Every Child Protective Services worker would receive a $12,000 raise under chief's new plan
AUSTIN -- Every Child Protective Services caseworker, supervisor and front-line administrator in Texas would get a $12,000 raise under a plan submitted to lawmakers late Thursday by state protective services chief Henry "Hank" Whitman.
Under fire for a series of failings by CPS -- among them, not asking for pay raises -- Whitman said higher salaries are a major piece of the puzzle as he tries to reduce sky-high turnover at the agency.
"Providing a salary increase will have a positive impact on retention," he wrote Senate Finance Committee Chairwoman Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound.
After a raucous hearing of her committee Wednesday, at which irate senators skewered Whitman for several hours, Nelson asked him for a pay-raise proposal and a plan for immediately finding at-risk children whom CPS workers haven't seen.
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