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