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TX Fam Code § 264.120 (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 264 - Child Welfare Services|Subchapter B. Foster Care|Section 264.120. Discharge Notice

Sec. 264.120.  DISCHARGE NOTICE.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), a substitute care provider with whom the department contracts to provide substitute care services for a child shall include in a discharge notice the following information:(1)  the reason for the child's discharge; and(2)  the provider's recommendation regarding a future placement for the child that would increase the child's opportunity to attain a stable placement.(b)  In an emergency situation in which the department is required under the terms of the contract with the substitute care provider to remove a child within 24 hours after receiving the discharge notice, the provider must provide the information required by Subsection (a) to the department not later than 48 hours after the provider sends the discharge notice.|Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1324 (S.B. 534), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Fam Code § 264.1211 (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 264 - Child Welfare Services|Subchapter B. Foster Care|Section 264.1211. Career Development and Education Program

Sec. 264.1211.  CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION PROGRAM.  (a)  The department shall collaborate with local workforce development boards, foster care transition centers, community and technical colleges, schools, and any other appropriate workforce industry resources to create a program that:(1)  assists foster care youth and former foster care youth in obtaining:(A)  a high school diploma or a high school equivalency certificate; and(B)  industry certifications that are necessary for occupations that are in high demand;(2)  provides career guidance to foster care youth and former foster care youth; and(3)  informs foster care youth and former foster care youth about the tuition and fee waivers for institutions of higher education that are available under Section 54.366, Education Code.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 419 (S.B. 1220), Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2017.|
TX Fam Code § 264.1212 (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 264 - Child Welfare Services|Subchapter B. Foster Care|Section 264.1212. Facilitation of Transition to Institution of Higher Education

Sec. 264.1212.  FACILITATION OF TRANSITION TO INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.  (a)  In this section, "community resource coordination group" means a coordination group established under a memorandum of understanding under Section 531.055, Government Code.(b)  A department employee who is a member of a community resource coordination group shall inform the group about the tuition and fee waivers for institutions of higher education that are available to eligible children in foster care under Section 54.366, Education Code.(c)  Each school district, in coordination with the department, shall facilitate the transition of each child enrolled in the district who is eligible for a tuition and fee waiver under Section 54.366, Education Code, and who is likely to be in the conservatorship of the department on the day preceding the child's 18th birthday to an institution of higher education by:(1)  assisting the child with the completion of any applications for admission or for financial aid;(2)  arranging and accompanying the child on campus visits;(3)  assisting the child in researching and applying for private or institution-sponsored scholarships;(4)  identifying whether the child is a candidate for appointment to a military academy;(5)  assisting the child in registering and preparing for college entrance examinations, including, subject to the availability of funds, arranging for the payment of any examination fees by the department; and(6)  coordinating contact between the child and a liaison officer designated under Section 61.0908, Education Code, for students who were formerly in the department's conservatorship.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 333 (H.B. 928), Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2017.Redesignated from Family Code, Section 264.1211 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 467 (H.B. 4170), Sec. 21.001(16), eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Fam Code § 264.1213 (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 264 - Child Welfare Services|Subchapter B. Foster Care|Section 264.1213. Records and Documents for Children Aging Out of Foster Care

Sec. 264.1213.  RECORDS AND DOCUMENTS FOR CHILDREN AGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE.  The department in cooperation with volunteer advocates from a charitable organization described by Subchapter C, Chapter 107, and the Department of Public Safety shall develop procedures to ensure that a foster child obtains a driver's license or personal identification card before the child leaves the conservatorship of the department.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1076 (H.B. 3338), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2017.Redesignated from Family Code, Section 264.1211 by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 467 (H.B. 4170), Sec. 21.001(17), eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Fam Code § 264.1214 (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 264 - Child Welfare Services|Subchapter B. Foster Care|Section 264.1214. Housing for Homeless Youth Aging Out of Foster Care

