December 1, 2016      6:28 PM

Emergency salary increases for CPS workers approved

Advocates for kids say “We are greatly encouraged that the state’s leadership understands that caseworker retention – including higher salaries – tops the list of needed fixes to Child Protective Services.”

Texas leadership announced Thursday that an agreement has been reached to give emergency pay raises to workers at the state’s troubled Child Protective Services agency.

This means Department of Family and Protective Services Commissioner Hank Whitman is getting part of what he has requested but lawmakers have vowed there will be more oversight of the agency.

$12,000 raises will be awarded to about 6,000 front-line workers and an additional 1,110 managers and special investigators will get pay hikes ranging up to 20 percent, according to the details of the agreement released Thursday.

By Scott Braddock

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