Peter Clark

November 12, 2014

Mental Health, Child Protection, Press Releases

Sunset Commission Should Oppose Creation of Health & Human Services Mega-Agency

Peter Clark

November 12, 2014

Mental Health, Child Protection, Press Releases

Texans Care for Children is calling on the Sunset Commission to oppose their staff recommendation to consolidate the state's health and human services agencies into a single mega-agency.

Ashley Harris

November 10, 2014

Child Protection, Reports & Briefs

Protecting Foster Youth from Sex Trafficking

Ashley Harris

November 10, 2014

Child Protection, Reports & Briefs

Protecting foster youth must be a key component of state leaders' strategy for combating sex trafficking.

Andrea Brauer

November 7, 2014

Child Health, Early Childhood, Op-Eds

More to Do to Improve Child Care Quality

Andrea Brauer

November 7, 2014

Child Health, Early Childhood, Op-Eds

How the Texas Workforce Commission can use the current child care subsidy program to incentivize private providers to do the right thing.

Lauren Dimitry

November 5, 2014

Blog, Child Health

For the First Time, Voters Put Soda In Its Place

Lauren Dimitry

November 5, 2014

Blog, Child Health

Berkeley, California has officially become our nation's first city to pass a soda tax. What that means for Texas.

Peter Clark

October 22, 2014

Child Protection, Youth Justice, Press Releases

State Failed Travis County Youth Killed in Juvenile Probation

Peter Clark

October 22, 2014

Child Protection, Youth Justice, Press Releases

Following the news that teenager Christian Cuellar was killed in a fight at the private Brookhaven Youth Ranch, where he was placed by Travis County Juvenile Probation, Texans Care for Children's Juvenile Justice Policy Associate, Lauren Rose, released the following statement.

Texans Care for Children

October 20, 2014

Blog

Reflections & Tips for Non-profit Social Media & Social Marketing

Texans Care for Children

October 20, 2014

Blog

We explain the difference between social marketing and social media and why it matters to nonprofits.

Texans Care for Children

October 17, 2014

Child Health, Early Childhood, Mental Health, Testimony

Sunset HHSC Comments from Texans Care for Children

Texans Care for Children

October 17, 2014

Child Health, Early Childhood, Mental Health, Testimony

Testimony to the Sunset Advisory Commission

Our organization's preliminary comments regarding several of the Sunset Staff's recommendations for HHSC.

Andrea Brauer

October 10, 2014

Early Childhood, Testimony

Sunset Advisory Commission Report of the Texas Education Agency

Andrea Brauer

October 10, 2014

Early Childhood, Testimony

Testimony to the Sunset Advisory Commission

Texans Care for Children, among other suggestions, recommends Establishing an Office of Learning at the Texas Education Agency.

Peter Clark

October 10, 2014

Child Protection, Press Releases

Consultants' Report to CPS Raises Foster Care Redesign Concerns

Peter Clark

October 10, 2014

Child Protection, Press Releases

A new report commissioned by the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS), the parent agency to Child Protective Services (CPS), raises concerns about the state's troubled Foster Care Redesign program.

Lauren Dimitry

October 10, 2014

Child Health, Op-Eds

Equipping Texans to Decide How Many Sugary Drinks is Enough

Lauren Dimitry

October 10, 2014

Child Health, Op-Eds

Last month, leaders of the three major soda companies made an unprecedented pledge to reduce the sugary drink consumption of Americans 20 percent by 2025.