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RCL
Residential Child Care Licensing Overview

The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services is granted its authority to
regulate child care facilities and child placing agencies (CPS) by the Texas Legislature in
Chapter 42 of the Texas Human Resources Code.

The purpose of regulation is to protect a group or class of children by establishing and enforcing statewide minimum standards.

Total Average Filled Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Staff

Caseworkers 92.4
Supervisors 22.4
Other Staff 50.0
Total RCCL Staff 164.8

Worker demographic

Demographic Subcategory Number or Percent
Turnover Rate n/a
11.6%
Agency Tenure Less than 1 Year
7.1%
1-3 Years
7.1%
Greater than 3 Years
85.8%
Entry Salary (INV) n/a
$35,650.92
Entry Salary (Non INV) n/a
$31,728.96
Average Age n/a
40
Race/Ethnicity African-American
35.4%
Anglo
35.4%
Hispanic
25.7%
Other
3.5%

Supervisor Demographics

Demographic Subcategory Number or Percent
Turnover Rate
 n/a
4.4%
Tenure as Supervisor
 Less than 1 Year
27.3%
1-3 Years
27.3%
Greater than 3 Years
45.5%
Entry Salary
 n/a
$43,672.92
Average Age
 n/a
39.9
Race/Ethnicity
 African-American
50.0%
Anglo
18.2%
Hispanic
27.3%
Other
4.5%

RCCL Expenditures

RCCL Staff $9,311,946

Description of the Monitoring/Investigation Process

Step 1: Application/Permit Issuance
  • Orientation
  • Inspection
  • Background Check
  • Technical Assistance
  • Fees
  • Initial Permit
  • Non-expiring Permit
Step 2: Monitoring/Investigation
  • Routine Action: Continue to Monitoring
  • Complaint Based Action: Continue to Investigation
Step 2a: Monitoring
  • Assess Risk
  • Annual Unannounced Inspections
  • Biennial Background Checks
  • Random Sampling of CPA Foster Homes
  • Technical assistance
Step 2b: Investigation
  • Assess Risk
  • Abuse, Neglect, or exploitation
  • Minimum Standards violations, including serious incidents
Step 3: Deficiencies Found? Reports Validated?
Step 4: Due Process
Step 5: Enforcement/Remedial Action
  • Document Inspection
  • Share results with facility and the public via CLASS database
  • Require correction to reduce risk
  • Verify compliance
  • Increase monitoring plan as necessary
Types of Remedial Action
  • Corrective Action
  • Probation/Evaluation
  • Fines/Penalties
  • Denials
  • Suspension
  • Revocation

Note: The described process is for reference only and does not necessarily represent the flow of a case.

Statistics FY 2013

  • 24-Hour Care Facilities: 10,285
  • Capacity of Facilities: 40,843
  • Abuse/Neglect Investigations: 1,951
  • Non-Abuse/Neglect Investigations: 3,157
  • Inspections: 4,691
  • Adverse Actions: 1

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Legal Responsibility for Child-Care Licensing

Statutory References

Day Care and Residential Care: Statutory References
Social Security Act
Human Resources Code, Chapters 40, 42, and 43
Texas Family Code, Title 5
Texas Government Code
Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 249
Texas Administrative Code, Title 40

Major Provisions

  • Develop minimum standards to promote the
    health, safety and well being of children in out-of-home
    care.
  • Inspect child-care operations to ensure they
    maintain compliance with minimum standards.
  • Investigate allegations of abuse/neglect, violations
    of standards or the law and ensure
    appropriate enforcement actions are taken.
  • Conduct criminal background checks and DFPS
    central registry checks on all adult staff or
    caregivers, and youth age 14 – 18 who will be
    in regular or frequent contact with children in child-care
    operations.
  • Take corrective and adverse actions when necessary
  • Offer consultation to potential applicants and
    permit holders about meeting and maintaining
    compliance with Licensing standards.
  • Educate the general public about choosing regulated child-care
    and inform them of the child-care options in Texas through
    media campaigns and by maintaining an online database of
    child-care providers, including information regarding each operation's
    compliance history.
  • Enforce regulatory requirements for all child-care
    providers, including illegally operating child-care providers.
  • Conduct inspections of a random sample of agency foster homes.
  • Conduct annual enforcement team conferences to thoroughly review operations.

