Panel: Texas foster care needs more mental health resources, support for families

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas foster children need more mental health support and family-based placement options, according to an expert panel convened to address the crisis in the state's child welfare system.
Three national experts began evaluating the system late last year to propose solutions to the problem of hundreds of children sleeping in state office buildings, hotels and other unlicensed placements.INVESTIGATION: Texas foster children spend average of 18 nights sleeping in CPS offices, h