\u201cChildren are being harmed. And the state knows it and is basically disregarding the harm to children\u201d<\/p>\n
Julie Wilson<\/strong><\/p>\n A class-action lawsuit filed in 2011 on behalf of nine Texas children has been given the go ahead by a federal judge on Thursday. The lawsuit accuses Texas of \u201cpoorly supervising foster children,\u201d reported AP<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n \n \n \n<\/div>\n The New York-based Children\u2019s Rights group is behind the push for justice for more than 12,000 abused and neglected Texas children that were permanently removed from their natural homes. Executive Director Marcia Robinson Lowry said the child rights group has sued more than 15 states for \u201cmistreatment of foster children\u201d and lost just two of those cases.<\/p>\n \u201cChildren are being harmed. And the state knows it and is basically disregarding the harm to children,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Last month Infowars reported<\/a> on two-year old Alexandria Hill who was killed while under the care of Texas Child Protective Services (CPS). Alexandria was taken from her home because her parents allegedly smoked pot after their daughter went to sleep. Foster mom Sherri Small is facing capital murder charges for brutally slamming Alexandria\u2019s head, causing her to die from blunt force trauma.<\/p>\n Texas mentor, the agency responsible for placing Alexandria with foster mom Small, is the third largest foster care contractor in the state.<\/p>\n State records show that Texas Mentor\u2019s Arlington office was placed on a six-month evaluation after they were cited for 114 violations in 56 foster homes over a two year span, reported the Dallas News.<\/a><\/p>\n State funding for CPS has been increased twice over the past eight years, but the agency continues to fail majorly, endangering thousands of children.<\/p>\n The ruling by U.S. District Judge Janis Graham Jack of Corpus Christi said Children\u2019s Rights has provided substantial \u201cpreliminary evidence\u201d proving CPS caseworkers to be \u201coverworked.\u201d The judge also noted a \u201chigh turnover among CPS conservatorship workers,\u201d whom are responsible for protecting the young foster children.<\/p>\n \u201cA caseworker that is so overburdened that she cannot visit the children she is responsible for\u2026cannot fulfill this function,\u201d wrote Judge Jack.<\/p>\n The ruling is based on a three-day hearing in January and is expected to proceed hopefully exposing the corruption and failures inside the CPS system.<\/p>\n