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Read MoreCamp Longhorn 2026: Where Foster Youth Find Community and Pursue Dreams
Read MoreTXICFW Congratulates Spring 2026 UT Spark Grads
Read MoreHonoring Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
Read MoreHonoring Social Work: Reflections from TXICFW Staff
Read MoreNew Network Will Connect Former Foster Youth With Workforce Resources
Read MoreWelcome to Gaye Vopat, our new Texas Foster Youth Network Project Director!
Read MoreMeet our Child Care Market Rate Survey Research Assistants
Read MoreMeet Jennifer Conrad-Graham, our CWEC Director and Field Instructor!
Read MoreCongratulations to Graduating UT Spark Students!
Read MoreTrauma 101 for Social Workers: How a Book Club Helped Teach Trauma-Informed Care
Read MoreHow to Practice Family Engagement
Read MoreCompassion Through Co-Design: Using Human-Centered Design to Promote Family Engagement
Read MoreBuilding Strong Communities Through Family Engagement: An Interview with Tameka Caldwell
Read MoreA Grandmother’s Love: Family Engagement and Kinship Care
Read MoreFamily Engagement as a Relational Approach 
Read MoreHonoring Youth Voice Through Adoption
Read MoreWelcome to Jennifer Camacho, our new Research Coordinator!
Read MoreWelcome to Michelle Ramirez, our new Research Coordinator!
Read MoreWelcome to Kiana Javaheri, our new Senior Research Associate!
Read MoreCelebrating 25 Years of the Child Welfare Education Collaboration
Read MoreChanging the Language of Adoption
Read More“Real People With Real Stories”: An Interview on the Adoption Experience
Read More“My People”: Fostering and Language
Read More“It’s All About Respect”: An Interview on Open Adoption With Joyce Horn
Read MoreThe Fictive Language of Adoption
Read MoreWords Matter: A Guide on Adoption Language
Read MoreWelcome to Cara Fox, Heart Galleries of Texas Coordinator!
Read MoreWelcome to Erika Settles, the new Permanency Training Coordinator!
Read MoreTXICFW receives grant to evaluate a sexual health intervention in foster care systems
Read MoreWelcome to Kori Gough, the new Heart Galleries of Texas Director!
Read MoreNow Recruiting High Schoolers in Foster Care for Better Futures!
Read MoreBringing Lived Experience to Child Welfare
Read MoreStop Saving Children, Start Demanding Family Involvement in Child Welfare
Read MoreMoving Away from Mandated Reporting of Child Abuse: Q&A With Catherine LaBrenz
Read MoreNotes from the Epicenter of Texas Child Welfare
Read MoreHow the Child Welfare System Keeps Families Apart
Read MorePaths to Progress in Child Welfare
Read MoreGirasol Texas Receives Texas Bar Foundation Grant to Support Immigration Lawyers
Read MoreWelcome to Samantha B. MacCallon, our new Neurosequential Model Community Coordinator!
Read MoreWelcome to Brenda Orozco, our new Program and Training Specialist!
Read MoreHow We’re Working to End Teen Dating Violence
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Read MoreVoices: Holding Space for Difficult Conversations
Read MoreWelcome to Monica Romo, our new Senior Program Coordinator!
Read MoreSample Policy on Sexual Health for Child Welfare Agencies
Read MoreMentalization-Based Therapy in Practice
Read MoreHow to Engage Parents, Caregivers, and Practitioners in Reunification
Read MoreLatest Research on Reunification
