Texas’ foster care system is plagued with problems. Here’s how lawmakers want to fix it.

A sign for the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services building in Austin in 2019. (Credit: Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune)

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Texas lawmakers have filed more than 100 bills aimed at improving the state’s long-troubled Department of Family and Protective Services, which cares for the state’s most vulnerable children.