Texas CPS underreported 655 children killed under its ‘care’

‘Child Protective Services (CPS) in Texas is under serious scrutiny these days as investigative reporters dig deeper into findings that the agency significantly faltered in their duties to help protect and save children.

It’s simple. The job of CPS is to analyze and tend to every single neglect and abuse report it receives.

However, reporters from the Austin American-Statesman have discovered that the majority of some 779 reports were ignored completely.’

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