AUSTIN — A report from the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) in May details how many children in DFPS conservatorships went missing, and how many were victims of human ...

Texas parents with trans children have even left the state for fear of DFPS investigations. Child protection caseworkers themselves see the substantial harms of investigations. Current and former ...

Twenty children in Jefferson County under DFPS care went missing in the same time period, the report shows. There were 45,870 children in DFPS conservatorship in the fiscal year 2021 ...