Texas DFPS to hand out backpacks to kids before school starts

AUSTIN (KXAN) — As students head back to class next week, the Texas Department of Family and Protective Service staff will hand out hundreds of backpacks to children throughout Central Texas.Partnerships for Children gathers school supplies for children in DFPS care, making sure students have what they need to succeed in school.Volunteers will hand out about 1,000 backpacks to Child Protective Services workers Monday morning.“Some of our clients can’t provide all the school sup