Texas Administrative Code
Title 40 - SOCIAL SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE
Part 19 - DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES
Chapter 700 - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES
Subchapter G - SERVICES FOR FAMILIES
Division 2 - FAMILY-BASED SAFETY SERVICES
Section 700.720 - Case Closure of Family-Based Safety Services Cases
Universal Citation: 40 TX Admin Code ยง 700.720
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) The Department of Family and Protective Services' (DFPS's) Child Protective Services (CPS) Division closes family-based safety services cases when:
(1) CPS
determines after the family was referred that the family does not meet the
criteria for family-based safety services.
(2) CPS services are no longer needed because
the family:
(A) has reduced the risk to the
child so that the child is safe from abuse and neglect and the family appears
capable of managing the remaining risk without outside assistance; or
(B) appears capable of reducing the risk to
the child with assistance from sources other than CPS, and the family is
willing and able to rely on that assistance.
(3) The family has moved out of state or
cannot be found after reasonable efforts to locate the family.
(4) There is not enough evidence of a threat
to the child's immediate safety for legal intervention and either:
(A) the family refuses to accept further
services; or
(B) CPS has already
offered or provided all available services that:
(i) are appropriate to the family's needs;
or
(ii) the family has requested
and is eligible to receive.
(5) The child will be residing outside of the
home of the parent under a legal agreement or an informal agreement with a
relative or other caregiver.
(6) At
least one child is removed from the home and the court grants DFPS temporary
managing conservatorship of the child.
(7) The only child or parent receiving
services dies.
(b) Before submitting the case to the supervisory for case closure, the caseworker must:
(1) have a closing staffing with the
supervisor; and
(2) complete a
closing summary that explains the rationale for the closure decision.
(c) After closing the case, the caseworker must send a case closure letter to parents and legal guardians who have been receiving family-based safety services. Case closure letters are not required if the child has been removed from the home, the family cannot be located, or the only child died.
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