Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

Down the Hatch: The Rothman Report

A scathing, 86-page report called out doctors who "subverted scientific integrity" for money.

East Texas Grinches Steal $20,000 of Foster Kids' Christmas Presents

Come to think of it, not even this guy would approve of what these losers did​We spend a lot of time here wandering about in the pits of human depravity, but this one is about as depressing as it gets. Simply put, earlier this week, a thief or several thieves broke into the Longview storage f ... More >>

Charles Fischer: Child Psychiatrist at State Home Accused of Molesting Boys Over Last 20 Years

The Texas Medical Board has suspended the license of the chief child psychiatrist of a state-run treatment center for the mentally ill after the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services accused him of sexually assaulting teen boys in his care over the last 20 years. According to the board ... More >>

Broken System

A lawsuit alleges that 12,000 kids trapped in foster care with little chance of getting out are being exposed to abuse and neglect, shuttled around the state and denied health services.

Jessica Tata: Legislature Acts to Help Increase Daycare Inspections

Jessica Tata spurs lege to act​Blink once and you might have missed state rep Carol Alvarado's bill in the House Urban Affairs last week that offered at least one more stopgap measure to prevent the West Houston daycare fire that took the lives of four small children. Former day care operator ... More >>

Pasadena Family Feud Heads To The Courtroom

​It may never rise to the mythic stature of the Hatfield-McCoy family feud, but the Schmidt and Hinson families of Pasadena are doing their best to keep alive their long-standing neighborly donnybrook, which a month ago cost one woman her life.Before things turned deadly late 2009, the two familie ... More >>

A Mainstream Mormon's Test of Faith

Seven months have passed since the polygamist raid in Eldorado, but the effects linger

Court of Appeals Rules State Had No Right to Seize FLDS Kids

Unaccompanied Minors Allege Beatings at Immigrant Detention Center

Kiss and Tell

Critics want the diocese to explain why this Roman Catholic priest is still celebrating Mass

A Hanging Offense

Did the Devereux Treatment Center provide the care Cecilia Garrett needed or did it drive the young teenager to her death?

Fostering Abuse

Did something go very wrong at Gloria and Kenny Rogers’s group home in Brazoria County? Or are they and their kids victims of a power-hungry CPS?

Rock-A-Baby Bye-Bye

A state program was supposed to give moms a safe place to drop off unwanted newborns. Then why are so many babies still ending up in the trash?

Saving Nicholas

He was hurt by his mother, ripped away from the foster parents who loved him and put in an institution where he was abused. That's when Alice and Ellery Riha really decided to fight.

Smear Campaign?

Accusations of abuse closed "Mama" King's Galveston day care. But do they hold water?

Sue Me, Baby, One More Time

Why Gary Gates won't let CPS walk away

A Father's Retribution

Children's Protective Services thinks Gary Gates abuses his kids. Gary Gates thinks CPS abused his family. Who's abusing who?

The Race Matter