Parental rights continue to be under siege as the legislature and courts yield more power to the state.  The philosophy of education a generation ago is reaping the philosophy of government of this generation as Abraham Lincoln warned over a century ago.

        In a year with the prospect of landmark CPS reform in the legislature, Texas saw more money and more power given to the agency with little, if any more accountability required.

        Nationwide, Courts hit parents with triple whammy.  As one circuit court held, parental rights do "not extend beyond the threshold of the [public] school door."

MEDIA TURNS TO TCFR
Nationally and statewide the media increasingly turns to TCFR as an advocate for families and parental rights including:
CNN Sunday Night  -        USA Today        -   New York Times    -  Foxnews.com      
CBS.com            MSNBC.com        -          Boston Herald        -        Seattle Times            

Founder Sets Up Kindred Organization

Gary Gates has founded Texans for Limited Government to address other critical issues facing our state.



President Serving on Houston CPS Disproportionality Advisory Committee

Peter Johnston, at the invitation of CPS reformer, Dr. Herschel Smith, was invited to participate in a committee examing and taking stpes to remedy the problem of African Americans being over represented in the child welfare system.




Research from National Coalition for Child Protection Reform (NCCPR)*

"A Child Welfare Timeline"
An overview of child welfare in the United States from 1961 through 2006


"Unreasonable Assault on Reasonable Efforts"
Federal law mandates that states make "reasonable efforts" to keep families together and/or reunify them while investigated by CPS. Read Executive Director of NCCPR Ricahrd Wexler's assessment of those efforts.

*TCFR does not endorse or agree with everything promoted and published by NCCPR but is indebted to NCCPR for excellent work in many areas of research and action in child welfare reform.