AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas child welfare officials are backing away from an earlier proposal to increase the pay for top managers to at least $100,000 at a time the agency is seeing high turnover among caseworkers who receive modest pay for heavy workloads.
Child Protective Services has announced in the wake of an Austin American-Statesman report that it’s ending any further consideration “until clear improvement is seen at CPS.”
The newspaper had obtained a confidential CPS document showing officials were recommending that salaries for CPS’ 10 regional directors top out at $142,000. The memo says the directors perform “highly advanced managerial work.”
CPS is regularly criticized for low pay for caseworkers who in many instances are contending with soaring caseloads. An entry-level caseworker earns about $33,000.