Judge Worries About Coronavirus In Foster Care System

Austin (AP) – A federal judge in Texas says she’s “concerned” about the high rate of coronavirus infections in the state’s troubled foster care system. The Dallas Morning News reported that court-ordered monitors found the positive test rate was 20% in late August. U.S. District Judge Janis Jack ruled in 2015 that the state foster care was unconstitutionally broken, and ordered sweeping reforms, which have also been partially upheld on appeal. Jack threatened to hold state agencies in contempt for disobeying her orders to fix it. There are nearly 11,000 children in what Texas calls “permanent managing conservatorship.”