A 2017 Texas law allows religious organizations that contract with the state to refuse to work with LGBTQ couples seeking to foster or adopt, a violation of federal anti-discrimination rules that have not been enforced.
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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