Texas Administrative Code
Title 40 - SOCIAL SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE
Part 19 - DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES
Chapter 700 - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES
Subchapter J - ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR RELATIVES AND OTHER CAREGIVERS
Division 2 - PERMANENCY CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Section 700.1025 - What is the Permanency Care Assistance Program?

Universal Citation: 40 TX Admin Code § 700.1025

Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024

(a) The permanency care assistance program provides the following benefits to certain individuals who assume permanent managing conservatorship of a child who was previously in the temporary or permanent managing conservatorship of DFPS, provided that all of the eligibility criteria in this division are satisfied:

(1) monthly cash assistance benefits through the last day of the month of the child's 18th birthday;

(2) Medicaid coverage on behalf of the child; and

(3) a one-time reimbursement of nonrecurring expenses relating to the legal process of becoming the permanent managing conservator of the child, not to exceed $1,200 per child.

(b) Extended permanency care assistance is also available for eligible individuals on behalf of certain children over the age of 18 years, as provided under § 700.1053 of this title (relating to Who is eligible for extended permanency care assistance?).

(c) The permanency care assistance program is effective September 1, 2010, and applies only to persons who enter into a permanency care agreement on or after the effective date of the program.

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