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TX Fam Code § 265.055 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle E - Protection of the Child|Chapter 265 - Prevention and Early Intervention Services|Subchapter B. Child Abuse and Neglect Primary Prevention Programs|Section 265.055. Department Operating Fund Account

Sec. 265.055.  DEPARTMENT OPERATING FUND ACCOUNT.  (a)  The operating fund is an account in the general revenue fund.(b)  Administrative and other costs allowed in Section 265.053 shall be taken from the operating fund.  The department may transfer funds contained in the operating fund to the trust fund at any time.(c)  The legislature may appropriate the money in the operating fund to carry out the provisions of this subchapter.(d)  The operating fund is exempt from the application of Section 403.095, Government Code.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Human Resources Code, Subchapter D, Chapter 40 by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 944 (S.B. 206), Sec. 63, eff. September 1, 2015.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Human Resources Code, Subchapter D, Chapter 40 by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1257 (H.B. 2630), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Fam Code § 265.056 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle E - Protection of the Child|Chapter 265 - Prevention and Early Intervention Services|Subchapter B. Child Abuse and Neglect Primary Prevention Programs|Section 265.056. Contributions

Sec. 265.056.  CONTRIBUTIONS.  (a)  The department may solicit contributions from any appropriate source.(b)  Any other contributions for child abuse and neglect primary prevention or other prevention and early intervention programs shall be deposited into a separate designated fund in the state treasury and shall be used for that designated purpose.(c)  A person may contribute funds to either the trust fund, the operating fund, or a fund designated by the department for a specific child abuse and neglect primary prevention or other prevention or early intervention purpose.(d)  If a person designates that a contribution is intended as a donation to a specific fund, the contribution shall be deposited in the designated fund.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Human Resources Code, Subchapter D, Chapter 40 by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 944 (S.B. 206), Sec. 63, eff. September 1, 2015.Transferred, redesignated and amended from Human Resources Code, Subchapter D, Chapter 40 by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1257 (H.B. 2630), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Fam Code § 265.057 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle E - Protection of the Child|Chapter 265 - Prevention and Early Intervention Services|Subchapter B. Child Abuse and Neglect Primary Prevention Programs|Section 265.057. Community Youth Development Grants

Sec. 265.057.  COMMUNITY YOUTH DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.  (a)  Subject to available funding, the department shall award community youth development grants to communities identified by incidence of crime.  The department shall give priority in awarding grants under this section to areas of the state in which there is a high incidence of juvenile crime.(b)  The purpose of a grant under this section is to assist a community in alleviating conditions in the family and community that lead to juvenile crime.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 21.03(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Transferred and redesignated from Human Resources Code, Section 40.0561 by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 944 (S.B. 206), Sec. 64, eff. September 1, 2015.Transferred and redesignated from Human Resources Code, Section 40.0561 by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1257 (H.B. 2630), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Fam Code § 265.101 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle E - Protection of the Child|Chapter 265 - Prevention and Early Intervention Services|Subchapter C. Nurse-Family Partnership Competitive Grant Program|Section 265.101. Definitions

Sec. 265.101.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:(1)  "Competitive grant program" means the nurse-family partnership competitive grant program established under this subchapter.(2)  "Partnership program" means a nurse-family partnership program.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Government Code, Subchapter Q, Chapter 531 by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 837 (S.B. 200), Sec. 1.15(a), eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Fam Code § 265.102 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle E - Protection of the Child|Chapter 265 - Prevention and Early Intervention Services|Subchapter C. Nurse-Family Partnership Competitive Grant Program|Section 265.102. Operation of Nurse-Family Partnership Competitive Grant Program

Sec. 265.102.  OPERATION OF NURSE-FAMILY PARTNERSHIP COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM.  (a)  The department shall operate a nurse-family partnership competitive grant program through which the department will award grants for the implementation of nurse-family partnership programs, or the expansion of existing programs, and for the operation of those programs for a period of not less than two years.(b)  The department shall award grants under the program to applicants, including applicants operating existing programs, in a manner that ensures that the partnership programs collectively:(1)  operate in multiple communities that are geographically distributed throughout this state; and(2)  provide program services to approximately 2,000 families.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Government Code, Subchapter Q, Chapter 531 by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 837 (S.B. 200), Sec. 1.15(a), eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Fam Code § 265.103 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle E - Protection of the Child|Chapter 265 - Prevention and Early Intervention Services|Subchapter C. Nurse-Family Partnership Competitive Grant Program|Section 265.103. Partnership Program Requirements

