CPS Removes 10,000 Fewer Children Per Year Than in 2017
Jeremy Newman2023-10-24T18:13:50+00:00How the Legislature Protected Children by Reigning in Texas’ Child Protection Agency Of all of the state agencies in Texas, Child Protective Services (CPS) may be simultaneously the most well-known and the least understood. Virtually every person knows CPS by name, but very few could describe accurately how the agency functions or what the realm of child protection law looks like. In criminal law, the death penalty is the gravest sentence that a convict can receive. The United States Constitution and numerous statutes create a closely knit weave of protections for criminals that tightly constrain the state’s ability to dish [...]