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TITLE 40	SOCIAL SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE
PART 19	DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES
CHAPTER 700	CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER G	SERVICES FOR FAMILIES
RULE §700.701	Services to Families

(a) Definition. The Department of Family and Protective Services' (DFPS) Child Protective Services (CPS) Division provides family-based safety services and family reunification services for families. These services are provided to families and children to:

(1) protect the children from abuse and neglect;

(2) help the family reduce the risk of abuse or neglect; and

(3) either:

(A) avert the removal of the children from their home to protect them from abuse or neglect; or

(B) make it possible for the children to return home and live there safely after DFPS has removed them and placed them in substitute care as specified in Subchapters K and M of this chapter (relating to Court-Related Services and Substitute-Care Placement Services).

(b) Criteria. CPS provides family-based safety services or family reunification services when:

(1) a child in the family is at risk of abuse or neglect;

(2) the family cannot reduce the risk of abuse or neglect without CPS assistance; and

(3) CPS can provide or arrange for services to:

(A) protect the child in the home or return the child home;

(B) reduce the risk; and

(c) Family-based safety services and family reunification services. CPS's family-based safety services and family reunification services include:

(1) regular, moderate, and intensive family-based safety services; and

(2) regular, early intensive, and intensive family reunification services.

Source Note: The provisions of this §700.701 adopted to be effective January 15, 1994, 18 TexReg 9200; amended to be effective May 1, 1998, 23 TexReg 3030; amended to be effective March 1, 2007, 32 TexReg 551

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