hot Cars on the Rise (KHOU)

7.29.10 Silent Suffering: Child Abuse - The Greater Concho Valley Area Averaged More Cases than the State (San Angelo Standard Times)

7.22.10 Angry Parents Need a Time-Out (San Antonio Express-News op-ed)

7.22.10 Drugging Children: Unrecognized Form of Child Abuse? (ABC News)

7.20.10 Feds Issue Instructions on Fostering Connections Act, Chafee Act (YouthToday)

7.20.10 A Different Approach to Child-Abuse Prevention Worth a Look (San Antonio Express-News column)

7.18.10 Gains Cited in Care for Most Troubled Teens (Dallas Morning News)

7.15.10 Successful Early Childhood Home Visitation State Systems (Zero to Three)

7.13.10 Leader Knows Foster Care from the Inside, Hopes to Use Her Experience to Change the System (Austin American-Statesman)

7.7.10 Fostering Media Connections Project Taps Media to Speed Foster Care Reform (JWeekly)

7.7.10 Decrease Accidental Drowning by Enforcing Pool Safety Measures (Community Impact Newspaper)

7.5.10 Editorial: Child Heat Deaths Cause for Concern (San Antonio Express-News)

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