Ken Paxton Challenges Expert Recommendations on Fixing Texas Foster Care System
Almost a year ago, U.S. District Judge Janis Jack found the Texas foster care system was unconstitutional and broken. She appointed two experts – known as special masters – to come up with recommendations for overhauling the system – and they did, suggesting things like cutting back on the caseloads of child welfare workers and hiring more staff to pick up the slack.
The official response from Texas came this week, and Attorney General Ken Paxton said: Thanks, but no thanks.
In a court filing, he challenged all of the special masters’ recommendations. Miriam Nisenbaum, executive director of the National Association of Social Workers, Texas Chapter, says the state’s reaction isn’t surprising but it’s disappointing.
“No one, I think, expects this to happen overnight but beginning to work on some of the points made by the special masters in a significant and meaningful way would be a good start,” she says.
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