Build Better Back

January 24, 2022

Do you ever wonder what it looks like to be a political social worker? Kerrie Judice joins us to discusses her social work background, her...

Child Protective Services

January 12, 2022

The Texas foster care system has too many problems to detail in just a short TV interview. But for a taste of how bad it...

Foster Care

December 20, 2021

We can’t talk about the future of Texas without talking about the well-being of our children. During the last Texas legislative session, policymakers set a...

Prenatal to Three Collaborative

October 5, 2021

Dear Judge Jenkins and Commissioners Price, Garcia, Daniel, and Koch, On behalf of TexProtects and the 8 other undersigned local community organizations that advocate for...

Child Abuse Prevention

August 28, 2021

Recently, we have been reading about foster children sleeping in Child Protective Services offices as if sleeping in offices is our child welfare crisis. Sleeping...

Foster Care

May 10, 2021

Statement from TexProtects CEO Sophie Phillips on urgent actions we need to take in the face of Texas’ Child Protective Services crisis May 10, 2021...

Child Protective Services

March 7, 2021

The Texas winter freeze and power outages are once-in-a-lifetime events that qualify as collective trauma for all of us. However, for Texans who were already...

Child Protective Services, Foster Care

February 26, 2021

Dallas - Last week was hard for all of us; it was heartbreaking and traumatizing for Texans. We hope you and your loved ones are...

Child Abuse Prevention

February 14, 2021

Read the latest op-ed by Sophie Phillips, TexProtects CEO, at the Austin-American Statesman. "We must consider additional actions we can take to prevent children from...

Child Protective Services

February 4, 2021

Austin – Yesterday, Gov. Greg Abbott pledged to comply with orders by U.S. District Judge Janis Graham Jack in a nearly 10-year-old class-action lawsuit over...

Foster Care