The founder of a troubled shelter near Austin told lawmakers deeper background checks could help fight child sex trafficking.
The founder of a children's shelter in Bastrop County near Austin says deeper background checks may have helped stop a child predator.The founder of a Texas shelter in Bastrop County near Austin said deeper background checks could help fight child sex trafficking.
The nonprofit The Refuge is at the center of a scandal – allegations that a now former employee took nude photos of two girls and sold them.Authorities investigating The Refuge for DMST for child sex traffickingThe shelter’s founder told state lawmakers at a House Human Services Committee hearing in Austin a background check revealed no issues with that person.
"Despite doing background checks, fingerprint checks, drug checks, a predator still got in. For us, we have done all we can in the six weeks since this happened to contract with two other entities to help us find better ways to screen, to look for predatory behavior," said Brooke Crowder, the founder of Refuge Ranch.The shelter’s license is suspended, and all children have been removed.
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