Sec. 265.103.  PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.  A partnership program funded through a grant awarded under this subchapter must:(1)  strictly adhere to the program model developed by the Nurse-Family Partnership National Service Office, including any clinical, programmatic, and data collection requirements of that model;(2)  require that registered nurses regularly visit the homes of low-income, first-time mothers participating in the program to provide services designed to:(A)  improve pregnancy outcomes;(B)  improve child health and development;(C)  improve family economic self-sufficiency and stability; and(D)  reduce the incidence of child abuse and neglect;(3)  require that nurses who provide services through the program:(A)  receive training from the office of the attorney general at least once each year on procedures by which a person may voluntarily acknowledge the paternity of a child and on the availability of child support services from the office;(B)  provide a mother with information about the rights, responsibilities, and benefits of establishing the paternity of her child, if appropriate;(C)  provide assistance to a mother and the alleged father of her child if the mother and alleged father seek to voluntarily acknowledge paternity of the child, if appropriate; and(D)  provide information to a mother about the availability of child support services from the office of the attorney general; and(4)  require that the regular nurse visits described by Subdivision (2) begin not later than a mother's 28th week of gestation and end when her child reaches two years of age.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Government Code, Subchapter Q, Chapter 531 by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 837 (S.B. 200), Sec. 1.15(a), eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Fam Code § 265.104 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle E - Protection of the Child|Chapter 265 - Prevention and Early Intervention Services|Subchapter C. Nurse-Family Partnership Competitive Grant Program|Section 265.104. Application

Sec. 265.104.  APPLICATION.  (a)  A public or private entity, including a county, municipality, or other political subdivision of this state, may apply for a grant under this subchapter.(b)  To apply for a grant, an applicant must submit a written application to the department on a form prescribed by the department in consultation with the Nurse-Family Partnership National Service Office.(c)  The application prescribed by the department must:(1)  require the applicant to provide data on the number of low-income, first-time mothers residing in the community in which the applicant proposes to operate or expand a partnership program and provide a description of existing services available to those mothers;(2)  describe the ongoing monitoring and evaluation process to which a grant recipient is subject under Section 265.109, including the recipient's obligation to collect and provide information requested by the department under Section 265.109(c); and(3)  require the applicant to provide other relevant information as determined by the department.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Government Code, Subchapter Q, Chapter 531 by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 837 (S.B. 200), Sec. 1.15(a), eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Fam Code § 265.105 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle E - Protection of the Child|Chapter 265 - Prevention and Early Intervention Services|Subchapter C. Nurse-Family Partnership Competitive Grant Program|Section 265.105. Additional Considerations in Awarding Grants

Sec. 265.105.  ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS IN AWARDING GRANTS.  In addition to the factors described by Sections 265.102(b) and 265.103, in determining whether to award a grant to an applicant under this subchapter, the department shall consider:(1)  the demonstrated need for a partnership program in the community in which the applicant proposes to operate or expand the program, which may be determined by considering:(A)  the poverty rate, the crime rate, the number of births to Medicaid recipients, the rate of poor birth outcomes, and the incidence of child abuse and neglect during a prescribed period in the community; and(B)  the need to enhance school readiness in the community;(2)  the applicant's ability to participate in ongoing monitoring and performance evaluations under Section 265.109, including the applicant's ability to collect and provide information requested by the department under Section 265.109(c);(3)  the applicant's ability to adhere to the partnership program standards adopted under Section 265.106;(4)  the applicant's ability to develop broad-based community support for implementing or expanding a partnership program, as applicable; and(5)  the applicant's history of developing and sustaining innovative, high-quality programs that meet the needs of families and communities.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Government Code, Subchapter Q, Chapter 531 by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 837 (S.B. 200), Sec. 1.15(a), eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Fam Code § 265.106 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle E - Protection of the Child|Chapter 265 - Prevention and Early Intervention Services|Subchapter C. Nurse-Family Partnership Competitive Grant Program|Section 265.106. Partnership Program Standards

