Caseworkers: Texas order on trans kids handled differently
Source: Associated Press
Caseworkers: Texas order on trans kids handled differently
By PAUL J. WEBER
April 1, 2022
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott put in motion abuse investigations into the parents of some transgender kids, child welfare supervisor Randa Mulanax said what happened next strayed from normal protocols.
There was unusual secrecy, with texts and emails discouraged. Allegations about trans kids received elevated status. In Texas, fewer than three in 10 child welfare investigations end with findings that harm likely occurred classified as reason to believe but the changes looked to Mulanax like these cases would be predetermined from the start.
It was my understanding that they wanted to be found reason to believe, Mulanax told The Associated Press in her first interview since leaving the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, where she worked for six years until quitting last month. Thats why we were having to figure out a way to staff it up and see how we go about it, since it doesnt match our policy right now.
As early as Friday, the Texas Supreme Court could decide whether the state can resume at least nine investigations into the parents of transgender children. They are the first to fall on the radar of child welfare authorities since Texas Republican governor in February directed the state to begin handling reports of gender-confirming care for kids as child abuse the first such order issued in the U.S.
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childfreebychoice
(476 posts)Her spouse is staying til he can find job in md/va area. The ultimate goal is to try to get gays, libs, pro choice, ppl who believe in gun control, teaching real history, and secular people to move fr red states...IMHO
IngridsLittleAngel
(1,962 posts)Are investigations into Abbott and Paxton, for their bigoted and criminal behavior - including defying a court order at least once.