Other Programmatic Information:

Challenges:

  • Consistently enforcing adherence to minimum standards across the state.
  • Developing cooperative, professional, and effective relationships with
    operations resulting in increased compliance and stronger protection for children.
  • Providing technical assistance to all child care operations,
    especially focusing on those struggling to maintain compliance with standards.
  • Providing thorough, efficient and timely background check results
    to over a quarter of a million people each year seeking to work in child care,
    provide foster care or adopt a child.
  • Maximizing technology resources to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of
    regulatory practices and allow licensing staff to become an increasingly mobile workforce.
  • Creating standards that protect the health and safety of children in care without
    impacting the affordability and availability of that care.

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Texas Child Population Ages Birth through 17 Years
Fiscal Year 2013

State Total: 7,159,172

Region Number Child Population (Birth - 17 Years)
1 Lubbock
 227,979
2 Abilene
 130,855
3 Arlington
 1,948,238
4 Tyler
 275,757
5 Beaumont
 187,281
6 Houston
 1,768,464
7 Austin
 797,593
8 San Antonio
 722,369
9 Midland
 156,463
10 El Paso
 252,265
11 Edinburg
 691,908
Grand Total
 7,159,172

Population Data Source: Texas State Data Center; University of Texas (San Antonio) - Based on Census 2010 data

Texas Child Population Ages Birth through 17 Years by County

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Residential Child Care Licensing Operations* in Texas as of August 31

Fiscal Year Child Placing Agencies (CPS)** Homes Verified by CPAs General Residential Operations Residential Treatment Centers Independent Foster Family and Group Homes Maternity Homes*** Total Licensed Residential
2009
334
9,761
150
89
14
13
10,361
2010
341
9,731
154
79
7
10
10,322
2011
350
10,167
160
85
4
8
10,774
2012
362
9,849
157
80
5
6
10,459
2013
370
9,676
161
74
4
0
10,285

* Counts do not include Applicants
** Counts include Branch Offices
*** See definition of maternity homes for more information

Residential Child Care Licensing Operations in Texas on August 31, by Fiscal Year

Child Placing Agencies*

Child Placing Agencies* 2012
Count		 2012 Capacity 2013
Count		 2013 Capacity
Main Offices
209
NA
217
NA
Branch Offices**
153
NA
153
NA
Subtotal
362
NA
370
NA

Homes Verified by Child Placing Agencies

Homes Verified by Child Placing Agencies* 2012
Count		 2012 Capacity 2013
Count		 2013 Capacity
Agency Foster Homes ***
7,240
21,849
7,216
21,731
Agency Group Homes ***
404
3,547
364
3,199
CPS Foster Homes
1,525
4,525
1,366
3,877
CPS Foster Group Homes
12
73
6
36
CPS Adoptive Homes 
668
NA
724
NA
Subtotal
9,849
29,994
9,676
28,843

Licensed Residential Operations

Licensed Residential Operations 2012
Count		 2012 Capacity 2013
Count		 2013 Capacity
General Residential Operations
157
7,679
161
8,464
Residential Treatment Centers ****
80
3,589
74
3,498
Independent Foster Family Homes
1
6
0
0
Independent Foster Group Homes
4
38
4
38
Maternity Homes *****
6
114
0
0
Subtotal
248
11,426
239
12,000

Total Residential Child Care Licensing Operations

RCCL Operation in Texas as of Aug 31 2012
Count		 2012 Capacity 2013
Count		 2013 Capacity
Total Residential Child Care Licensing Operations
10,459
41,420
10,285
40,843

* Includes 11 DFPS Regional Child Placing Agencies
** Branch Offices operate under the license authority of the main office.
*** Adoptive only homes are not included in the number of private agency homes.
**** Residential Treatment Centers (RTC) are a care type of General Residential Operations (GRO). To determine the total number for the GROs, add the counts for RTCs to the counts for GROs.
***** See definition of maternity homes for more information.

