A federal judge pressed the Texas Department of Family Protective Services to move faster with the recommendations to make foster children safer in the state at a court hearing on Friday.
Judge Janis Jack had several pointed questions for the department and its newly appointed commissioner Stephanie Muth and criticized the department for not making children aware of their rights and not taking proper action for reports of abuse.
In her first remarks as commissioner of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Muth told Judge Jack, "One of my priorities stepping into this role is to reduce children without placement." "We continue to educate and look at whys, why initiation was missed," Marta Talbert with DFPS responded.Judge Jack also expressed concerns that some parents feel they are forced to surrender parental rights in order to get mental health care for their children.
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