Texas Legislature Considering Pausing Foster Care Reforms

On January 6, 2015, the Texas House Of Representatives Committee on Human Services recommended that the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) pause its rollout of foster care redesign (FCR) reforms to privatize the state’s foster care system under case-rate contracts with Single Source Continuum Contractors who serve pre-determined catchment areas. The committee recommended that DFPS delay its plans to roll the new approach out to new areas to allow time to evaluate available data, seek additional public input, and possible legislative direction. Although it recommended a delay to the rollout pace, the committee said the . . .