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Region Count of Residential Child Care Operations by Fiscal Year

Child Placing Agencies

Region Main Offices 2012 Main Offices 2013 Branch Offices 2012 Branch Offices 2013 Total CPAs 2012 Total CPAs 2013
1 Lubbock
9
10
11
11
20
21
2 Abilene
7
7
13
13
20
20
3 Arlington
63
67
23
26
86
93
4 Tyler
6
6
8
8
14
14
5 Beaumont
4
4
7
6
11
10
6 Houston
39
43
25
26
64
69
7 Austin
36
37
18
17
54
54
8 San Antonio
32
31
20
15
52
46
9 Midland
4
4
4
4
8
8
10 El Paso
3
3
5
6
8
9
11 Edinburg
6
5
19
21
25
26
Unknown/Out of State
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
209
217
153
153
362
370

Homes Verified by Child Placing Agencies (CPAs)

Region Agency Foster Homes 2012 Agency Foster Homes 2013 Agency Group Homes 2012 Agency Group Homess 2013 CPS Foster Homes 2012 CPS Foster Homes 2013
1 Lubbock
303
299
15
16
118
126
2 Abilene
201
205
17
15
63
52
3 Arlington
1,814
1,815
93
81
287
267
4 Tyler
277
291
13
13
87
99
5 Beaumont
171
160
20
14
131
116
6 Houston
1,671
1,642
65
64
290
228
7 Austin
1,040
1,034
44
41
183
153
8 San Antonio
1,073
1,033
70
63
145
134
9 Midland
136
147
12
9
57
31
10 El Paso
133
130
4
3
45
42
11 Edinburg
420
459
51
45
61
46
Unknown/Out of State
1
1
0
0
58
72
Total
7,240
7,216
404
364
1,525
1,366

Homes Verified by Child Placing Agencies (CPAs)

Region CPS Foster Group Homes 2012 CPS Foster Group Homes 2013 CPS Adoptive Homes 2012 CPS Adoptive Homes 2013 Subtotal - Homes Verified by CPAs 2012 Subtotal - Homes Verified by CPAs 2013
1 Lubbock
2
2
17
25
455
468
2 Abilene
0
0
11
13
292
285
3 Arlington
3
2
87
72
2,284
2,237
4 Tyler
0
0
35
50
412
453
5 Beaumont
1
1
20
38
343
329
6 Houston
0
0
244
132
2,270
2,066
7 Austin
2
0
92
107
1,361
1,335
8 San Antonio
3
1
108
241
1,399
1,472
9 Midland
1
0
14
3
220
190
10 El Paso
0
0
10
11
192
186
11 Edinburg
0
0
24
24
556
574
Unknown/Out of State
0
0
6
8
65
81
Total
12
6
668
724
9,849
9,676

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Region Count of Residential Child Care Operations by Fiscal Year

Licensed Residential Operations

Region General Residential Operations 2012 General Residential Operations 2013 Residential Treatment Centers 2012 Residential Treatment Centers 2013 Independent Foster Family Homes 2012 Independent Foster Family Homes 2013
1 Lubbock
10
10
3
3
0
0
2 Abilene
6
6
0
0
0
0
3 Arlington
19
19
8
7
1
0
4 Tyler
6
6
4
4
0
0
5 Beaumont
5
5
2
2
0
0
6 Houston
35
32
35
29
0
0
7 Austin
24
25
13
14
0
0
8 San Antonio
28
29
13
13
0
0
9 Midland
4
4
0
0
0
0
10 El Paso
6
6
1
1
0
0
11 Edinburg
14
19
1
1
0
0
Unknown/Out of State
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
157
161
80
74
1
0
Region Independent Foster Group Homes 2012 Independent Foster Group Homes 2013 Maternity Homes 2012* Maternity Homes 2013* Subtotal - Licensed Residential Operations 2012 Subtotal - Licensed Residential Operations 2013
1 Lubbock
0
0
1
0
14
13
2 Abilene
0
0
0
0
6
6
3 Arlington
0
0
1
0
29
26
4 Tyler
0
0
1
0
11
10
5 Beaumont
0
0
0
0
7
7
6 Houston
4
4
1
0
75
65
7 Austin
0
0
2
0
39
39
8 San Antonio
0
0
0
0
41
42
9 Midland
0
0
0
0
4
4
10 El Paso
0
0
0
0
7
7
11 Edinburg
0
0
0
0
15
20
Unknown/Out of State
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
4
4
6
0
248
239