Sec. 264.1214.  HOUSING FOR HOMELESS YOUTH AGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE.  (a)  For a youth who will voluntarily enter extended foster care on the youth's 18th birthday, the youth's caseworker shall, not later than six months before the youth's 18th birthday, complete any necessary transitional living or supervised independent living paperwork to ensure the youth has housing on the date the youth enters extended foster care.  Not later than the 90th day before the youth's 18th birthday, the caseworker shall review the qualifications and requirements for the youth's housing.(b)  If a youth intends to continue living with the youth's substitute care provider after the youth's 18th birthday, the department shall waive any background check otherwise required for the youth to remain living with the substitute care provider.(c)  For a youth who continues living with the youth's substitute care provider after the youth's 18th birthday, the youth may share a bedroom with another youth who is 16 years of age or older provided the age difference between the youths does not exceed two years.(d)  A substitute care provider who prohibits a youth from living in the facility after the youth's 18th birthday shall notify the youth's caseworker of that fact:(1)  not later than:(A)  the 90th day before the youth's 18th birthday if the facility is a foster home; or(B)  six months before the youth's 18th birthday if the facility is a cottage family home or general residential operation; or(2)  as soon as possible if the youth is placed in a foster home, cottage family home, or general residential operation less than six months before the youth's 18th birthday.(e)  After receiving notice under Subsection (d), the youth's caseworker shall verbally communicate with the youth about the youth's living arrangements and document the substance of the communication in the youth's case file.(f)  The department shall assist a youth living in a supervised independent living program arrangement to develop a rental history by allowing the youth to cosign the lease for the youth's housing provided the property owner does not object.(g)  The department by rule shall establish a protocol that may be implemented for a youth to prevent the youth from aging out of a residential treatment center.  The protocol, if implemented, must be implemented not later than the youth's 17th birthday or at the time the youth is placed in a residential treatment center after the youth's 17th birthday.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 793 (H.B. 700), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Fam Code § 264.122 (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 264 - Child Welfare Services|Subchapter B. Foster Care|Section 264.122. Court Approval Required for Travel Outside United States by Child in Foster Care

Sec. 264.122.  COURT APPROVAL REQUIRED FOR TRAVEL OUTSIDE UNITED STATES BY CHILD IN FOSTER CARE.  (a)  A child for whom the department has been appointed managing conservator and who has been placed in foster care may travel outside of the United States only if the person with whom the child has been placed has petitioned the court for, and the court has rendered an order granting, approval for the child to travel outside of the United States.(b)  The court shall provide notice to the department and to any other person entitled to notice in the suit if the court renders an order granting approval for the child to travel outside of the United States under this section.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1406 (S.B. 758), Sec. 18, eff. September 1, 2007.|
TX Fam Code § 264.124 (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 264 - Child Welfare Services|Subchapter B. Foster Care|Section 264.124. Day Care for Foster Child

Sec. 264.124.  DAY CARE FOR FOSTER CHILD.  (a)  In this section, "day care" means the assessment, care, training, education, custody, treatment, or supervision of a foster child by a person other than the child's foster parent for less than 24 hours a day, but at least two hours a day, three or more days a week.(b)  The department, in accordance with department rules, shall implement a process to verify that each foster parent who is seeking monetary assistance from the department for day care for a foster child has attempted to find appropriate day-care services for the foster child through community services, including Head Start programs, prekindergarten classes, and early education programs offered in public schools.  The department shall specify the documentation the foster parent must provide to the department to demonstrate compliance with the requirements established under this subsection.(c)  Except as provided by Subsection (d), the department may not provide monetary assistance to a foster parent for day care for a foster child unless the department receives the verification required under Subsection (b).(d)  The department may provide monetary assistance to a foster parent for a foster child without the verification required under Subsection (b) if the department determines the verification would prevent an emergency placement that is in the child's best interest.|Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 423 (S.B. 430), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.195, eff. April 2, 2015.|
TX Fam Code § 264.125 (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 264 - Child Welfare Services|Subchapter B. Foster Care|Section 264.125. Age-Appropriate Normalcy Activities; Standard of Care

