U.S. District Judge Janis Jack, the state’s de facto foster care czar, has been overseeing the case since 2011.

SAPD records show that prior to the man’s four-month stay at the Woods of Shavano group home, he had been accused of assaulting his grandmother/guardian inside her house at least three times.

A Jourdanton daycare was cited for multiple deficiencies by state investigators this summer after a four-year-old boy was ordered to stand on his tip toes while squatting for up to 30 minutes, Texas Health and Human Services records show.

A caretaker at San Antonio State Supported Living Center, has been arrested after police say he assaulted a patient.

The state has added more beds for jail inmates who need psychiatric treatment to be considered competent to face trial. But at least a third remain empty because the state can’t hire enough people to staff them.

Texas – A lot of Texans are wondering how to apply for food stamps this year. The current program for food benefits in Texas is called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as food stamps. SNAP is a federal program that provides food assistance to approximately 1.4 million eligible low-income families and individuals in Texas, according to state officials. In response to the coronavirus pandemic, approximately $188 million in emergency food benefits has been provided by THHS. The THHS received federal approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to extend the maximum allowable amount of SNAP benefits to recipients based on family size.

AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Health and Human Services will provide more than $168 million in emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program food benefits to help people in the state during the COVID-19 response, Gov. HHS got federal approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide the maximum allowable number of SNAP benefits to recipients based on family size, according to a news release. Anyone receiving SNAP benefits is included. “SNAP, commonly referred to as the food stamp program, supplements the budget of the working poor. "The additional food subsidy announced today by Governor Abbott, although still supplemental, will help fill a portion of the financial gap created by the economic crisis resulting from this pandemic.