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What makes youth in foster care feel supported?
More than 80% of children who enter into foster care after the age of 12 end up emancipating from care…
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AUSTIN, Texas—Texas System of Care, the Texas Institute for Excellence in Mental Health at the Steve Hicks School of Social…
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Texas officials are leaving our most economically disadvantaged residents out in the cold in yet another attempt to politicize reproductive…
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Girasol, a program at the Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing, has released its 2018-2020 report. The program strives…
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