Sec. 264.125.  AGE-APPROPRIATE NORMALCY ACTIVITIES; STANDARD OF CARE.  (a)  The department shall use its best efforts to normalize the lives of children in the managing conservatorship of the department by allowing substitute caregivers, without the department's prior approval, to make decisions similar to those a parent would be entitled to make regarding a child's participation in age-appropriate normalcy activities.(b)  In determining whether to allow a child in the managing conservatorship of the department to participate in an activity, a substitute caregiver must exercise the standard of care of a reasonable and prudent parent.(c)  The department shall adopt and implement policies consistent with this section promoting a substitute caregiver's ability to make decisions described by Subsection (a).  The department shall identify and review any departmental policy or procedure that may impede a substitute caregiver's ability to make such decisions.(d)  The department shall require licensed child placing agency personnel, residential child care licensing staff, conservatorship caseworkers, and other persons as may be determined by the department to complete a course of training regarding:(1)  the importance of a child's participation in age-appropriate normalcy activities and the benefits of such activities to a child's well-being, mental health, and social, emotional, and developmental growth; and(2)  substitute caregiver decision-making under the standard of care of a reasonable and prudent parent.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 262 (S.B. 1407), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2015.|For expiration of this section, see Subsection (h).
TX Fam Code § 264.1251 (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 264 - Child Welfare Services|Subchapter B. Foster Care|Section 264.1251. Summer Internship Pilot Program

Sec. 264.1251.  SUMMER INTERNSHIP PILOT PROGRAM.  (a)  The department shall establish a summer internship pilot program that provides foster youth with the opportunity to develop marketable job skills and obtain professional work experience through a summer internship with a participating business, nonprofit organization, or governmental entity.(b)  The department may collaborate with other state agencies, as appropriate, to establish the pilot program.  The pilot program may be implemented in more than one department region.(c)  The department may enter into an agreement with one or more entities described by Subsection (a) to allow the entity to award internships to youth who participate in the pilot program. Internships provided under the pilot program may be paid or unpaid.(d)  Not later than April 1 of each year, the department shall select foster youth or former foster youth who are 15 years of age or older to participate in the pilot program.  Each youth participating in the pilot program shall enter into an agreement with the organization awarding the internship and the department relating to the terms of the youth's internship.(e)  The department shall complete an evaluation of the pilot program not later than the second anniversary of the date the program begins.(f)  The department shall submit a report on the evaluation of the pilot program to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of representatives.  The report must include:(1)  the number of youth who participated in the pilot program;(2)  the location and type of internships provided under the pilot program; and(3)  details of the department's efforts to recruit eligible youth to participate in the pilot program.(g)  The executive commissioner may adopt rules necessary to implement this section.(h)  This section expires September 1, 2021.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1029 (H.B. 1608), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2017.|
TX Fam Code § 264.128 (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 264 - Child Welfare Services|Subchapter B. Foster Care|Section 264.128. Single Child Plan of Service Initiative

Sec. 264.128.  SINGLE CHILD PLAN OF SERVICE INITIATIVE.  (a)  In this section, "community-based care" has the meaning assigned by Section 264.152.(b)  In regions of the state where community-based care has not been implemented, the department shall:(1)  collaborate with child-placing agencies to implement the single child plan of service model developed under the single child plan of service initiative; and(2)  ensure that a single child plan of service is developed for each child in foster care in those regions.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 319 (S.B. 11), Sec. 17(a), eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Fam Code § 264.130 (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 264 - Child Welfare Services|Subchapter B. Foster Care|Section 264.130. Pregnancy and Parenting Information

