TX :: Child Protective Services Handbook :: 4100 The Placement Process :: 4136 Provide Additional Documentation

The caseworker must provide the following additional documents and information to the new caregiver at the time of placement or within 72 hours:

  • For initial placements and placements into DFPS foster homes, provide Form 2530 CPS Rights of Children and Youth in Foster Care and upload the signed document into the Foster Care Bill of Rights tab in OneCase. See 6420 Rights of Children and Youth in Foster Care.
  • Medicaid card, STAR Health ID card, and other medical documents.
  • Education portfolio.
  • The child or youth’s background information.
  • Assessments and evaluations of the child or youth, including the child or youth’s diagnostic assessment, educational assessment, neurological assessment, and psychiatric or psychological evaluation.
  • Information about any juvenile or adult criminal issues regarding the child or youth.
  • An updated medical and developmental history.

See the Placement Consultation Protocol [sic, intranet link] page in the CPS section of the DFPS intranet.



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