texas council child welfare boards
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REGION 8
Greater San Antonio Area
20 Child Welfare Boards
REGION 8
San Antonio, Texas
REGION 8 Council President
Diane Anderson-Glover
Community Initiatives Specialist
Kimberly Hill
Phone: (210) 337-3034
Regional councils provide training and information on regional and statewide issues, especially issues impacting services to families and children
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Each regional council operates according to the region’s needs and wishes. In most instances, each county CWB sends one or two delegates as their representative to the regional council
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Each regional council elects two or three delegates to represent their region at the Texas Council of Child Welfare Board meetings.
REGION 8 CWB REPRESENTATIVES BY COUNTY
ATASCOSA COUNTY
Jessica Tom, Chair
jessica.tom09@gmail.com
BANDERA COUNTY
Carey Reed, Chair
caryreed1@gmail.com
BEXAR COUNTY
Marcie Trevino Ripper, Chair
marcie.ripper@gmail.com
COMAL COUNTY
Bethany Benson, Chair
cccwbpresident@gmail.com
DEWITT COUNTY
Kati Klores, Chair
dccwb.fdcc@gmail.com
DIMMIT COUNTY
Lidia Seiple, Chair
lidia.seiple@mrgdc.org
GILLESPIE COUNTY
Liz Althaus, Chair
lizbalt@verizon.net
GUADALUPE COUNTY
Diane Anderson-Glover, Chair
dianglover@gvec.net
KARNES COUNTY
Neva Schmidt, Chair
schmidt1424@sbcglobal.net
KENDALL COUNTY
Deborah Owens, Chair
debowens1@gmail.com
LAVACA COUNTY
Melissa Neubauer, Chair missneubauer@gmail.com
UVALDE COUNTY
Jill Nordwick, Chair jknordwick@hotmail.com
WILSON COUNTY
Barbara Burdett, Chair
barbaraburdette007@yahoo.com
ZAVALA COUNTY
Julia Martinez, Chair
juliamtz_gtz@yahoo.com
PLEASE NOTE:
The CWB Board Representatives List above and the Rainbow Room lists attached are being updated at this time.
If you have updated information to submit for either the County Representative or a Rainbow Room, please send us a message with the information to
tccwbwebsite@gmail.com or CONTACT US HERE
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE!
A Rainbow room is an emergency resource center available to CPS caseworkers to help them meet the critical needs of abused and neglected children. It consists of a store-like setting that allows Child Protective Services workers to go "shopping" for the children and families on their caseloads. The room is stocked with new items such as clothing, shoes, toys and games, diapers, formula, school supplies, hygiene products and cleaning products. Every item is the Rainbow Room is donated or purchased from donations.
REGION 8 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
2023
JAN - NATIONAL MENTOR MONTH
11 - (Wed) HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS DAY
FEB -
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APR - NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH
14 (Fri) GO BLUE DAY
30 (Sun) BLUE SUNDAY
MAY - NATIONAL FOSTER PARENT APPRECIATION MONTH
NATIONAL CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS
NATIONAL WATER SAFETY AWARENESS MONTH
2 (Tue) NATIONAL FOSTER CARE DAY
11 (Thur) Children's Mental Health Awareness Day
25 (Thur) NATIONAL MISSING CHILDREN'S DAY
JUN - FAMILY REUNIFICATION MONTH
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OCT - NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWENESS MONTH
NATIONAL BULLYING PREVENTION MONTH
NOV - NATIONAL ADOPTION MONTH
18 - NATIONAL ADOPTION DAY
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