TexProtects is autonomous, nonpartisan and is the only membership-driven agency in Texas to take a comprehensive and in-depth approach to child abuse and prevention and apply it to a statewide advocacy and education effort. As of January 2017, we are the Texas affiliate of Prevent Child Abuse America. Our work encompasses both meeting the immediate needs of at-risk children and their families and
communities, as well as developing long term solutions. TexProtects' goal is to create broad-scale, systems change via major public policy innovations of child protection systems and to leverage private funds with public funds to bring high-impact prevention solutions to scale. To achieve our mission, TexProtects engages in research, advocacy and education. TexProtects advocates for better policies, reforms and appropriate increases in federal, state and local funding for three priority areas:
Prevention: Increasing investment in proven child abuse prevention programs
Protection: Strengthening and reforming the CPS system
Healing: Ensuring victims receive adequate and accessible treatment
In order to create an engaging and positive online environment for the TexProtects community, we ask all individuals to take our online community guidelines into account when posting to our social media pages/blog. We encourage questions and comments and we want to hear from you! We kindly request that you respect the following guidelines:
-Respect the rights and opinions of others;
-Stay on topic;
-Avoid profanity, offensive statements, and illegal content; and
-Promote inclusivity, kindness, and community. TexProtects reserves the right to delete, ban, or hide any comments or users that choose to not respect the guidelines above. Please feel free to contact [email protected] with any questions or concerns.
