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Presenter urges Frio County to establish local child welfare board to support foster children
Summary
A regional child welfare official asked Frio County Commissioners Court to create a county child welfare board to coordinate services, recruit foster families and pursue state and federal funding for foster children.
Dr. Wendy Knox, PhD, asked Frio County Commissioners Court on March 2025 to establish a local Child Welfare Board to coordinate services for children in foster care, support kinship caregivers and pursue state and federal funding available to foster youth.
Knox said Frio County currently lacks a county-level board dedicated to oversight and advocacy for children in the foster care system and asked the court to formalize a board that would coordinate with existing organizations and work to recruit local foster families. “We are the conservatorship for all the children once they have been removed from the home,” she said, describing the county’s role in permanency planning.
A Child Welfare Board, Knox said, would help close gaps in services the region faces — including limited…
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