Texas allows religious groups that are part of the state’s child welfare network to refuse to assist LGBTQ couples seeking to foster or adopt. That could put critical federal funding at risk.
In recent years, Texas has rolled back protections for LGBTQ children in the child welfare system, includingin the Foster Care Bill of Rights, a document that informs foster youth of their rights.
Bryan Mares, the government relations director at the National Association of Social Workers Texas, said the state law allowing religious providers to refuse services to LGBTQ couples creates a supply issue for the LGBTQ children in the foster system who need affirming homes.
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