CHILD WELFARE WAIVERS:

THE STAKE FOR YOUR STATE

To find out how Texas and other states could use their federal money more wisely to help families involved in the child welfare system:

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(Resource: National Coalition for Child Protection Reform, www.nccpr.org)

TEXAS FOSTER CARE SYSTEM

EXAMINED BY

Need to Know on PBS

(click link to watch now)

The Watch List: The medication of foster children

MISSION

To equip the parents of children who have been removed from their homes by Children's Protective Services (CPS) with the necessary tools to become successful families by providing guidance with dignity, support services, education, and resource coordination in Texas and beyond, to promote family reunification, and to provide preventative help to families at risk for abuse and neglect.

VISION

It is in the best interest of a child for his or her parents to get better.

PHILOSOPHY

Reunifying families and preventing future abuse and neglect.

PARENTS!!!  If you are under investigation by CPS OR

if your child has ALREADY been removed from your home by CPS,

then immediately download this guide:

"A Family's Guide to the Child Welfare System"

Executive Director, Johana Scot, featured in new book about everyday citizens making a difference.

BEING THE DIFFERENCE: True Stories of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things to Change the World

Click here for link to book at Amazon.com

WE SEEK TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM THROUGH AWARENESS, ANOTHER SIDE NOT OFTEN HEARD-THE FORGOTTEN STAKEHOLDER-THE PARENTS

Parental Rights are Under Attack

Help us help families by protecting parental rights, watching for and influencing new laws and policies that may adversely effect families in the future, and by donating to our organization so that we may keep up this good fight.

We had a very successful fight for families during 2009 (81st Texas Legislature) and 2011 (82nd Texas Legislature) but we need your help to continue our valuable work.  Whether you knew it or not, PGC has been defending your parental rights at local, state, and national level at no cost to you for the past 7 years.  We fight bad legislation, seek to change legislation to lean in favor of families, and support good legislation that helps parents and children.  But this task comes at a price.  It takes hard-working, tenacious parent advocates to point to the large, white elephant in the room.  It takes brave advocates to often be the only ones in meetings speaking the truth and pointing out negative consequences to parents and families of policies and actions in an industry focused on tearing families apart.

Through our work, we have learned that it takes a very respectful, delicate balance to keep parental rights in tact while also protecing children.  The two are not mutually exclusive.  We believe that children can remain protected from abuse and neglect without destroying parental rights.
Please help us with our goals to protect children and families and help parents do the best job they can do.

And thank you to all who have supported us since our beginning in 2004.  It's been a wild, but successful ride and we hope to keep up this important work in the future with your continued help and support.

THANK YOU

(For a tax-deductible contribution to our work, please click on the "Donate" button)