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Section 3000: Ensuring Child Safety
3100 When a Child Who is With His or Her Family Cannot be Located
3111 The Caseworker's Responsibilities
3111.1 Time Frames for the Diligent Search
3111.2 Required Diligent Search Actions
3111.3 Actions at the End of the Caseworker's Diligent Search
3111.4 Required Casework If Family Is Not Located
3111.5 Immediate Face-to-Face Contact When a Family is Located
3111.51 A Special Investigator (SI) Locates the Family
3111.52 Law Enforcement Locates the Family
3111.6 Family is Not Located—Closing the Case
3112 The Special Investigator's Responsibilities
3112.2 Actions At the End of the Diligent Search in a Priority 2 INV, AR, or FPR Stage
3112.3 After the Child and Family Are Placed on the CSCAL
3112.4 Special Investigator Locates a Child on CSCAL
3112.5 Family is Not Located—Closing the Case
3113 The Special Investigator Program Director's (SIPD) Responsibilities
3113.1 Assigning the Special Investigator (SI) to Conduct a Diligent Search
3113.2 Arranging for the Child and Family to be Placed on the CSCAL
3113.3 Arranging for Child and Family to be Taken Off the CSCAL
3114 Exceptions to the Requirement to Place the Family on the CSCAL
3114.1 Uncooperative Family Whose Location is Known
3114.2 Family Cannot be Located When Case Closure is Begun
3114.4 Length of Time the Case on the CSCAL if the Child is Not Located
3115 Child in DFPS Conservatorship Goes Missing
3200 DFPS Actions When Danger to a Child is Present
3210 Parental Child Safety Placement (PCSP)
3211 Evaluating the Child's Safety Before Placement
3211.1 Assessing and Documenting Placement in a PCSP
3211.2 Criminal History Checks
3211.21 DPS Criminal History Check
3211.22 FBI Exigent and Fingerprint Checks
3211.23 PCSP Household Member with Criminal History
3211.3 Abuse and Neglect History Checks
3211.31 Household Members Who Previously Lived Outside of Texas
3211.32 PCSP Household Member with Abuse or Neglect History
3211.5 Staffing with Regional Attorney
3211.51 The Court Places a Child Without DFPS Agreement
3211.6 New Child Placed into an Existing PCSP
3212 Notifying Parent or Guardian of PCSP Approval or Denial
3213 Program Director Documentation in Approving PCSPs
3214.1 Required Contact with Child and PCSP Caregiver
3214.2 Required Parent Contact
3216 Extending a PCSP Past 60 Days
3220 Taking Legal Custody of a Child
3221 Notification and Assignment of Conservatorship Caseworker
3222 Diligent Search for Possible Relative or Fictive Kin Placement