DFPS provides substitute care services that meet the requirements
of Titles IV-B and IV-E of the Social Security Act, the Child Abuse
Prevention and Treatment Act, and the Texas Family Code, including
requirements that:
(1) a child is placed in a safe setting that is the
least restrictive (most family-like) and most appropriate setting
available, in close proximity to the parent's home when the child's
permanency goal is reunification, consistent with the best interest
and special needs of the child;
(2) a child is returned to the family from which the
child was removed whenever safe and appropriate; and
(3) when it has been determined that a child cannot
be safely reunified with the family from which the child was removed,
the child is placed in a safe and permanent placement as soon as possible,
consistent with the best interest of the child.
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