Total Residential Child Care Licensing Operations

Region Total Residential Child Care Licensing Operations 2012 Total Residential Child Care Licensing Operations 2013
1 Lubbock
489
502
2 Abilene
318
311
3 Arlington
2,399
2,356
4 Tyler
437
477
5 Beaumont
361
346
6 Houston
2,409
2,200
7 Austin
1,454
1,428
8 San Antonio
1,492
1,560
9 Midland
232
202
10 El Paso
207
202
11 Edinburg
596
620
Unknown/Out of State
65
81
Total
10,459
10,285

* See definition of maternity home for more information.

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Licensing of Residential Child Care Operations by Region
Fiscal Year 2013

Region Residential Applications Accepted Residential Initial Permits Issued (New)
1 Lubbock
1
1
2 Abilene
0
0
3 Arlington
14
11
4 Tyler
0
0
5 Beaumont
2
1
6 Houston
15
12
7 Austin
8
7
8 San Antonio
5
5
9 Midland
0
0
10 El Paso
0
0
11 Edinburg
5
6
State Total
50
43

Note: Does not include homes verified by CPA's. Includes Child Placing Agencies, General Residential Operations (including Residential Treatment Centers a care type of the General Residential Operations), Independent Foster Group Homes, and Independent Foster Family Homes.

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Inspections* by Operation Type

Operation Type 2012 Number of Operations1 2012
Number of Inspections		 2012
Percentage of Total		 2013 Number of Operations1 2013
Number of Inspections		 2013
Percentage of Total
Child Placing Agencies
402
1,200
27.8%
408
1,268
27.0%
CPA Foster Family & Group Homes
9,888
2,048
47.5%
9,920
2,046
43.6%
CPS Foster Family & Group & Adoptive Homes
4,826
0
0.0%
4,356
343
7.3%
General Residential Operation
189
542
12.6%
182
523
11.1%
Residential Treatment Center
94
490
11.4%
86
485
10.3%
Maternity Homes
8
18
0.4%
5
0
0.0%
Independent Foster/Foster Group Homes
9
13
0.3%
7
19
0.4%
Illegal Operations
91
3
0.1%
63
7
0.1%
Total2
15,503
4,314
100.0%
15,005
4,691
100.0%

Note: Residential Treatment Centers (RTC) are a care type of General Residential Operations (GRO). To determine total number of GROs, add the counts of RTCs to the count of GROs. Inspections to Exemption Requests are conducted to access the program to determine if it is exempt from Licensing Regulation.

RCCL inspects agency foster homes for two reasons (1) to conduct an investigation; or (2) to determine whether the CPA managing the foster homes is compliant in its verification, monitoring and management of the foster home and the children in care. Foster home inspections for the latter purpose are periodically selected at random from across the state from the DFPS database for inspection.

* Beginning in FY12 the LBB Performance Measure definition of Inspections does not include Inspections completed as part of an Investigation.

The inspection counts are based on the operation type at the time of the inspection.

1Operations that are open any time during the fiscal year. Operations may have multiple inspections.

2 Beginning FY 2013, Total Number of Operations During Year counts unique operations only. Some operations are counted more than once due to Facility Type changes during the Fiscal Year.

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Inspections** in Residential Child Care Licensing Operations by Type of Inspection
Fiscal Year 2013

Total Inspections: 4,691

Child Placing Agencies

Inspection Type Number Percent
Agency Home Sample Inspections
2,389
65.3%
Monitoring
791
21.6%
Follow-up
120
3.3%
Other
357
9.8%
Total 
3,657
100%

General Residential Operations*

Inspection Type Number Percent
Monitoring
312
59.7%
Follow-up
88
16.8%
Other
123
23.5%
Total 
523
100%

Residential Treatment Centers

Inspection Type Number Percent
Monitoring
241
49.7%
Follow-up
79
16.3%
Other
165
34.0%
Total 
485
100%

Note: RCCL inspects agency foster homes for two reasons (1) to conduct an investigation; or (2) to determine whether the CPA managing the foster homes is compliant in its verification, monitoring and management of the foster home and the children in care. Foster home inspections for the latter purpose are periodically selected at random from across the state from the DFPS database for inspection.

