Summary of Recent Revisions

June 19, 2025

Child Protective Services Revisions

QRTP and Pregnant and Parenting Services

June 2, 2025

Child Protective Services Revisions

Family-Based Safety Services Closure Codes

Student Responsibilities and Application Requirements for Current DFPS and Single Source Continuum Contractor Employees

Child Care Institution Placements

Child Protective Investigations Revisions

None

May 1, 2025

Child Protective Investigations Revisions

Daily Briefings

April 10, 2025

Child Protective Investigations Revisions

Medical Neglect and Neglectful Supervision

April 1, 2025

Child Protective Services Revisions

Recoupment of Foster Care Maintenance Overpayment Revisions

Child Protective Investigations Revisions

Eligibility for Emergency Assistance

March 3, 2025

Child Protective Services Revisions

Adoption Preparation and Support Services

Child Protective Investigations Revisions

CPI Required Notification When Changes Are Made to a Closed Investigation

Interviewing An Alleged Perpetrator, Parent, Legal Guardian or Other Adult in a Home Where There is Alleged Abuse or Neglect

February 3, 2025

Child Protective Services Revisions

Birth Records

Program Director Involvement in Family-Based Safety Services

Pregnancy during an Open FBSS Case

Pregnancy during an Open CVS Case or when a Youth Is in Substitute Care

Types of Cases and Stages

Child Protective Investigations Revisions

None

January 24, 2025

Child Protective Investigations Revisions

Notification and Assignment of Conservatorship Caseworker

January 8, 2025

Child Protective Services Revisions

Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) Assessments

Child Protective Investigations Revisions

Worker Safety Issues

Entering the Date of the Alleged Abuse or Neglect

January 2, 2025

Child Protective Services Revisions

Texas Child-Centered Care (several revisions on this topic)

Child Protective Investigations Revisions

Primary Caseworker in FSU and SUB Stages

December 2, 2024

Child Protective Services Revisions

Child in DFPS Conservatorship Traveling Outside of the United States

Required Background Check Tables

New Background Check Results on a Verified or Approved Home

Child Protective Investigations Revisions

Notice of Right to Record an Alleged Perpetrator’s Interview

Child in DFPS Conservatorship Lives in a Home and Community-based Services (HCS) Home or Unlicensed Kinship Home

November 1, 2024

Child Protective Services Revisions

Family Refuses Family-Based Safety Services

Destroying Medications Youth No Longer Needs

Totality of Circumstances in Regard To Kinship Placement in a Conservatorship Case

Child Protective Investigations Revisions

Requesting Legal Orders

October 1, 2024

Child Protective Services Revisions

Family’s Lack Participation

Criminal and DFPS Background Checks

Constitutional Requirements for Family-Based Safety Services

When a Child Placed in Texas from Another State Is Missing

Residential Treatment Center (RTC) Placement Outside Texas

Preparing the Family and the Child for the Placement

Pre-Service Training of Foster and Adoptive Homes

Expenses of Students in DFPS Paid Foster Care

Completing the Placement Authorization Form

Documenting the Communication Plan with the Attorney Ad Litem and Guardian Ad Litem

Use of Digital Services by Children in DFPS Conservatorship

Medical Consenter for a Child in a General Residential Operation

Child Protective Investigations Revisions

Interviews with Children

Baby Moses

September 3, 2024

Child Protective Services Revisions

Issuing the College Tuition and Fee Exemption Letter

Personal Documents Provided to Youth

Driver License and State Identification (ID) Card

Circle of Support (COS) Information

Permanency Planning Meetings (PPM)

Basic Description and Content of the Child’s Plan of Service

Ruling In Family Reunification

Appendix 1121: Documentation Requirements for Models of Family Group Decision Making (FGDM)

Conducting the Monthly Visit

Updating Records

Provide and Discuss the Placement Summary

Temporary Absence from Paid Placement

Child Protective Investigations Revisions

None

August 1, 2024

Child Protective Services Revisions

Court-Ordered Participation

Child Protective Investigations Revisions

Safety Plan Update

Changing Priority of Report

July 17, 2024

Child Protective Services Revision

Housing Plan

Child Protective Investigations Revisions

None

July 1, 2024

Child Protective Services Revisions

Transferring a Case from Alternative Response or Investigation to Family-Based Safety Services

Provide and Discuss the Placement Summary

Notification of Rights

Notification of Parent's Rights

Maintaining a Current Photograph of a Child

Child Protective Investigations Revisions

Notification of a Report Involving a Child in DFPS Conservatorship

Communication Between Stages When New Intake Involves Same Principal

June 25, 2024

Child Protective Services Revisions

None

Child Protective Investigations Revisions

Alternative Response

June 3, 2024

Child Protective Services Revisions

Contacting a Potential Kinship Caregiver

Deletion of Using Closure Code Services Inappropriate When Closing before Initial Family Plan of Service

Child Protective Investigations Revisions

None

May 29, 2024

Child Protective Services Revisions

None

Child Protective Investigations Revisions

DFPS and CPI Mission and Vision

May 1, 2024

Child Protective Services Revisions

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Title IV-E Benefits for Children in Foster Care

Training Requirements

Placement Team Searches for Placement Options

New Intake Received during Family-Based Safety Services (FBSS)

The Kinship Development Worker Policy

Financial Responsibility

Youth’s Personal Bank Account

Texas Foster Care Handbook

Staff Administers Medications

Texas Foster Care Handbook Update

Child Protective Investigations Revisions

Home Visits

April 1, 2024

Child Protective Services Revisions

Child Day Care Services

Medical Needs Staffings

Consent for Psychotropic Medications

Temporary Medical Consenter

Child Protective Investigations Revisions

None

March 1, 2024

Child Protective Services Revisions

Supervision for a Child or Youth without Placement

Administering Medications

Child Protective Investigations Revisions

Courtesy Requests and Transfer Requests

February 1, 2024

Child Protective Services Revisions

Providing Contact Information for a Child or Youth’s Caseworker

Texas NTDC Training

Documenting Legal Activity

Foster Care Maintenance Payments

Child Protective Investigations Revisions

Mental Health Services

January 19, 2024

Child Protective Services Revisions

Actions Required after Selecting a Placement

Child Protective Investigations Revisions

Child Fatality

January 2, 2024

Child Protective Services Revisions

Initial and Ongoing Caseworker Activities

Child Protective Investigations Revisions

Prenatal Substance Exposure

Substance Use