Today's Committee Meetings on the LRL website is a calendar of interim committee hearings with links to agendas. Below are resources related to upcoming Interim Hearings.
October 26
Senate Committee on Finance
Topic: Child Protective Services' (CPS) plan to ensure timely contact with children at immediate risk of abuse or neglect, impact of CPS initiatives funded in the 2016-17 General Appropriations Act, and status of CPS Transformation
- Governor Abbott, Lieutenant Governor Patrick and Speaker Straus Direct DFPS to Take Immediate Action to Protect Texas Children; Letter to Commissioner Hank Whitman, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (Child Protective Services), October 12, 2016
- Child Welfare Financing SFY 2014: A Survey of Federal, State, and Local Expenditures, Texas Fact Sheet, The Annie E. Casey Foundation, Casey Family Programs, and Child Trends, October 2016
- Commissioner Whitman Submits Letter Outlining Proposals for CPS Overhaul to Governor Abbott; Letter to Governor Greg Abbott from Commissioner H.L. Whitman, Jr., Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (Child Protective Services 10-point plan), July 5, 2016
- Child Protective Services: Dallas County Management Review, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, May 2016
- Progress Report to the Sunset Advisory Commission: Child Protective Services Transformation, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, April 2016
- An Introduction to Child Welfare Funding, and How States Use It, Child Trends, January 2016
- Child Maltreatment 2014, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, January 2016
- Child Protective Services Business Plan, Fiscal Year 2016, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, October 2015
- Child Protective Services (CPS) Reports and Presentations, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
Topic: LBB update on fiscal years 2016-17 supplemental costs for the General Appropriations Act
