AUSTIN — New Child Protective Services caseworkers will need a two-year college degree — not simply a high school education and four years in the workforce — to waive a decades-old rule that ...

CPS caseworker salaries are rock bottom, as low as $34,000 to start. That wouldn’t bother people with just a high school education the way it grates on workers who went to college, ...

High caseworker turnover has plagued CPS for years, but things have steadily improved since lawmakers approved $142.4 million in emergency funding for the agency last December.

Didi, a former caseworker of 15 years, said CPS is failing children without placement. She also asked that her full name not be used because she is considering returning to work at the agency.

Eventually, a CPS caseworker was called to the shelter and the children were removed from their mother's custody. The decision was mostly based on the fact that the children had been out of school ...

CPS caseworker quits after accusing supervisor of lying in effort to remove 1-year-old boy By Keri Blakinger , Staff writer Updated March 4, 2019 3:32 p.m. DFPS ...

In her book "Broken: Transforming Child Protective Services ― Notes of a Former Caseworker" she looks back her CPS years and how they led her to quit and work for systemic change.

ABILENE — It was a Wednesday afternoon, three days into the new school year, and the kids were at home.

Terry Lee was trained to recognize abuse. A savvy caseworker for Child Protective Services, the 44-year-old was once named Texas' caseworker of the year. Like social workers everywhere, she was ...

CPS worker caseloads have dropped from an average of 36 in 1996 to 24 in 2004, thanks to a river of funding from the Legislature. “She had a huge caseload, and she was a new worker for the state ...

If Suffolk reaches 138 caseworkers, every CPS caseworker could stay below 12 cases, Pierre said. The number of Suffolk caseworkers has risen to its highest level in years.

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