Sec. 265.106.  PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM STANDARDS.  The commissioner, with the assistance of the Nurse-Family Partnership National Service Office, shall adopt standards for the partnership programs funded under this subchapter.  The standards must adhere to the Nurse-Family Partnership National Service Office program model standards and guidelines that were developed in multiple, randomized clinical trials and have been tested and replicated in multiple communities.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Government Code, Subchapter Q, Chapter 531 by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 837 (S.B. 200), Sec. 1.15(a), eff. September 1, 2015.Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 316 (H.B. 5), Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Fam Code § 265.107 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle E - Protection of the Child|Chapter 265 - Prevention and Early Intervention Services|Subchapter C. Nurse-Family Partnership Competitive Grant Program|Section 265.107. Use of Awarded Grant Funds

Sec. 265.107.  USE OF AWARDED GRANT FUNDS.  The grant funds awarded under this subchapter may be used only to cover costs related to implementing or expanding and operating a partnership program, including costs related to:(1)  administering the program;(2)  training and managing registered nurses who participate in the program;(3)  paying the salaries and expenses of registered nurses who participate in the program;(4)  paying for facilities and equipment for the program; and(5)  paying for services provided by the Nurse-Family Partnership National Service Office to ensure a grant recipient adheres to the organization's program model.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Government Code, Subchapter Q, Chapter 531 by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 837 (S.B. 200), Sec. 1.15(a), eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Fam Code § 265.108 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle E - Protection of the Child|Chapter 265 - Prevention and Early Intervention Services|Subchapter C. Nurse-Family Partnership Competitive Grant Program|Section 265.108. State Nurse Consultant

Sec. 265.108.  STATE NURSE CONSULTANT.  Using money appropriated for the competitive grant program, the department shall hire or contract with a state nurse consultant to assist grant recipients with implementing or expanding and operating the partnership programs in the applicable communities.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Government Code, Subchapter Q, Chapter 531 by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 837 (S.B. 200), Sec. 1.15(a), eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Fam Code § 265.109 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle E - Protection of the Child|Chapter 265 - Prevention and Early Intervention Services|Subchapter C. Nurse-Family Partnership Competitive Grant Program|Section 265.109. Program Monitoring and Evaluation; Annual Committee Reports

Sec. 265.109.  PROGRAM MONITORING AND EVALUATION; ANNUAL COMMITTEE REPORTS.  (a)  The department, with the assistance of the Nurse-Family Partnership National Service Office, shall:(1)  adopt performance indicators that are designed to measure a grant recipient's performance with respect to the partnership program standards adopted by the commissioner under Section 265.106;(2)  use the performance indicators to continuously monitor and formally evaluate on an annual basis the performance of each grant recipient; and(3)  prepare and submit an annual report, not later than December 1 of each year, to the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, or its successor, and the House Human Services Committee, or its successor, regarding the performance of each grant recipient during the preceding state fiscal year with respect to providing partnership program services.(b)  The report required under Subsection (a)(3) must include:(1)  the number of low-income, first-time mothers to whom each grant recipient provided partnership program services and, of that number, the number of mothers who established the paternity of an alleged father as a result of services provided under the program;(2)  the extent to which each grant recipient made regular visits to mothers during the period described by Section 265.103(4); and(3)  the extent to which each grant recipient adhered to the Nurse-Family Partnership National Service Office's program model, including the extent to which registered nurses:(A)  conducted home visitations comparable in frequency, duration, and content to those delivered in Nurse-Family Partnership National Service Office clinical trials; and(B)  assessed the health and well-being of mothers and children participating in the partnership programs in accordance with indicators of maternal, child, and family health defined by the department in consultation with the Nurse-Family Partnership National Service Office.(c)  On request, each grant recipient shall timely collect and provide data and any other information required by the department to monitor and evaluate the recipient or to prepare the report required by this section.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Government Code, Subchapter Q, Chapter 531 by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 837 (S.B. 200), Sec. 1.15(a), eff. September 1, 2015.Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 316 (H.B. 5), Sec. 16, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Fam Code § 265.110 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle E - Protection of the Child|Chapter 265 - Prevention and Early Intervention Services|Subchapter C. Nurse-Family Partnership Competitive Grant Program|Section 265.110. Competitive Grant Program Funding