* Beginning in FY12 the LBB Performance Measure definition of Inspections does not include Inspections completed as part of an Investigation. The inspection counts are based on the operation type at the time of the inspection.

Inspections to Exemption Requests are conducted to assess the program to determine if it is exempt from Licensing's regulation.

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Inspections** in Residential Child Care Licensing Operations by Type of Inspection
Fiscal Year 2013

Independent Foster / Foster Group Home

Inspection Type Number Percent
Monitoring
13
68.4%
Follow-up
5
26.3%
Other
1
5.3%
Total 
19
100%

Illegal Operations

Inspection Type Number Percent
Monitoring
2
28.6%
Follow-up
3
42.9%
Other
2
28.6%
Total 
7
100.0%

Exemption Requests

Inspection Type Count Percent
Follow-up
0
0%
Other
0
0%
Total 
0
0%

Note: RCCL inspects agency foster homes for two reasons (1) to conduct an investigation; or (2) to determine whether the CPA managing the foster homes is compliant in its verification, monitoring and management of the foster home and the children in care. Foster home inspections for the latter purpose are periodically selected at random from across the state from the DFPS database for inspection.

* Beginning in FY12 the LBB Performance Measure definition of Inspections does not include Inspections completed as part of an Investigation. The inspection counts are based on the operation type at the time of the inspection.

Inspections to Exemption Requests are conducted to assess the program to determine if it is exempt from Licensing's regulation.

Investigations in Residential Child Care Licensing Operations

Residential Licensing Operations Type 2010 2011 2012 2013
Child Placing Agencies (CPA)**
3,057
3,039
3,199
3,069
Licensed Residential Operations
1,639
1,785
1,940
2,091
Exemption Requests
0
1
3
0
Illegal Operations
15
18
17
16
Total *
4,711
4,843
5,159
5,176

* Totals include investigations of Illegal Operations

** Includes homes regulated by Child Placing Agencies

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Investigations in Residential Child Care Licensing Operations
Fiscal Year 2013

Region Child Placing Agencies Licensed Residential Operations Exemption Requests Illegal
Operations		 Total Investigations
1 Lubbock
138
174
0
0
312
2 Abilene
113
17
0
0
130
3 Arlington
751
158
0
6
915
4 Tyler
90
93
0
1
184
5 Beaumont
71
40
0
0
111
6 Houston
688
667
0
3
1,358
7 Austin
387
398
0
3
788
8 San Antonio
470
378
0
1
849
9 Midland
33
9
0
0
42
10 El Paso
57
20
0
0
77
11 Edinburg
271
137
0
2
410
Total
3,069
2,091
0
16
5,176

Non-Abuse/Neglect Investigations in Residential Child Care Licensing Operations
Fiscal Year 2013

Licensed Residential Child Care Operations

Operation Type Number of Operations¹ Number of Operations¹ with a Non-A/N Investigation Number of Completed Investigations² Number of Non-A/N Investigations with at Least 1 Deficiency Cited²
Child Placing Agencies (CPA)⁴
408
243
1,866
542
General Residential Operations (GRO)
182
132
641
168
Residential Treatment Centers (RTC)³
86
65
638
141
Maternity Homes
5
0
0
0
Independent Foster/Foster Group Homes
7
0
0
0
Subtotal
686
440
3,145
851
Other
  
 
 
 
Illegal Operations6 and Exemption Requests
67
12
12
2
Total5
750
452
3,157
853

1 Operations that are open any time during the fiscal year. Operations may have multiple investigations.

2 The deficiences are related to the investigation allegations.

3 RTCs are a Care Type of the GROs. To determine the GRO totals, add the RTC numbers to the GRO totals.

4Includes CPA branch offices

5Beginning FY 2013, Subtotal and Total Number of Operations During Year counts unique operations only. Some operations are counted more than once due to Facility Type changes during the Fiscal Year.

6 The number of illegal operation investigations is calculated using the operation's application date that is after the date of the intake.

