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Brandon J. Logan

Director, Center for Families and Children, Texas Public Policy Foundation

Brandon Logan, J.D., CWLS, is director of the Center for Families and Children at the Texas Public Policy Foundation.

Latest Columns

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Saving children from the system meant to protect them

By Brandon J. Logan, March 31, 2017

CPS intervention separates over 30,000 children from their parents each year. Seizing children should be the last resort. State custody presents risks to children that dirty homes, disconnected utilities, and differences of opinion on what constitutes good parenting simply do not justify.

Health

Best care for foster kids comes from their communities — not from Austin

By Brandon J. Logan, Dec. 21, 2016

Texans recognize that the problems at CPS are not with the hardworking people in the agency but are the natural result of legacy thinking, which trusts the state to institutionalize, engineer and manage families.