Foster Care Policy, Advocacy and Research

We're on a mission to promote the health and well-being of children and families involved in the child welfare system.

Children in foster care face persistent health care barriers and disparities that can create lifelong harm. The Rees-Jones Center for Foster Care Excellence has served thousands of children in the Texas child welfare system. We believe that these barriers and disparities can be overcome by adopting systemic reforms. To accomplish our goals, we partner with organizations across North Texas to:

• Identify structural issues and deficiencies in the child welfare system

• Develop and propose solutions

• Advocate for ways to reform and improve the child welfare system

We believe that the right reforms, implemented in the right way, can significantly improve the lives of the state’s most vulnerable children and make Texas foster care a model for the nation.