Handbook Revision, March 20, 2018
This revision of the Child Protective Services Handbook was published on March 20, 2018.
CPS wants to ensure that the general public understands what critical actions caseworkers are required to perform and why. To further this understanding, CPS has set up a policy email box for the general public: CPSPolicyQuestions@dfps.texas.gov. Please feel free to contact us, via this email address, with any general questions related to policy.
For questions or concerns regarding specific cases, please contact the caseworker or supervisor, or the Office of Consumer Affairs at 1-800-720-7777.
Youth and Juvenile Justice (PATS 10572)
The items below are added and revised to address worker roles in the following:
• CPS Youth and Tickets and Fines Involving City/Municipal or County Courts
• Legal Representation
• Changing Medical Consenter
• Juvenile Record Requests
• CPS Youth and Young Adults and the Adult Criminal Justice System
See:
1455.7 Sharing Information with Texas State and Local Juvenile Justice Agencies Probation Departments
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6820 CPS Youth and Municipal or County Courts and the Juvenile and Criminal Justice Systems
6821 CPS Youth and Tickets and Fines Involving Municipal or County Courts
6822 6820 CPS Youth and Juvenile Justice
6822.1 6821 Pre-Adjudication Detention
6822.11 6821.1 IMPACT Living Arrangement and Medicaid Issues
6822.12 6821.2 Legal Status and Legal Action in IMPACT
6822.13 6821.3 Medical Payment Issue for Non Medicaid CPS Youth in JPD placements
6822.2 Adjudication Hearing
6822.3 6822 When a Youth Is in JPD Custody or on JPD Probation
6822.31 6822.1 Providing Medical Care to Youth Adjudicated to JPD Custody or Probation
6822.32 6822.11 Serving as Medical Consenter
6822.4 6823 Coordinated Service Planning
6822.41 6823.1 Contact Information
6822.42 6823.2 CPS and JPD Casework
6822.43 Juvenile Record Requests with JPDs
6822.5 6824 Court Hearings
6822.51 6824.1 Permanency Hearings
6822.6 6825 Addressing Other Juvenile Probation-Related Issues
6823 6830 When a Youth Is in TJJD Custody in a Secure Facility or on TJJD Parole
6823.1 6831 General Procedures When Youth Are Committed to the TJJD Secure Facility Program
6823.2 6831.1 Providing Medical Care to Youth in TJJD Custody or on TJJD Parole
6823.3 6832 Coordinated Service Planning
6823.31 6832.1 Contact Information
6823.32 6832.2 CPS and TJJD Casework
6823.33 Juvenile Record Requests with TJJD
6823.4 6833 Permanency Hearings
6823.41 6833.1 Attendance at Permanency Hearings
6823.5 6834 Addressing Other TJJD-Related Issues
6824 CPS Youth and Young Adults and the Adult Criminal Justice System
6825 Sealing Juvenile Records for Minor Offenses
6826 Sealed Juvenile Records
6830 When a Youth Is in TJJD Custody in a Secure Facility or on TJJD Parole
6831 General Procedures When Youth Are Committed to the TJJD Secure Facility Program
6831.1 Providing Medical Care to Youth in TJJD Custody or on TJJD Parole
6832 Coordinated Service Planning
6832.1 Contact Information
6832.2 CPS and TJJD Casework
6833 Permanency Hearings
6833.1 Attendance at Permanency Hearings
6834 Addressing Other TJJD-Related Issues