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The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) announces the next two areas of the state where it will expand Community Based Care.
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Region 1 (all counties).
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Region 8B (Atascosa, Bandera, Calhoun, Comal, De Witt, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Goliad, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Jackson, Karnes, Kendall, Kerr, Kinney, La Salle, Lavaca, Maverick, Medina, Real, Uvalde, Val Verde, Victoria, Wilson, Zavala counties).
DFPS anticipates releasing a Request for Application (RFA) for Region 1 in September 2018, followed by an RFA for Region 8B in March 2019.
Community Based Care is a new way of providing foster care and case management services. It's a community-based approach to meeting the individual and unique needs of children, youth, and families. Within a geographic area, a single contractor (Single Source Continuum Contractor or SSCC) is responsible for finding foster homes or other living arrangements for children in state care and providing them a full range of services.
In 2010, DFPS began expanding the community's role to meet the challenges of serving children in foster care under Foster Care Redesign. In 2017, the Legislature directed DFPS to expand this model to include both foster care and relative or "kinship" placements, and give the SSCC sole responsibility for case management - rather than sharing that responsibility with DFPS.
As Community Based Care takes shape statewide, CPS's focus will shift to ensuring quality oversight of foster care and services for children and families. The SSCC will be responsible for case management and services that move children from foster care or kinship care into a permanent home.
This is an exciting time for DFPS and the many organizations that are working it to re-shape the foster care system. Your input and support have been critical in shaping a new foster care system and will continue to be important as we move forward.
We encourage you to submit any questions to the Community Based Care mailbox. You can learn more about Community Based Care on the DFPS website.
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