The caseworker reviews and updates the CPOS based on the following:
- The child’s legal status.
- The child’s service level.
- The child’s age.
- Any significant changes in the child’s situation.
- Qualified Residential Treatment Program (QRTP) assessment and related activities, including when a QRTP permanency team meeting (PTM) is held.
The supervisor approves each CPOS review.
If DFPS places the child with a contracted provider (such as a child placing agency or a residential treatment center), the caseworker coordinates with the provider to collaboratively update the CPOS. The caseworker participates in any service planning meetings that the provider holds.
When to Review the CPOS
The table below shows when the caseworker is required to do routine reviews of the CPOS.
Child’s Legal Status
| Service Level
| When to Review the CPOS
|
|---|---|---|
Temporary managing conservatorship (TMC)
| Any level
|
|
Permanent managing conservatorship (PMC)
| Basic
| Every 6 months
|
Permanent managing conservatorship (PMC)
| Moderate or higher
| Every 3 months
|
The table below shows when the caseworker is required to do reviews of the CPOS prior to the youth leaving conservatorship at age 18 or leaving extended foster care after age 18.
Youth’s Situation
| Earliest Acceptable Date
| Latest Acceptable Date
|
|---|---|---|
Turning 18 (whether leaving DFPS care or not)
| 90 days before the youth’s 18th birthday
| The day before the youth’s 18th birthday
|
Leaving extended foster care
| 90 days before the day the youth leaves extended foster care
| The day before the youth leaves extended foster care
|
42 U.S.C. §675(5)(H)
Also, the caseworker updates the CPOS within 30 days when either of the following occurs:
- There is a significant change in the case.
- The permanency goal changes.
The caseworker continues to review and update the CPOS as long as the child remains in DFPS conservatorship or in extended foster care. The only exception to this requirement is when both of the following apply:
- DFPS placed the child with a parent (such as when the child is in conservatorship but no longer in substitute care).
- A separate CPOS is no longer necessary because the Family Plan of Service (FPOS) addresses the child’s needs and services.
DFPS Rules, 40 TAC §700.1321(d)
See Federal Case Planning Requirements in the Permanency Planning Resource Guide.
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