Handbook Revision, April 3, 2023

This revision of the Statewide Intake Policy and Procedures Handbook was published on April 3, 2023. Summaries of new or revised items are provided below.

How Each Program Handles Child-Specific Contracts (PATS 13666)

This handbook revision adds new information about how each program handles reports where the victim is placed or served by a child-specific contract and deletes information about host home companion homes that may involve a child-specific contract.

See:

4410 Case Name

4420 County

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4730 Child Living with an Unrelated Non-Related Caregiver

4731 Residential Child Care Investigations (RCCI) Jurisdiction

4732 Provider Investigations (PI) Jurisdiction

4733 Child Protective Investigations (CPI) Jurisdiction

4734 Child-Specific Contract (CSC)

4735 Information and Referral (I&R)

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4760 Child Lives in an HCS Group Home or Receives Services in Another Setting

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5735 Facility Under the Jurisdiction of Licensed by Residential Child Care Regulation (RCCR)

5736 Facility Under the Jurisdiction of a Different Health and Human Services (HHS) Program Incidents Occurring in Facilities under the Jurisdiction of LTCR or HCFR

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5736.4 Abuse, Neglect, or Financial Exploitation by an Employee of the Facility

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6100 Provider Investigations – Facility

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6112 Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability or Related Condition (ICFs-IIDs)

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6114 Home and Community-based Services (HCS) and Texas Home Living (TxHmL) Waiver Programs

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6630 Resource Section

6631 State Supported Living Centers (SSLCs) and State Hospitals

6632 Private Psychiatric Facilities that Contract with Texas Health and Human Services

6633 Rio Grande State Center

6634 Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability or Related Condition (ICF/IIDs) and HCS Group Homes

6635 Community Centers

6636 Child-Specific Contract (CSC)

6637 Resource for Waivers

6638 Resource Is Unknown or Not Found

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6720 Reports Involving Children in DFPS Conservatorship

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6820 Group Homes, Boarding Homes, IMPACT, and the LTCR Search Licensed Group Homes versus Boarding Homes or Personal Care Homes

6821 Differences between Licensed Group Home and Boarding Homes or Personal Care Homes

6822 IMPACT Search

6823 Unsuccessful IMPACT Search

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6840 Home and Community-based Services (HCS) Settings

6841 Home and Community-based Services (HCS) Group Homes

6842 HCS Services in the Client’s Own Home Services in Other Settings with a Waiver

6843 Host Home/Companion Home (Formerly Called HCS Foster Care) Services in Other Settings without a Waiver

6844 Jurisdiction of Reports Involving Children or Adults in HCS Group Homes or Receiving Services in Other Settings

6844 Child or Youth in DFPS Conservatorship in an HCS Setting

6844.1 Child or Youth Lives in an HCS Group Home

6844.2 Child or Youth Lives in an HCS Host Home/Companion Home

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9611 Determining the Correct Resource Name for General Residential Operations (GROs)

9612 Determining the Correct Resource Name for Foster Homes

9612.1 Child Placing Agency (CPA) Homes

9612.2 FPS Foster Homes and Non-FPS Adoptive Homes Maintained by CPS

9613 Child-Specific Contract (CSC)

9614 9613 When the Name of the Foster Parent or Facility Is Not Known Resource Is Unknown or Not Found

9615 9614 When the Specific Foster Home Cannot Be Identified