Texas Administrative Code
Title 40 - SOCIAL SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE
Part 19 - DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES
Chapter 700 - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES
Subchapter O - FOSTER AND ADOPTIVE HOME DEVELOPMENT
Section 700.1501 - Decision on Foster Home Applications

Universal Citation: 40 TX Admin Code ยง 700.1501

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

(a) To be accepted as a foster home, the home must meet the department's minimum standards, and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) must have determined, through the foster-home screening, that the parents can provide adequate care for foster children in the department's managing conservatorship and that they will follow the department's policies for discipline of these children as specified in § 700.1502(2)(K) of this title (relating to Foster and Adoptive Home Inquiry and Screening).

(b) Relative homes verified to provide foster care services to related children must meet the same requirements as non-relative foster homes. The Residential Child-Care Licensing Division of DFPS will consider requests for waivers and variances to minimum standards for relative foster homes on a case-by-case basis in accordance with applicable statutes, rules, and policies on waiver and variance requests for foster homes.

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