October 21, 2016 9:45 PM

Price tag to fix CPS problems continues to grow

DFPS Commissioner Whitman: “it is important to make clear that my expectations are not being met."

The new head of the Department of Family and Protective Services will move forward on strategic hiring goals immediately to address agency shortfalls in urban areas that state leaders have called “completely unacceptable.”

A letter that went out yesterday – and was praised by Speaker of the House Joe Straus today – outlined a commitment to hire 200 investigative caseworkers immediately to address initial contact issues in Dallas/Fort Worth, Harris County and Travis County. That lack of contact was highlighted in an Austin American Statesman investigation published earlier this month.

By Kimberly Reeves