In 2015, there were 66,721 confirmed cases of child maltreatment in Texas and 113 child fatalities due to abuse and neglect. Over the past couple of years, Texas Institute of Child… Read more »
HOPES Evaluation FY15 Brief This 4-page brief highlights a few key findings and recommendations from the evaluation of the HOPES program for fiscal year 2015. You can find the full… Read more »
The Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing was contracted by the Texas DFPS Prevention and Early Intervention Division (PEI) to conduct an evaluation of the Healthy Outcomes through Prevention… Read more »
We sat down to learn more about our newest staff member, Swetha Nulu! She will oversee research coordination of the Project HOPES evaluation, a child maltreatment prevention program funded by… Read more »
Despite the state of Texas pulling out of the Federal Refugee Resettlement Program earlier this year, local non-profits continue to help resettle refugees. In the past few years, there has… Read more »
By Monica Faulkner Last Monday morning, pictures began appearing on social media of roughly 460 women and children being bused from immigration detention centers to non-profits and churches in San… Read more »
By Kate McKerlie 135 social workers, case managers, CASA volunteers, probation officers, and other child welfare advocates attended our 4th Annual Child Welfare Conference at Thompson Conference Center at the… Read more »
A Texas Legislative panel has proposed to raise the salary of caseworkers by $12,000. Our Director, Monica Faulkner and Will Francis, the Government Relations Director at the Texas chapter of the… Read more »
By Kate McKerlie & Beth Gerlach Are you one of the 2.5 million people that have viewed Dr. Nadine Burke Harris’s TEDTalk describing how childhood stress can lead to lifetime… Read more »
By Kate McKerlie In late September TXICFW welcomed Tymothy Belseth to our team. Tym has worked for DFPS as a Youth Specialist for several years and will be joining us as… Read more »