Lapses found even as Texas foster care facility cleared of sex trafficking claims
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But DFPS Commissioner Jaime Masters told lawmakers that she should have been notified two days later, when state officials uncovered that the ex-employee was related to several other people who still worked there. Instead, Masters wasn’t informed until last week, a month and a half after the first report.“None of us can be everywhere at all times,” Masters said in a hearing. “Everyone depends on everyone up the chain to do what they are tasked with doing, and this is what did not happen here.
Still, the DPS probe confirmed the nude photo allegations and described a separate incident in which several staff members helped two girls escape the operation, according to a letter from Director Steve McCraw on Wednesday.
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