Texas replaces EMPOWER in Dallas-area foster care region after state cites child safety failures

Two groups are taking over Texas' foster care system in what's called the metroplex's east region.

• Jul 21

Nonprofit replaces foster kids' trash bags with luggage

Comfort Cases has provided more than 250,000 packs to children across the U.S.

• Feb 27, 2025

"Heart Galleries" helping North Texas foster children find permanent homes

"I never realized how essential it was to have parents until I had parents."

• Nov 21, 2024

How twins who grew up in foster care are paying it forward

Cherry and Sherry Wilmore are known in their hometown of Houma, Louisiana, as "everybody's favorite twins."

• Oct 28, 2024

Texas foster care system undergoes overhaul after years of abuse and neglect

Issues of abuse and neglect have plagued the state's child welfare agency for decades. It is why the Texas foster care system is undergoing a major overhaul, moving to privatize its services.

• Sep 19, 2024

Dallas-area foster care overhaul off to a "rocky start," executive admits

In March, the 9-county region around Dallas transitioned its foster care services to a private organization.

• Sep 18, 2024