Hope Osborn, Director of Government Affairs
Texas 2036 engaged on child welfare this year primarily through the lens of our January 2023 report on Modernizing Texas’ Child Welfare IT System. Built in 1996 and based on 1993 guidelines, the state’s legacy data system, commonly referred to as IMPACT, is neither federally compliant nor serving the needs of the agency or vulnerable…
Texas 2036 Manager of Policy and Advocacy Hope Osborn on Tuesday called on lawmakers to invest in a major update to the data system used by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. The agency’s “current system, IMPACT, was created in 1996 based on 1993 guidelines,” she explained during testimony before the Senate Finance…
Interested in what goes on in the Texas Legislature but don’t know where to start? Feeling a little bit rusty and need to remember what a Point of Order is? Look no further than Texas 2036’s brief run-through of what a legislative session may entail and how to pass — or kill — a bill!…
This is part of our blog series for Texas 2036’s Strategic Framework, which provides in-depth, cross-cutting data to inform key decisions about the most significant issues facing the state. In 2020, three out of every 1,000 kids in the United States were living in foster care. Of those approximately 214,000 children in foster care, 7%…