Sec. 264.130.  PREGNANCY AND PARENTING INFORMATION.  The department at developmentally appropriate stages shall ensure that children in the managing conservatorship of the department who are pregnant or who are minor parents receive information on and support in providing safe environments for children, including information and support regarding:(1)  safe sleeping arrangements;(2)  suggestions for childproofing potentially dangerous settings in a home;(3)  child development and methods to cope with challenging behaviors;(4)  selection of appropriate substitute caregivers;(5)  a child's early brain development, including the importance of meeting an infant's developmental needs by providing positive experiences and avoiding adverse experiences;(6)  the importance of paternal involvement in a child's life and methods for coparenting;(7)  the benefits of reading, singing, and talking to young children;(8)  the importance of prenatal and postpartum care for both the mother and infant, including the impact of and signs for perinatal mood disorders;(9)  infant nutrition and the importance of breastfeeding; and(10)  healthy relationships, including the prevention of intimate partner violence.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1033 (H.B. 475), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Fam Code § 264.151 (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 264 - Child Welfare Services|Subchapter B. -1. Community-Based Care|Section 264.151. Legislative Intent

Sec. 264.151.  LEGISLATIVE INTENT.  (a)  It is the intent of the legislature that the department contract with community-based nonprofit and local governmental entities that have the ability to provide child welfare services.  The services provided by the entities must include direct case management to ensure child safety, permanency, and well-being, in accordance with state and federal child welfare goals.(b)  It is the intent of the legislature that the provision of community-based care for children be implemented with measurable goals relating to:(1)  the safety of children in placements;(2)  the placement of children in each child's home community;(3)  the provision of services to children in the least restrictive environment possible and, if possible, in a family home environment;(4)  minimal placement changes for children;(5)  the maintenance of contact between children and their families and other important persons;(6)  the placement of children with siblings;(7)  the provision of services that respect each child's culture;(8)  the preparation of children and youth in foster care for adulthood;(9)  the provision of opportunities, experiences, and activities for children and youth in foster care that are available to children and youth who are not in foster care;(10)  the participation by children and youth in making decisions relating to their own lives;(11)  the reunification of children with the biological parents of the children when possible; and(12)  the promotion of the placement of children with relative or kinship caregivers if reunification is not possible.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 319 (S.B. 11), Sec. 18(a), eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Fam Code § 264.152 (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 264 - Child Welfare Services|Subchapter B. -1. Community-Based Care|Section 264.152. Definitions

Sec. 264.152.  DEFINITIONS.  Except as otherwise provided, in this subchapter:(1)  "Alternative caregiver" means a person who is not the foster parent of the child and who provides temporary care for the child for more than 12 hours but less than 60 days.(2)  "Case management" means the provision of case management services to a child for whom the department has been appointed temporary or permanent managing conservator or to the child's family, a young adult in extended foster care, a relative or kinship caregiver, or a child who has been placed in the catchment area through the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, and includes:(A)  caseworker visits with the child;(B)  family and caregiver visits;(C)  convening and conducting permanency planning meetings;(D)  the development and revision of child and family plans of service, including a permanency plan and goals for a child or young adult in care;(E)  the coordination and monitoring of services required by the child and the child's family;(F)  the assumption of court-related duties regarding the child, including:(i)  providing any required notifications or consultations;(ii)  preparing court reports;(iii)  attending judicial and permanency hearings, trials, and mediations;(iv)  complying with applicable court orders; and(v)  ensuring the child is progressing toward the goal of permanency within state and federally mandated guidelines; and(G)  any other function or service that the department determines necessary to allow a single source continuum contractor to assume responsibility for case management.(3)  "Catchment area" means a geographic service area for providing child protective services that is identified as part of community-based care.(4)  "Community-based care" means the provision of child welfare services in accordance with state and federal child welfare goals by a community-based nonprofit or a local governmental entity under a contract that includes direct case management to:(A)  prevent entry into foster care;(B)  reunify and preserve families;(C)  ensure child safety, permanency, and well-being; and(D)  reduce future referrals of children or parents to the department.|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 319 (S.B. 11), Sec. 18(a), eff. September 1, 2017.Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 621 (S.B. 1896), Sec. 6, eff. June 14, 2021.|