The permanency plan addresses the efforts made by DFPS to achieve the permanency goals. DFPS documents efforts to achieve permanency for a child in the:

•  reviews of the Child’s Plan of Service (see 6241.22 [sic, broken link]Review of Child’s Plan of Service). The worker should share the Child’s Plan of Service with the Child’s Attorney Ad Litem, the Child’s Guardian Ad Litem, the parents, the parent’s attorneys and the Court;
•  Permanency Report to the Court – Temporary Managing Conservatorship, which is completed for permanency hearings before final order (see 5530 [sic, broken link] Permanency Hearings for Children Under Temporary DFPS Conservatorship); and 
• Permanency Report to the Court – Permanent Managing Conservatorship, which is completed for permanency hearings after final order (see 5580 [sic, broken link] Permanency Hearings After Final Orders for Children Under DFPS Permanent Managing Conservatorship (PMC)).DFPS ensures that the information in IMPACT is accurate and updated promptly, particularly the permanency goals, legal status, placement information, and child characteristics. 

Section 475 of Title IV-E of the Social Security Act (SSA) requires each state that receives Title IV-E funds for substitute-care services to establish (i), in consultation with the parents and their attorneys if they are represented by counsel, a written case plan for each child in substitute care and (ii) a case review system. Both requirements are set forth below: 

42 U.S.C. §675 & 45 C.F.R.§1356.21(g)

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