The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) runs CSCAL, an automated program that helps DFPS find families that move and cannot be located, for purposes of:

• Investigating a report of child abuse or neglect.
• Alternative response.
• Providing protective services to a family receiving family-based support services.
• Providing, in limited circumstances, protective services to the family of a child who is in the managing conservatorship of DFPS.

Texas Family Code §261.3022

The CSCAL designation is displayed as Special Handling on the Case Summary page as “Child Safety Check Alert List.” In addition to the CSCAL designation, a red sunburst may also be present in case history, indicating the case is also UTC. When a case reflects both designations, the intake specialist follows CSCAL procedures.