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Will Eldorado case expose overwhelmed Texas CPS system?

By Gritsforbreakfast

To put it bluntly, it's unlikely the children from Eldorado who have been taken from their homes will end up better off if they are dumped into Texas' overtaxed Child Protective Services (CPS) system.Regardless of your thoughts on polygamy or the arranged marriage of teens, information dribbling out past the supercharged headlines in West Texas indicates that the 400+ kids seized by the state this week were well cared for. Can Texas' foster care system, frequently in the headlines for its own failures, promise the same?Child services workers in Utah have a lot more experience than in Texas dealing with polygamist communities, so what do they have to tell us about what the Lone Star State should do with 416 children seized from the Eldorado compound in West Texas ("Scale of Texas' tough task unprecedented," Deseret News, April 9):The scale of the decision by Texas child welfare workers to take 416 children into state custody dwarfs any endangerment response in Utah ? or anywhere else for that matter...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on April 10, 2008 (boomark / email).