Texas appeals $100K a day contempt fine in long running foster care litigation
by Houston Public Media
Houston Public Media— Texas was found in contempt Monday by U.S. District Judge Janis Jack for violating two of the court's orders in its long running foster litigation.
KTSA—Appeals court blocks $100,000 daily fine for Texas’ troubled foster care program. Jack’s order to fine Texas Health and Human Services on Monday was the third time the state
CP24—New dentist office on wheels caring for seniors in Toronto-run long-term care homes. There’s a new mobile dental-care program making the rounds in Toronto. Toronto Public Health has two vans with built-in dental clinics that are travelling around the city to provide care to seniors in 10 long-term care homes operated by the city. “Everything is on site, so it’s accessible, it’s timely and it’s free,” Dr. Karen Lee, a dentist with the mobile team, told CTV News Toronto Monday following an announcement about the program. The vans are equipped to handle patients using...
San Antonio Current—Texas politics leave transgender foster youth isolated — during and after life in state care. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. It was near midnight just a couple days before Thanksgiving 2020 when 17-year-old Kayden Asher arrived at yet another temporary home during his yearslong tumble through Texas’ chaotic foster care system. His caseworker had given him just two hours to pack his bags before they drove into the night from a short-term shelter in South Texas to a nondescript building in...