Note: The number of Investigations will not match the totals for the Abuse/Neglect Investigations and the totals for the Non-Abuse/Neglect Investigations because the count of the numbers is collected from different stages. Exemption Requests are submitted to Licensing to determine if their operation is subject to regulation.

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Abuse/Neglect Investigations in Residential Child Care Licensing Operations
FY 2013

Licensed Residential Child Care Operations

Operation Type Operations¹ With Closed A/N Investigation Closed A/N Investigations Validated A/N Investigations % of A/N Investigations Validated With at Least 1 Deficiency Cited²
Child Placing Agencies (CPA)⁴
408
225
1,165
39
3.3%
470
General Residential Operations (GRO)
182
89
241
7
2.9%
90
Residential Treatment Centers (RTC)³
86
64
542
15
2.8%
172
Maternity Homes
5
0
0
0
0
0
Independent Foster/Foster Group Homes
7
2
2
0
0.0%
2
Subtotal
686
380
1,950
61
9.0%
734
 
Other
  
 
 
  
 
 
Illegal Operations5 and Exemption Requests
67
1
1
0
0.0%
0
Total6
750
381
1951
61
9.0%
734

¹ Operations that are open any time during the fiscal year. Operations may have multiple investigations.

² The deficiences are related to the investigation allegations.

³ RTCs are a Care Type of the GROs. To determine the GRO totals, add the RTC numbers to the GRO totals.

⁴ Includes CPA branch offices

5The number of illegal operation investigations is calculated using the operation's application date that is after the date of the intake.

6Beginning FY 2013, Subtotal and Total Number of Operations During Year counts unique operations only. Some operations are counted more than once due to Facility Type changes during the Fiscal Year.

Note: The number of Investigations will not match the totals for the Abuse/Neglect Investigations and the totals for the Non-Abuse/Neglect Investigations because the count of the numbers is collected from different stages. Exemption requests are submitted to Licensing to determine if their operation is subject to regulation.

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Adverse and Corrective Actions in Residential Child Care Licensing
Operations by Region
Fiscal Year 2013

Adverse Actions in Residential Child Care Licensing Operations by Region

Region Permits Denied Permits Revoked Permits Suspended Total Adverse Actions
1 Lubbock
0
0
0
0
2 Abilene
0
0
0
0
3 Arlington
1
0
0
1
4 Tyler
0
0
0
0
5 Beaumont
0
0
0
0
6 Houston
0
0
0
0
7 Austin
0
0
0
0
8 San Antonio
0
0
0
0
9 Midland
0
0
0
0
10 El Paso
0
0
0
0
11 Edinburg
0
0
0
0
Unknown
0
0
0
0
State Total
1
0
0
1

Corrective Actions in Residential Child Care Licensing Operations by Region

Region Evaluation Probation Total Corrective Action
1 Lubbock
0
0
0
2 Abilene
0
0
0
3 Arlington
2
1
3
4 Tyler
0
0
0
5 Beaumont
0
0
0
6 Houston
4
0
4
7 Austin
1
0
1
8 San Antonio
2
0
2
9 Midland
0
0
0
10 El Paso
1
0
1
11 Edinburg
1
0
1
Unknown
0
0
0
State Total
11
1
12

Note: Adverse actions are counted the date the permit holder was notified after the first phase of the due process when the decision was upheld or waived. Voluntary suspensions are excluded from the number of suspensions. Corrective Actions are counted when the due process is completed. See definition of adverse actions and corrective actions in definition section.

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Background Checks for Residential Child Care Licensing Operations
Fiscal Year 2013

Residential Child Care Licensing Operations Central Registry Checks DPS Checks FBI Checks*
CPAs, CPA Foster Agency Homes
54,070
54,076
27,237
General Residential Operations
15,566
15,566
2,302
Residential Treatment Centers**
7,705
7,705
912
Independent Foster/Group Homes
298
298
29
Maternity Homes
8
8
0
Total
77,647
77,653
30,480

* Effective FY 2013 this represents the number of FBI checks that were processed according to statutory requirements.

**Residential Treatment Centers (RTC) are a care-type of General Residential Operations (GRO). To determine the total number for the GROs, add the counts for the RTCs to the counts for the GRO.

