Transcript Child Protective Services Family-Centered Practice

An Overview of
Child Protective Services
Children First:
Protected and Connected
The Mission of Child
Protective Services is to
protect children and to act in
the children’s best interest.
To seek active involvement of
the children’s parents and
other family members to solve
problems that lead to abuse
and neglect.
Legal Basis for CPS
Federal Laws
State Laws
Texas Family Code
County Specific:
Standing Orders,
Contracts
Investigations
• Mandatory Reporting to Statewide Intake
1-800-252-5400 or Txabusehotline.org
• Investigation of abuse/neglect
Physical Abuse
PHAB
Neglectful
Supervision
NSUP
Sexual Abuse
SXAB
Physical Neglect
PHNG
Emotional Abuse
EMAB
Medical Neglect
MDNG
Abandonment
ABAN
Refusal to Accept
Parental
Responsibility
RAPR
Human
Trafficking
Investigations
Intake Received by
Statewide Intake
PN
None
P1
24hrs
P2
72hrs
Contact Reporter
Contact Child/Children
Contact Parents/Guardian
Contact Collaterals
May require safety plan &
Parental Child
Safety Placement
to address child safety
Administratively
Closed
ADM
Unable to
Complete
UTC
Ruled Out
R/O
Unable to
Determine
UTD
Reason to
Believe
RTB
Close
Close with
community
services
Open to
Family-Based
Safety
Services
Remove to
Substitute
Care
Parental Child Safety Placement
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Out of home placement
Made by a parent
Based on child safety
Can be an alternative to CPS petitioning
for court-ordered removal of the child
• Time-limited
• Requires evaluation of voluntary caregiver
Family-Based Safety Services
– Time Limited (Avg. 8 months)
– Designed to be in-home or with PCSP
– Services are contracted or community based
– Family Group Decision Making
– Service to Address:
• Safety Threats
• Parent’s Protective Capacities
• Child Specific Needs
Substitute Care
• When children cannot live safely with their
own parents, CPS may petition the court
to remove them from their homes.
• Key Parts to Substitute Care:
Types of Placements
Kinship Care
Relatives & Fictive Kin
Foster Care
Foster Homes
Kinship Foster Homes
Group Homes
Residential Treatment
Shelters
Services
Family Plan of Service
Child’s Plan of Service
STAR Health
Family Group Conferences
Parent Support Groups
Caregiver Trainings
(Kinship & PRIDE)
Some Financial Support
Substitute Care Timeline
Child Removed
1
Deny Removal
14
Emergency Hearing
Every 120 days
Permanency
Hearings
Adversary Hearing
Initial Permanency 180
Hearing
Anniversary of Order
giving CPS TMC (1yr)
Every 180 days
Final Merits
Hearing / Trial
Placement
Review
Hearings
Order FBSS
Child
Remains
in Care
60
Status Hearing
Possible Outcomes:
Reunification
Relatives
Adoption
PMC to CPS
Independent Living
Substitute Care Programs
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Preparation for Adult Living (PAL)
Transitional Living Services (TLS)
Adoption Assistance
Permanency Care Assistance (PCA)
Extended Foster Care
Higher Education Services
Family Focused
• Knowing the Family Trainings
• Parent Collaboration Group & Parent
Support Groups
• Utilizing Parental Child Safety Placements
• Family Group Decision Making
• Notification to relatives
• Increased Kinship Placements
• Increased Kinship Adoptions
Keeping Children
Protected & Connected
Parent Support
Groups
Kinship
Family Based
Safety Services
Family Group
Decision Making
What You Can Do
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Child Safety is Everyone’s Concern
Speak Up
Ask for help
Know your rights and responsibilities
when working with CPS
www.dfps.state.tx.us
Important Information
• CPS Hotline / Statewide Intake:
– 1-800-252-5400 or Txabusehotline.org
• DFPS Public Website: http://www.dfps.state.tx.us/
• Office of Consumer Affairs:
– 1-800-720-7777 or [email protected]
• Central Registry: 1-888-963-7111 x7388
• 2-1-1 Texas (Resources):
– 2-1-1 or https://www.211texas.org/211/