Our Impact
by the
Numbers
Efforts led and/or assisted
by TexProtects over the last
decade.
53 Bills Passed
that improved the Child Protective
Services (CPS) system.
$200 Million
secured for home-visiting programs to
prevent child maltreatment.
23,000+ Texas Families
received mentoring and coaching
during supportive home visits.
Our Legislative Wins
2021
- Budget Rider 6 includes a provision requiring the Department of Family and Protective Services to update and publish critical child protection data monthly.
- Budget Rider 48 includes a provision that ensures that Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) funding is to be used primarily to pilot prevention strategies that will build upon DFPS Prevention and Early Intervention efforts.
- Budget Rider 45 includes a provision that requires the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to evaluate current total expenditures of CHIP funding, number of clients served, funding shortfalls in client services and method-of-finance used to fund client services. This budget rider lays the groundwork for a Health Services Initiative (HSI) to support universal nurse home visiting programs for newborns.
- HB700 requires the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to ensure that foster youth who complete Preparation for Adult Living classes are eligible to receive college credit, helping them lock in their tuition and fee waiver. Partners on this bill were Texas CASA, Texas Network of Youth Services (TNOYS) and Texans Care for Children.
- The DFPS Prevention and Early Intervention Division (PEI) funding was maintained to support prevention programming during this critical time for families.
TexProtects Major Milestones
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Milestone
2004: TexProtects is established as the advocacy division for the Prevent Child Abuse Texas chapter and housed at The Dallas Foundation.
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Milestone
2006: TexProtects brings the Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) to Texas with financial investment from The Dallas Foundation and Dallas County for 100 mothers.
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Legislative Win
2007: Landmark legislation passed the NFP Act, which provided a state investment of $7.9 Million to scale home visiting to 900 mothers.
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Legislative Win
2011: Legislation passed requiring the expansion of school policies/training on child sexual abuse and other signs of maltreatment.
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Legislative Win
2013: Landmark legislation, the Texas Home Visiting Expansion and Accountability Act, passed to scale programming to more than 5,000 families.
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Milestone
2015: TexProtects established as an independent 501c3 organization.
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Legislative Win
2016: Funding secured to provide Child Protective Services (CPS) caseworkers a $12,000 salary increase to improve outcomes and workforce stability.
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Legislative Win
2017: Legislation was passed to provide financial assistance to relatives of children in the CPS system to prevent entry into foster care. View report.
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Milestone
2018: Assumed role of Prevent Child Abuse Texas, an affiliate and chapter of Prevent Child Abuse America.
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Legislative Win
2019: Championed and supported several wins in the 86th legislative session. View report.
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Milestone
2020: Awarded contract with Pritzker Children’s Initiative to serve as the administrative backbone of the Texas Prenatal-to-Three Collaborative.
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Legislative Win
2021: Championed and supported several wins in the 87th legislative session. View report.
