This May we will discuss the solutions we are crafting in response to the capacity crisis, updates on heightened monitoring, the latest policy news as we wrap up the 87th Texas Legislative Session. This is a member exclusive event. Learn more about joining our network here.
Please join us for the next Strategy, Training, and Research Consortium (STaRC) on May 17 from 10am-noon where we will explore challenges LGBTQIA+ youth and children face in child welfare. Our research intern, Bradley McLain, will introduce a research in action article on the subject. Next, we will have Adam McCormick, PhD, MSSW, Assistant Professor of Social
(Sheila) - The Texas Alliance of Child and Family Services Knowledge Community Series uses a book in common to explore ideas to improve services for Texas children and families. The book changes every year and explores many ideas that can help professionals reimagine their role in child welfare. This year’s book is My Grandmother’s Hands:
Please save the date to join us on July 1st for a discussion with Joyce James. For the past 24 years, Ms. James led the charge in Texas and across the Country to raise issues of institutional and structural racism in all helping systems. Her journey — from CPS caseworker to Assistant Commissioner of Texas CPS,
What: TBRI (Trust-Based Relational Intervention) Fridays Join TACFS/TX Center TBRI Practitioners on the last Friday of every month for TBRI Caregiver Training! Over the course of 10 months, TX Center staff will facilitate participants through the entire TBRI Trainer Caregiver Package. TBRI Fridays will cover the following topics in this general sequence: TBRI Introduction &
TACFS members, join us in Austin for the Symposium on Kinship Best Practices for CPAs on February 15, 2023. The Kinship Symposium is designed for Child Placing Agencies interested in better serving kinship foster care families. Attend to hear best practice tips from CPAs well experienced in serving kinship families! There is no cost for
Children and youth involved with or at risk of involvement with the child welfare system have high rates of behavioral and mental health needs, yet families and providers face significant barriers to accessing home and community-based services. We believe these children are unique and deserve to have their needs met by community-based organizations that are
