One-third of Texas foster care caseworkers left their jobs last year as the agency continued putting kids in hotels

Turnover at the Texas Department of Family and Protective services has soared. Employees cite low pay and heavy caseloads as some of the reasons staffers are leaving. (Credit: Lauren Witte/The Texas Tribune)

---

Lucy, a caseworker for Texas’ child welfare agency, sat in her car outside a major-chain hotel, readying for her work shift. She flipped through the pages of her blue Bible, the size of her palm, trying to find the compassion and will to go inside.