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Texas children must be safe from abuse and neglect. Those removed from their homes need support from caring adults.
Each child brings the promise of a safer, less violent, and more caring future for Texas. First, though, Texas needs to meet that promise by protecting children from abuse and neglect and offering a safe and permanent home to children removed from their parents' care. Texas can help stop the cycle of abuse and neglect, and give child victims a protective, loving environment when they need it most.
What Texas can do and why it matters:
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Prevent child abuse and neglect, a cycle we can end.
In the last decade, more children in Texas than any other state have died as a result of abuse or neglect. Successful prevention programs and reforms to our Child Protective Services can prevent tragedies like these. More >>
- Give foster children support for a better life.
Children in the foster care system who never find a permanent home have a 1 in 4 chance of becoming homeless as adults. Texas needs to change the odds for foster kids, who have been removed from their homes. More >>
More:
See Child Protection Blog Posts
See past Testimony on Child Protection
Check out our Recommended Child Protection Resources and Publications
Learn about Child Protection Laws in Texas from our Legislative Recaps
Review the state's Interim Charges to Study Child Protection
Become a member and allocate your gift to our Child Protection Promise Fund
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