Child Protective Services Handbook Revision October 15, 2012

This revision of the Child Protective Services Handbook was published on October 15, 2012. Summaries of new or revised items are provided below.

Entering a Legal Status or Legal Action in IMPACT

Foster Care Eligibility Rules

Reorganization of the CPS Handbook

Entering a Legal Status or Legal Action in IMPACT (PATS 5632)

The items below were revised to clarify:

  •  when to document a legal status or legal action related to a child or family; and

  •  how to enter the status or action in the IMPACT system.

See:

5120 Documentation of a Legal Status or Legal Action

5121 Definition of Legal Status

5122 Definition of Legal Action

5123 Entering a Change in Legal Status or Legal Action Into IMPACT

6132 Documentation of Legal Activity

Foster Care Eligibility Rules (PATS 5442)

The items below are revised to conform with foster care eligibility rules in the Texas Administrative Code (TAC). See:

1542 Foster Care Assistance Eligibility Requirements for Children and Youth Who Are in DFPS Conservatorship

1542.1 Additional Eligibility Requirements for Title IV-E Foster Care

1542.2 Additional Eligibility Requirements for State-Paid Foster Care

1542.3 Additional Eligibility Requirements for MAO Foster Care

1542.4 Eligibility in Medical Facilities Before Placement

1542.5 Foster Care Payments During Absences From the Foster Care Home or Facility (renumbered)

1542.6 Medicaid Benefits for Foster Care Children Placed in Texas From Other States (renumbered)

1542.7 Medicaid Benefits for Foster Care Children Placed Out-of-State

Appendix 1542.1: Acceptable U.S. Citizenship Verification Documents

The following items have been deleted:

1542.5 AFDC Domicile for Children Relinquished at Birth and Children Born to Incarcerated Mothers

1542.6 Eligibility in Placements Provided by Relatives

Affected cross-references in the following items not otherwise revised have been deleted or corrected:

1224 Title XIX, Medicaid

7633 When Foster Families Move

9311.2 ICPC Financial / Medical Form for an ICPC Placement Request

10441 Temporary Absences From Extended Foster Care

10630 Youth Parents in DFPS Conservatorship

Reorganization of the CPS Handbook (PATS 5402)

The following changes are made to prepare the 1000 section for reorganization.

Volunteer and Community Engagement

These items are revised:

1150 CPS Volunteer and Community Engagement

1151 Acceptance of Gifts and Donations

These items are deleted:

1152 DFPS Staff Who Supervise Volunteers

1153 Volunteer Casework Services

1154 Volunteer Services Agencies

A cross reference to 1150 CPS Volunteer and Community Engagement is updated in:

2211 Workers Who Perform Investigations

Evaluation and Monitoring

These items are deleted and the content revised and renumbered to become new items under 1270 Evaluation and Monitoring of CPS Cases:

1700 Evaluation and Monitoring

1710 Evaluation

1720 Monitoring

1721 Monitoring

1722 Monitoring and Certification by the Licensing Division

1723 Other Monitoring

There are no cross references for 1700 Evaluation and Monitoring and its subitems.

These items are added. They are the revised and renumbered versions of 1700 Evaluation and Monitoring and its subitems):

1270 Evaluation and Monitoring of CPS Cases

1271 Federal Monitoring of CPS Cases

1272 Federal Eligibility Reviews of Title IV-E Foster Care

1273 Federal Child and Family Services Reviews (CFSR)