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Youth recently entered CPS care from Travis County and are placed in an emergency shelter in El Paso, TX. It is a sibling group ages 1, 2 and 4. Mother is based in Travis county with no transportation or means to visit youth in El Paso. All youth are non-verbal and significantly developmentally delayed. It is very difficult, based on age and developmental level the depth of trauma caused by separation from mother. We are working to bring the youth closer to Travis county however in the interim we are seeking assistance to facilitate weekly, or bi-weekly, visits for mom with her 3 children using greyhound bus service.

The child is on a return and monitor to her mother. While the child was with a foster family the child's "allergies" went away. Both the mother and child sneeze and cough while inside their apartment and the child's "allergies" seem to be coming back. The caseworker has asked the apartment complex to inspect the air filters in the apartment and they said they replaced them and their is no mold. The vents are completely black and the apartment has a strange odor that sticks to your clothes. The caseworker has found an outside contractor that can do a mold check.