Texas Administrative Code
Title 40 - SOCIAL SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE
Part 19 - DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES
Chapter 700 - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES
Subchapter M - SUBSTITUTE-CARE SERVICES
Division 1 - GENERAL
Section 700.1305 - What principles guide DFPS in the provision of substitute care services?
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
DFPS provides substitute care services that meet the requirements of Titles IV-B and IV-E of the Social Security Act, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, and the Texas Family Code, including requirements that:
(1) a child is placed in a safe setting that is the least restrictive (most family-like) and most appropriate setting available, in close proximity to the parent's home when the child's permanency goal is reunification, consistent with the best interest and special needs of the child;
(2) a child is returned to the family from which the child was removed whenever safe and appropriate; and
(3) when it has been determined that a child cannot be safely reunified with the family from which the child was removed, the child is placed in a safe and permanent placement as soon as possible, consistent with the best interest of the child.
