In order for a permanency care assistance (PCA) application packet to be complete, the caseworker must:

  •  ensure that the caregiver completes the following forms timely and accurately:

Form 2115Word Document Request for Permanency Care Assistance

Form 2116Word Document Permanency Care Assistance Worksheet

Form 2118Word Document Kinship Family Resources

  •  complete the application for permanency care assistance in IMPACT, and submit it electronically to the adoption assistance eligibility specialist for that region;

  •  complete the checklist and packet for permanency care assistance and obtain a supervisor’s approval confirming that the checklist and packet are complete;

  •  forward the complete packet for permanency care assistance within five calendar days after the application is entered in IMPACT; and

  •  send to the appropriate eligibility unit the complete checklist and packet.

The complete checklist and packet includes:

  •  Proof of age and citizenship (for more information on methods of determining age and citizenship, see 1530 Foster Care Assistance Eligibility Requirements for Children and Youth Who Are in DFPS Conservatorship)

  •  Verification of alien status, when the child is not a U.S. citizen

  •  Form 2115 Permanency Care Assistance Request, Form 2116 Permanency Care Assistance Worksheet, and Form 2118 Kinship Family Resources

  •  A copy of the initial court order appointing CPS as temporary managing conservator

  •  The signed and dated copy of the first petition resulting in the court ordering removal of the child from the home

  •  The approved FAD home screening or the private child-placing agency’s foster home screening

  •  Copies of all background check documentation, including:

  •  a copy of the FBI fingerprint-based criminal records checks of the National Crime Information Database,

  •  a copy of the name-based criminal records check from the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS),

  •  copies of records checks from local or out-of-state law enforcement, and

  •  a copy of the results from the Child Abuse and Neglect Registry check, which can be requested from the foster and adoption home development (FAD) caseworker or from the case manager of the private child-placing agency.