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Suspect In Custody For Allegedly Helping Mom Waterboard Son
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter KAUFMAN COUNTY (CBSDFW.COM) – There is new information in a case of a North Texas child who deputies say was tied up and waterboarded. It was officials in a school...
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Mother Charged In Beating Death Of Toddler
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter GRAND PRAIRE (CBSDFW.COM) – A Grand Prairie grandmother says Child Protective Services failed, and now her 4-year-old grand daughter, Leiliana Wright is dead. Jeri...
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Police: Mother Admits To Doing Drugs, Hitting 4-Year-Old Daughter Before...
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter GRAND PRAIRIE (CBS11) – Grand Prairie Police have released graphic details in the hours leading up to the death of 4-year-old Leiliana Wright. The arrest warrant...
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CPS Case Workers Fired After Beating Death Of 4-Year-Old
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – First a 4-year-old North Texas girl is beaten to death, then her mother and her boyfriend are arrested and charged – now three workers...
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Grandparents Call On Governor To Overhaul CPS After Granddaughter’s Death
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter MANSFIELD (CBSDFW.COM) – It’s hard to imagine much more tragic than the death of a four-year-old, but Alisa Clakley said she can. She’s said what’s worse is a...
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CPS Finds Children In Backyard Shed, Father Says They’re Struggling
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBS 11 NEWS) – Officials with Texas Child Protective Services (CPS) say the department is investigating after an employee found a teenager and two younger...
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Texas State Senate Focused On CPS & Foster Care Issues
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Child abuse, neglect and a broken foster care system were all the focus in the Texas State Senate Wednesday. Texas Child Protective...
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Waco Police Arrest Couple After Infant Left In Hotel Room
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter WACO (AP) — Waco police say a man and a woman have been arrested after leaving their 7-week-old daughter alone in a hotel room when they went to a grocery store to...
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Fort Worth Police Investigating Infant Death In CPS Custody
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – A 10-month-old girl died late Monday night, August 22 in a Fort Worth home while in foster care. Her mother has hired an attorney. The...
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4 Regional CPS Directors Fired Amid Texas Agency’s Shakeup
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Child Protective Services has fired four regional directors as it looks to overhaul operations following years of complaints that the...
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Substantial CPS Backlog Prompts Texas Leader’s Call For Change
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM) – Texas Governor Greg Abbott along with Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick and House Speaker Joe Straus sent a letter to the Department of Family...
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Texas Lawmakers Order Immediate Child Caseworker Visits
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas Senate committee has ordered the commissioner of the state’s Department of Family and Protective Services to provide a revised plan...
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Texas Child Agency Workers Visit Hundreds Of At-Risk Youths
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter AUSTIN (AP) — Texas Department of Public Safety special agents have helped Child Protective Services workers check on hundreds of at-risk youths in a review...
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Lawmakers Recommend $75M For Protecting Texas Children
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter AUSTIN (AP) – Some Texas legislators have endorsed spending about $75 million for emergency salary increases and hiring more staff to protect at-risk Texas...
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Texas GOP Leaders Okay Hiring Hundreds Of Child Welfare Workers
Top Republican leaders have given preliminary approval to a dramatic overhaul of the Texas welfare system that protects abused and neglected children by hiring more than 800 state workers.
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Advocates: Revamp Texas Adoption Care After Mistreated Teens
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (AP) — The child-protection system in Texas should be revamped to better monitor adoptions and prevent a reoccurrence of the seven special-needs children...
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Texas Lawmakers Look To Help Troubled Child Welfare System
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (AP) — Texas lawmakers agree on the need to improve the state’s beleaguered child welfare system, but how to do it and to pay for it during a tight budget...
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Irving Man Charged In Child Abuse Case That Left 1-Year-Old Dead
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter IRVING (CBSDFW.COM) – Irving police have arrested a man after a 1-year-old in his care, died under suspicious circumstances. Officer James McLellan says when they...
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Lt. Governor Patrick Vows Tight Spending For Next State Budget
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter AUSTIN (CBS11) – When Texas lawmakers are sworn in Tuesday, they will start the process of approving a new two-year budget, a spending plan they know will be...
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Texas Republican Says State May Have To Limit Tax Cuts
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter AUSTIN (CBS11) – The Texas Senate’s top budget writer, Senator Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, said a downturn in the state’s oil and gas industry may delay or limit...
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