New Texas law creates advisory board to oversee Child Protective Services investigations, training

For the first time ever, the State of Texas will have an advisory committee overseeing Child Protective Services (CPS) investigations and training thanks to a new state law that passed during the latest legislative session.

“The advisory committee will be tasked with identifying what’s working and what’s not working, but also be tasked with coming up with proposed solutions,” said child welfare consultant Carrie Wilcoxson.

Wilcoxson, a former CPS investigator, wrote the legislation and state Sen. Lois Kolkhorst (R-Brenham) sponsored it.

Wilcoxson said this will cement another law she wrote in 2023 that created new training standards for CPS investigators. The standards went into effect in March 2024.

KSAT referenced that bill in a previous story in February.

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