TX :: Child Protective Services Handbook :: 4500 Interstate Placements :: 4526 Interstate Placement Disruption

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If an interstate placement in Texas fails and the child can no longer remain with the caregiver, the caseworker supervising the placement must:

  •   notify the Texas Interstate Compact Office (TICO) immediately; and

  •   take whatever other actions are necessary to protect the child from harm.

TICO will:

  •   contact the other state’s interstate compact office to recommend that the child return to the other state;

  •   send a closing report to the other state when the child returns to that state; and

  •   close the case.

Under the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC), the other state’s agency must reimburse DFPS for any expenses DFPS incurs in the child’s removal, temporary placement, or both. If the other state’s agency does not do so, the caseworker must contact TICO for assistance.


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