Sec. 265.110.  COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM FUNDING.  (a)  The department shall actively seek and apply for any available federal funds, including federal Medicaid and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds, to assist in financing the competitive grant program established under this subchapter.(b)  The department may use appropriated funds from the state government and may accept gifts, donations, and grants of money from the federal government, local governments, private corporations, or other persons to assist in financing the competitive grant program.|Transferred, redesignated and amended from Government Code, Subchapter Q, Chapter 531 by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 837 (S.B. 200), Sec. 1.15(a), eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Fam Code § 265.152 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle E - Protection of the Child|Chapter 265 - Prevention and Early Intervention Services|Subchapter D. Evidence-Based Programs and Practices|Section 265.152. Outcomes of Evidence-Based Prevention and Early Intervention Programs and Practices

Sec. 265.152.  OUTCOMES OF EVIDENCE-BASED PREVENTION AND EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES.  The department shall ensure that a prevention and early intervention program or practice provided under this subchapter achieves favorable behavioral outcomes in at least two of the following areas:(1)  improved cognitive development of children;(2)  increased readiness for and participation and performance in school;(3)  reduced child abuse, neglect, and injury;(4)  improved child safety;(5)  improved social-emotional development of children and youth;(6)  increased protective factors, including nurturing, bonding, and other parenting skills;(7)  improved family economic self-sufficiency;(8)  reduced parental or youth involvement with the criminal justice system; and(9)  increased paternal involvement and support.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1257 (H.B. 2630), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2015.Redesignated from Family Code, Section 265.102 by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (S.B. 1488), Sec. 24.001(9), eff. September 1, 2017.Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 515 (S.B. 452), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Fam Code § 265.153 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle E - Protection of the Child|Chapter 265 - Prevention and Early Intervention Services|Subchapter D. Evidence-Based Programs and Practices|Section 265.153. Evaluation of Prevention and Early Intervention Programs and Practices

Sec. 265.153.  EVALUATION OF PREVENTION AND EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES.  (a)  The department shall adopt outcome indicators to measure the effectiveness of prevention and early intervention programs and practices provided under this subchapter in achieving desired outcomes.(b)  The department may work directly with the model developer of a prevention and early intervention program or practice to identify appropriate outcome indicators for the program or practice and to ensure that the program or practice substantially complies with the model.(c)  The department shall develop internal processes to share information with prevention and early intervention service providers to assist the department in analyzing the performance of the programs or practices.(d)  The department shall use information obtained under this section to:(1)  monitor prevention and early intervention programs and practices;(2)  continually improve the quality of the programs and practices; and(3)  evaluate the effectiveness of the programs and practices.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1257 (H.B. 2630), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2015.Redesignated from Family Code, Section 265.103 by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (S.B. 1488), Sec. 24.001(9), eff. September 1, 2017.Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 515 (S.B. 452), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Fam Code § 265.154 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle E - Protection of the Child|Chapter 265 - Prevention and Early Intervention Services|Subchapter D. Evidence-Based Programs and Practices|Section 265.154. Reports to Legislature

Sec. 265.154.  REPORTS TO LEGISLATURE.  (a)  Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, the department shall prepare and submit a report on state-funded prevention and early intervention programs and practices to the standing committees of the senate and house of representatives with jurisdiction over child protective services.(b)  A report submitted under this section must include:(1)  a description of the prevention and early intervention programs and practices implemented and of the models associated with the programs and practices;(2)  information on the families served by the programs and practices, including the number of families served and their demographic information;(3)  the goals and achieved outcomes of the implemented programs and practices;(4)  information on the cost for each family served, including any available third-party return-on-investment analysis; and(5)  information explaining the percentage of money spent on evidence-based programs and practices, on promising programs and practices, and on evidence-informed programs and practices.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1257 (H.B. 2630), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2015.Redesignated from Family Code, Section 265.104 by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (S.B. 1488), Sec. 24.001(9), eff. September 1, 2017.Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 515 (S.B. 452), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Fam Code § 265.155 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Family Code|Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship|Subtitle E - Protection of the Child|Chapter 265 - Prevention and Early Intervention Services|Subchapter D. Evidence-Based Programs and Practices|Section 265.155. Rules

Sec. 265.155.  RULES.  The commissioner of the department may adopt rules as necessary to implement this subchapter.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1257 (H.B. 2630), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2015.Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 316 (H.B. 5), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2017.Redesignated from Family Code, Section 265.105 by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (S.B. 1488), Sec. 24.001(9), eff. September 1, 2017.|