When browsing headlines or online news, we rarely hear about the “forgotten children” of the Texas foster system.
With nearly 20,000 children under the jurisdiction of the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS), this should be at the forefront of our minds.
Raising awareness and fostering change within this broken system is a key objective of Loula Foundation.
In Texas, the foster care system is severely compromised with many more children than families/homes.
The result of this is that many children in Child Protective Services (CPS) custody are left in a “child without placement” (CWOP) status housed in hotel rooms, in churches and on the floor of DFPS offices.
To get an inside look at what being a CWOP looks like, review this article where Prince Hayward, who grew up in the foster system, talks about his experience:
