Verified foster parents are not required to complete a new Parenting Application when they begin adoption of a foster child. Instead, the FAD worker must obtain current information from the foster family and supplement the original, out-of-date application by updating any relevant and necessary information.

Foster parents are also not required to submit to an Adoptive Home Screening. Their Foster Home Screening can instead be updated to address all adoption requirements in the Minimum Standards for Child-Placing Agencies.

Minimum Standards for Child-Placing Agencies, 40 TAC §749.3623External Link