An unannounced home visit is considered complete when there has been an unscheduled face-to-face contact in the home with at least:
• one primary caregiver; and
• all children placed in the home who are involved in a DFPS case.
An unannounced home visit must also include a complete walk-through of the home.
The announced home visits must not be conducted in back-to-back months, but rather spread out over the 12 month period.
Type of Foster Home: | Total Number of Home Visits Required (a combination of announced and unannounced): | Number of Unannounced Home Visits Required During Each Nonconsecutive 12 month period: | Frequency of Visits During Which All Household Members Must Be Present: |
|---|---|---|---|
Foster home verified for placement of children age 3 and younger (verified more than 12 months) | At least 10 monthly home visits per 12 month period | Three | Quarterly |
Foster Group Home or Treatment Service Home, such as a primary medical need (PMN) | At least 10 monthly home visits per 12 month period | Three | Quarterly |
Foster home verified for placement of children age 4 and older (verified more than 12 months) | Every other month (a minimum of 6 announced and unannounced home visits per 12 month period) Phone or email contact is required on months with no visit | Two | Twice a year |
Pre Consummated adoptive home with adoptive placement | Every other month (a minimum of 6 announced and unannounced home visits per 12 month period) Phone or email contact is required on months with no visit | Two | Twice a year |
Home on Developmental Plan or Corrective Action (due to non-compliance or investigation) | Minimum of monthly visits until conditions of plans are satisfied. Weekly to bimonthly visits may be necessary | Within 30 days of the plan's expiration | Quarterly |
The FAD worker must complete Form 2056 [sic, broken link]PDF Document Foster Care and Adoption Supervisory Visit Documentation each time he or she conducts a supervisory visit to a foster home. This form must include:
• the date of the visit;
• the location of the visit;
• the names of all persons who were present during the visit; and
• the signature of the FAD worker conducting the visit and the signature of each foster parent present.
The FAD worker must maintain detailed documentation of supervisory visits in IMPACT.
If a foster home is available for placement but does not currently have any children placed in the home, the FAD worker still must continue to maintain all required monitoring and supervisory visits. The FAD worker is not required to monitor, or have supervisory visits with, a home that is placed on inactive status.
Minimum Standards for Child-Placing Agencies, 40 Texas Administrative Code (TAC) §749.2807-749.2819External Link
See:
7613 Foster Family Quarterly Assessment
7613.1 Times Frames for Documenting the Quarterly Assessment
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