Nearly 1 in 10 investigators in Child Protective Services' Austin office have resigned since the controversial order. Texas TexasRepublicans GregAbbott transrights trans LGBTQ HumanRights
, told Courthouse News she personally knows six other Austin-area workers who have left. CPS employs just 70 people in the Austin area focused on child-abuse investigations.“We are severely understaffed,” Mulanax told Courthouse News, noting that was the case even before the recent rash of resignations.
Courthouse News requested data from the state regarding how many people have resigned since Abbott’s Feb. 22 letter, as well as details on the total number of transgender-related abuse cases CPS opened. At press time, officials hadn't provided the data.
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