The Whataburger Center was cited 239 times between 2016 and 2020 for violations in state minimum standards, according to a Texas Tribune report.
The Whataburger Center, a shelter for foster children in San Antonio, was cited 239 times between 2016 and 2020 for violations over state minimum standards. In describing the situation at the center, court documents revealed"substantiated" findings of abuse, self-harm, sexual allegations, and medical neglect, among others.
In September, the shelter was put on probation by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission . The probation blocked children from being housed there after the department reported"a continued pattern of deficiencies in the area of supervision, medication, and reports/record keeping." Based on court records, the Whataburger Center told state officials that children would be placed in homes, and the shelter would give up its license in January. Instead, the state-appointed provider that operates it, an organization known as Family Tapestry, continued to illegally place children in the shelter and in their own office, which is connected to the Whataburger Center.reported that the Department of Family and Protective Services and HHSC were aware of the illegal housing of children for months and did not report the situation to the court. In March, nearly five months after HHSC first became aware of the situation at Family Tapestry and the Whataburger Center, a whistleblower reported to the court monitors. Five days after the federal court was alerted, the DFPS told Family Tapestry to remove all children from the center by March 25, which it did, according to DFPS. Two weeks after the remaining children were placed at other facilities, Family Tapestry terminated its foster care contract with the state.
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