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Annette Rodriguez to resign as president and CEO of The Children’s Shelter
Read full article: Annette Rodriguez to resign as president and CEO of The Children’s ShelterThe departure of CEO Annette Rodriguez, who led The Children's Shelter for the past decade, caps off a tumultuous year for the organization.
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As Bexar County foster care system plunges deeper into turmoil, what happens next?
Read full article: As Bexar County foster care system plunges deeper into turmoil, what happens next?As a flurry of bills were being discussed at the Texas Legislature last week, even state representatives were forced to acknowledge our current foster care quandary: how do you continue to streamline and privatize the system while also increasing oversight of it?
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State to take over Bexar County foster care placement again as Family Tapestry ends contract
Read full article: State to take over Bexar County foster care placement again as Family Tapestry ends contractA DFPS spokesman was unable to definitively say when the contract would end but said the state would be taking over that role until “if and when” they decide to put the contract out for bid again.
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Citing ‘unacceptable’ conditions, state puts placement hold on The Children’s Shelter in San Antonio
Read full article: Citing ‘unacceptable’ conditions, state puts placement hold on The Children’s Shelter in San AntonioThe Children’s Shelter in San Antonio has until 5 p.m. Monday to find new homes for its children after the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services issued a placement hold due to “unacceptable” conditions and an ongoing capacity problem.
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In Corpus Christi, 85 infants were infected with COVID-19 as of July. That number has nearly doubled.
Read full article: In Corpus Christi, 85 infants were infected with COVID-19 as of July. That number has nearly doubled.In mid-July, Corpus Christi made national headlines after a Nueces County health official said 85 babies had tested positive for COVID-19 since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Over the past two weeks, that number has nearly doubled, City-County Health Director Annette Rodriguez told KIII TV. Since the pandemic began in March, Nueces County has seen a total of 13,062 COVID-19 cases, according to the city’s dashboard. In Texas, nearly 460,000 COVID-19 cases have been reported as of Tuesday. Map: Track COVID-19 cases in Texas, county-by-county updates
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Most young virus cases in Texas county diagnosed this month
Read full article: Most young virus cases in Texas county diagnosed this monthHOUSTON Most of the 85 young children in a South Texas county who are known to have contracted the coronavirus tested positive this month amid a surge in the state, a health official said Sunday. But Rodriguez stressed Sunday that although the oldest of the cases goes back to mid-March, most of them 60 infants tested positive from July 1 to July 16. The child who died was less than half a year old and tested positive this month. The first young child from Nueces County was hospitalized in mid-June. One of the infants who tested positive is a recent newborn whose mother also has the virus, she said.