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TITLE 26HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 356FAMILY VIOLENCE PROGRAM
SUBCHAPTER DNONRESIDENTIAL CENTERS
DIVISION 7SERVICE DELIVERY
RULE §356.2101Nonresidential Center Services

The center must provide, at a minimum, access to the following services directly, by referral or through formal arrangements with other agencies, and have written procedures regarding these services as described in this subchapter:

  (1) 24-hour-a-day shelter;

  (2) a crisis call hotline available 24 hours a day;

  (3) emergency medical care;

  (4) intervention services, including safety planning, understanding and support, information, education, referrals, resource assistance and developing individual service plans;

  (5) emergency transportation;

  (6) legal assistance in the civil and criminal justice systems, including identifying individual needs, legal rights and legal options and providing support and accompaniment in pursuing those options;

  (7) information about educational arrangements for children;

  (8) information about training for and seeking employment; and

  (9) a referral system to existing community services.


Source Note: The provisions of this §356.2101 adopted to be effective December 23, 2007, 32 TexReg 9335; transferred effective April 1, 2024, as published in the Texas Register March 8, 2024, 49 TexReg 1507

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