Gov. Greg Abbott vows Texas will do 'exactly' what federal judge requires on foster care
AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott for the first time has pledged that Texas will do “exactly” what a federal judge presiding over a foster care lawsuit has ordered and that he and lawmakers will provide the funding “to live up to” her edicts.
In an appearance on a Rio Grande Valley radio station’s morning drive program, Abbott went further than he’s ever gone in promising state cooperation in a decade-old federal class-action lawsuit over conditions in long-term foster care.
His words shot through child-welfare circles Wednesday, delighting lawyers for more than 10,000 foster children who are plaintiffs in the case and representatives of the child placing agencies that recruit foster homes.
And that was even before late Wednesday, when state agencies involved with foster care described recently boosted requests for more money from lawmakers so they can comply with orders by U.S. District Judge Janis Graham Jack.
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