| (a) DFPS will collaborate with the Ombudsman For Children
and Youth in Foster Care to develop and implement an annual outreach
plan to promote awareness of the office among children and youth in
the conservatorship of DFPS.
(b) DFPS will provide the Ombudsman For Children and
Youth in Foster Care with access to DFPS records relating to the complaint,
cooperate with the office in responding to questions that the Ombudsman
may have regarding the complaint, and provide information requested
by the office in order to assist in resolving complaints.
(c) DFPS will cooperate with the Ombudsman for Children
and Youth in Foster Care to create consequences, based on the circumstances
of the complaint and the severity of the retaliation, for any person
who is found to have retaliated against a child or youth in the conservatorship
of DFPS because of a complaint made to the Ombudsman.
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