Each of these advisory committees makes recommendations to DFPS through an annual report that may guide DFPS policy or practice. Meetings are open to the public. The DFPS Advisory Committees include:
- Committee on Advancing Residential Practices (CARP)
- Public Private Partnership (PPP)
- Advisory Committee on Promoting Adoption of Minority Children (ACPAMC)
- Parent Collaboration Group
- Youth Leadership Council (YLC)
Also see HHS Advisory Committees.
- Established
- 2012
- Purpose
- Residential Child Care Contractors, Associations, and DFPS representatives meeting in an effort to strengthen our partnership, improve communication, and provide a venue for focusing on enhancements to the system that support enhanced safety, permanency and well-being for children.
- Next Meeting
- July 13, 2023
- Time
- TBD
- Contact
- Desra Trahan
- Established
- 2009
- Purpose
- Explore, study, and recommend innovative and creative practices that affect the Texas Foster Care system.
- Next Meeting
- July 13, 2023
- Time
- TBD
- Contact
- PPP Mailbox
- Established
- 1997
- Purpose
- 1) Study, develop, and evaluate programs and projects relating to community awareness and education, family support, counseling, parenting skills and education, and reform of the child welfare system.
- 2) Consult with churches and other cultural and civic organizations.
- 3) Report to the department at least annually the committee’s recommendations for department programs and projects that will promote the adoption of and provision of services to minority children.
- Next Meeting
- TBD
- Contact
- Sharibeth Niehaus
Committee on Advancing Residential Practices (CARP)
Previous meeting agendas, minutes, and presentations are available in the CARP archive page.
Public Private Partnership (PPP)
Notes from previous meetings are available in the PPP archive page. See a list of PPP members.
Advisory Committee on Promoting Adoption of Minority Children (ACPAMC)
Previous meeting agendas, minutes, and presentations are available in the ACPAMC archive.
Parent Collaboration Group
- Established
- 2002
- Purpose
- Responds to priority (3) in the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) Amendments which improves the Child Protective Service System of the State case management, ongoing case monitoring, and delivery of services and treatment provided to children and their families.
- Next Meeting
- TBD
- Contact
- DeShaun Ealoms, Kenneth Thompson
Youth Leadership Council (YLC)
- Established
- 1995
- Purpose
- Includes two youth or young adults (ages 16 to 21) per region, giving youth who are, or were in foster care a forum to address issues that affect children and youth.
- Next Meeting
- TBD
- Contact
- Charles Batiste or Victoria Rodriguez