Texas Family Code

§ 264.153 — COMMUNITY-BASED CARE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

FA § 264.153Title 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP · Part E. PROTECTION OF THE CHILD · Ch. 264. CHILD WELFARE SERVICES · Art. B-1. COMMUNITY-BASED CARE

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(a)The department shall develop and maintain a plan for implementing community-based care. The plan must:

(1)describe the department's expectations, goals, and approach to implementing community-based care;

(2)include a timeline for implementing community-based care throughout this state, any limitations related to the implementation, and a progressive intervention plan and a contingency plan to provide continuity of the delivery of foster care services and services for relative and kinship caregivers if a contract with a single source continuum contractor ends prematurely;

(3)delineate and define the case management roles and responsibilities of the department and the department's contractors and the duties, employees, and related funding that will be transferred to the contractor by the department;

(4)identify any training needs and include long-range and continuous plans for training and cross-training staff, including plans to train caseworkers using the standardized curriculum created by the human trafficking prevention task force under Section 402.035(d)(6), Government Code, as that section existed on August 31, 2017;

(5)include a plan for evaluating the costs and tasks associated with each contract procurement, including the initial and ongoing contract costs for the department and contractor;

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Legislative history

Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 825 (S.B. 1398), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2025.