HAYS COUNTY – More than 30 volunteers have raised $91,500 to support children and families in foster care. There are more than 4,000 children and youth in foster care in Central Texas, according to nonprofit Austin Angels. About 50% of foster homes close within the first year; 50% of youth in care g...

Foster children change homes an average of four to six times every two years, and oftentimes move with nothing but a trash bag of clothes and hope for care, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. A Buda nonprofit CEO and mother, Susan Ramirez, started Austin Angels with the h...