WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas — The pandemic may have put a lot of our daily lives and numerous state services on pause, but ensuring the safety and welfare of Texas’s most vulnerable children could not be stopped.
According to the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, throughout FY 2020 there were 16,475 children in Texas removed from their homes as a result of abuse or neglect. While many are eventually able to return home or be placed permanently with relatives, thousands of children cannot and are in need of a forever home.