Note: Does not include background checks conducted on individuals in llegal child-care operations or CPS Foster and CPS Adoptive homes. Review the definition section for details on who is required to have Central Registry, DPS and FBI checks.

Child Care Administrator Credential Exam
Fiscal Year 2013

Licensed Child Care Administrators (LCCA)

Results Count %
Passed
62
86.1%
Failed
10
13.9%
Total Exams
72
100.0%

Licensed Child Placing Agency Administrators (LCPA)

Results Count %
Passed
55
85.9%
Failed
9
14.1%
Total Exams
64
100.0%

Total number of exams for both licenses for FY13 was 136

On 8/31/2013 there were:

  Active Inactive Total
LCCA
738
134
872
LCPA
485
30
515
Total
1223
164
1387

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State's Top 10 Standards Deficiencies for Residential Child Care Licensing Operations
Fiscal Year 2012

Rank Standard
Rule*		 Description Count % of Total
1
745.625(7)
Background checks submitted - Every 24 months after each person's background check was first submitted
209
3
2
745.615(a)(7)
Required background checks - Persons 14 years or older, other than clients, who will regularly or frequently be present while children are in care
150
2.1
3
749.1953(a)
Corporal Punishment-May not use/threaten corporal punishment, such as hitting/spanking, forced exercise, holding physical position, unproductive work
141
2
4
749.1521(1)
Medication Storage-Store medication in a locked container
109
1.6
5
749.607(1)
Employee and caregiver responsibilities-Competency, prudent judgment, self-control in presence of children and when performing assigned tasks
93
1.3
6
749.2593(a)(3)
Supervision-The caregiver is responsible for ensuring each child's safety and well being, including auditory and/or visual awareness of the child
88
1.3
7
749.1541(a)
Medication Record-Maintain cumulative record of prescription medications dispensed to child, include nonprescription meds for child under five years old
74
1.1
8
748.685(a)(4)
Caregiver responsibility - providing the level of supervision necessary to ensure each child's safety and well-being
66
0.9
9
749.1417(a)
TB exam-Persons over 1 year old who live, work, volunteer at operation have exam w/in 30 days, unless person had previous exam that meets requirements
62
0.9
10
748.507(1)
Employee general responsibilities-Demonstrate competency, prudent judgment, self-control in presence of children and when performing assigned tasks
57
0.8

State's Top 10 Standards Deficiencies for Residential Child Care Licensing Operations
Fiscal Year 2013

Rank Standard
Rule*		 Description Count % of Total
1 745.625(7) Background checks submitted - Every 24 months after each person's background check was first submitted
 142 2.3
2 749.1953(a) Corporal Punishment-May not use/threaten corporal punishment, such as hitting/spanking, forced exercise, holding physical position, unproductive work 114 1.9
3 745.615(a)(7) Required background checks - Persons 14 years or older, other than clients, who will regularly or frequently be present while children are in care 106 1.8
4 749.607(1) Employee and caregiver responsibilities-Competency, prudent judgment, self-control in presence of children and when performing assigned tasks 100 1.7
5 748.507(1) Employee general responsibilities-Demonstrate competency, prudent judgment, self-control in presence of children and when performing assigned tasks 72 1.2
6 749.1521(1) Medication Storage-Store medication in a locked container 71 1.2
7 748.685(a)(4) Caregiver responsibility - providing the level of supervision necessary to ensure each child's safety and well-being 70 1.2
7 749.1541(a) Medication Record-Maintain cumulative record of prescription medications dispensed to child, include nonprescription meds for child under five yrs old 70 1.2
8 749.2593(a)(3) Supervision-The caregiver is responsible for ensuring each child's safety and well being, including auditory and/or visual awareness of the child 65 1.1
9 749.1417(a) TB exam-Persons over 1 yr old who live, work, volunteer at operation have exam w/in 30 days, unless person had previous exam that meets requirements 60 1
10 749.2593(a)(2) Supervision-The caregiver is responsible for being aware of and accountable for each child's on-going activity 53 0.9

* Only includes deficiencies where administrative review was upheld or waived.

Note: Includes inspections, investigations, and assessment deficiencies.

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