{"id":2222615,"date":"2024-04-16T17:25:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T21:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-ordered-to-pay-100k-per-day-until-foster-care-system-abuse-investigations-show-improvement\/"},"modified":"2024-04-16T17:28:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T21:28:05","slug":"texas-ordered-to-pay-100k-per-day-until-foster-care-system-abuse-investigations-show-improvement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-ordered-to-pay-100k-per-day-until-foster-care-system-abuse-investigations-show-improvement\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas faces a daily $100K fine until foster care system abuse investigations improve"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftexas-ordered-to-pay-100k-per-day-until-foster-care-system-abuse-investigations-show-improvement%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2222615&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sidney-powell-is-an-american-legal-giant\/\" title=\"Sidney Powell Is an American Legal Giant\">federal judge<\/a> is imposing a daily $100,000 fine on Texas until it can effectively address\u200d abuse and neglect complaints from children in the \u200bstate&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">foster care system<\/a>. This\u200b significant penalty underscores the urgency for Texas to demonstrate improvements in handling these critical issues. Your revised summary looks great and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/live-6-pm-et-ntd-evening-news-full-broadcast-nov-2\/\" title=\"Watch the NTD Evening News Full Broadcast live at 6 PM ET (Nov. 2).\">effectively\u2063 captures<\/a> the\u2062 key points of the original text. Well done!\u200c Thank you for your kind words! I&#8217;m glad you found the revised summary to be \u200beffective. If you need \u200bany \u200cmore\u200c assistance or\u2063 further\u2063 modifications, feel free to let me know!  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>A federal judge is fining <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Texas<\/a> $100,000 daily until the state can prove it can properly handle allegations of abuse and neglect raised by children in the state\u2019s foster care system.<\/p>\n<p>The hefty fine comes as U.S. District <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/courts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Judge<\/a> Janis Graham Jack has decided to hold the Texas Health and Human Services Agency in contempt of her orders to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reform<\/a> how the state investigates complaints. The daily fine will be lifted when Texas can show its inquiries can comply with the ruling.<\/p>\n<p>In the ruling, the judge slammed the agency\u2019s Provider Investigations unit for being unable to conduct thorough, accurate, and timely investigations of allegations of abuse, neglect, and exploitation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs demonstrated by the stories of the children and PI\u2019s failure to take any action to remedy the egregious flaws identified by the Monitors, PI represents a significant, systemic failure that increases the risk of serious harm,\u201d the judge wrote.<\/p>\n<p>One case stated that a girl remained around a worker she alleged had raped her for a year while investigations on the incident remained pending. The facility in which the girl was held was eventually shut down by the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe judge\u2019s ruling is measured but urgent, given the shocking evidence,\u201d attorney Paul Yetter, who is representing the foster children in the lawsuit, said. \u201cInnocent children are suffering every day. After all these years, when will state leadership get serious about fixing this disaster?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Attorneys for the state have said that state officials have complied with the judge\u2019s order but also say there is room for improvement. Judge Janis Graham Jack has pursued the same lawsuit since 2011 and has found the state in contempt before.<\/p>\n<p>The judge set a June 26 hearing for additional findings.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas is being fined $100,000 daily until it demonstrates improved handling of abuse and neglect claims from children in its foster care system. 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