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Children's shelter reports it served 27 children and flags state licensing changes
Summary
A representative from the county's children's shelter told the Kaufman County Commissioners Court the shelter served 27 children in the reporting period, described a longest stay of 103 days, and said state licensing changes (T3C) have required staffing adjustments.
The Chair called on David Asbille of the county children's shelter to present the shelter's quarterly quality report. David told the court the shelter "took care of 27 kids" during the reporting period and described a range of lengths of stay, with at least one child staying 103 days and the shortest stay recorded as 10 days.
David described a recent state reorganization of licensing standards into what he called "Texas Child Centered Care (T3C)," noting that the rules changed caregiver-to-child ratios and required the shelter to hire additional part-time staff during the transition. When asked whether the shelter must accept children under age five, David said the board requires acceptance but the shelter limits admissions of children under five to two at a time to manage staffing ratios. He invited the court to the shelter's annual fundraiser on August 15 and to tour the remodeled facility.
"We took care of 27 kids," David said during his report. He added that the shelter had to hire additional staff to meet the new T3C ratio requirements.
