TX :: Child Protective Services Handbook :: 7200 Screening Applicants for Foster Care and Adoption :: 7225 Criminal History

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Before an applicant can be verified or approved as a foster or adoptive parent, the FAD worker must complete a criminal history background check on:

 •   the applicants; and

 •   any member of the applicant's household who is age 14 or older and is not under DFPS conservatorship.

See the FAD Background Check Resource Guide.

See 7400 Checking Criminal Records and Abuse and Neglect History.


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