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 700.1031 - How does a person become eligible for receipt of foster care reimbursement on behalf of a child for at least six consecutive months?

(a) Any person who is licensed or verified to provide 24-hour residential care for a child, as provided under Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, and related Child Care Licensing rules, is eligible to receive foster care reimbursement for a child who is in the temporary or permanent managing conservatorship of DFPS and who is placed with that person under a foster care agreement.

(b) The simplest way for relatives or other individuals to become eligible to receive foster care reimbursement on behalf of that child is to become a verified foster parent through Child Protective Services or a private child-placing agency and to enter into a Placement Authorization agreement with DFPS to provide 24-hour residential care for the child.

(c) In order for a person to be eligible for foster care reimbursements for a six-consecutive month period as required under § 700.1029(b)(2) of this title (relating to What are the eligibility criteria for receipt of permanency care assistance?), each of the following conditions must be satisfied throughout the same consecutive six-month period:

(d) A person who has been awarded sole or joint managing conservatorship of a child in a temporary or final order is not entitled to foster care reimbursements for that child.