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TITLE 40 | SOCIAL SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE |
PART 19 | DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES |
CHAPTER 700 | CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES |
SUBCHAPTER J | ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR RELATIVES AND OTHER CAREGIVERS |
DIVISION 2 | PERMANENCY CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM |
RULE §700.1035 | Do the same standards apply to relatives of a child who apply to become a foster parent as any other person who applies to become a foster parent? |
Title IV-E of the federal Social Security Act requires that a state's child-care licensing agency apply the same standards to relatives who choose to become a foster parent as it applies to non-relatives, with the exception that the child-care licensing agency may, on a case-by-case basis, waive a non-safety related standard with respect to a relative child in care. |
Source Note: The provisions of this §700.1035 adopted to be effective March 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 878 |