| (a) The Temporary Emergency Placement Program is designed
to provide highly-structured quality residential care and services
when DFPS encounters high needs children for whom the Department is
working to identify a safe and suitable longer-term placement to meet
their unique needs.
(b) Caregivers who participate in the Temporary Emergency
Treatment Program have specialized training in providing services
to children with mental health, socio-behavioral needs and medical
needs, including 24-hour supervision to ensure the child's safety
and sense of security, which includes frequent one-to-one monitoring
with the ability to provide immediate on site response and any other
training requirement specified in contract.
(c) Contractors providing services through the Temporary
Emergency Placement Program must:
(1) have experience providing residential-child care
services to high needs children;
(2) reserve placement slots for the exclusive use of
properly referred children determined eligible for the TEP program
by DFPS;
(3) be prepared to admit children who might require
TEP services at any time, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year;
(4) accept all properly referred children up to a predetermined
number of placements as outlined in the contract with DFPS; and
(5) comply with all required terms and conditions set
forth in the contract with DFPS.
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