Working with Partners

APS works with many partners to protect vulnerable adults from abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation, and increase the resources and services available to them.  

Law Enforcement

DFPS Abuse Hotline staff and APS caseworkers contact local law enforcement when they have cause to believe a crime has been committed. In such cases, APS staff may coordinate investigations with local law enforcement or work with local courts to seek emergency legal action to protect clients.

Forensic Assessment Center Network

APS contracts with the McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, which manages the Forensic Assessment Center Network (FACN). The FACN is a group of Texas doctors (geriatricians and pediatricians) and other medical professionals who help APS identify abuse and neglect. FACN provides APS staff ongoing training in geriatric medicine and the psychological and psychiatric issues of persons with mental illness and cognitive disabilities.