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Education & Stories
Educational posts to help families understand foster care, kinship care, and adoption in Texas.
Foundation
The basics of foster care, kinship care, and adoption for people just starting to explore.
System Literacy
How the Texas child welfare system actually works.
Human Reality
Honest stories about what fostering and kinship care are really like.
How a Child Enters Foster Care in Texas
“CPS just takes kids.” Here's the actual legal sequence — report, investigation, judge, and court oversight at every step.
What Is Kinship Care? Why It Matters and How It Works in Texas
When a child can't live with their parents, Texas looks to family first. What kinship care is — and what to do if you got the call.
What Is Foster Care? A Plain-Language Guide for Texans
Everyone nods along when foster care comes up. Here's what it actually means — explainable in two sentences by the end.