Section 700.1335 - What is the Treatment Foster Family Care Program?(a) Treatment Foster Family Care is a program designed to provide innovative, multi-disciplinary treatment services to a child or youth in a highly-structured family home environment. (b) Caregivers who participate in the Treatment Foster Family Care Program have specialized training in providing services to children with mental health and/or socio-behavioral needs that cannot be met in traditional foster care settings, including: (1) 24-hour supervision to ensure the child's safety and sense of security, which includes frequent one-to-one monitoring with the ability to provide immediate on site response; (2) individualized, strengths-based therapeutic services and case management; (3) time-limited services which include wrap-around services designed to transition children to a permanent and stable placement; and (4) other training specified in the contract. (c) A Treatment Foster Family Care home includes:(1) one or two foster parents who are highly-trained to meet the specific needs of this child population. Single parents can participate as long as quality care can be assured;(2) a limitation of no more than two foster children at one time; and(3) other characteristics and limitations specified in the contract.(d) Child placing agencies providing Treatment Foster Family Care Services must: (1) have a 24 hour on-call crisis person available to provide in-home crisis intervention and placement stabilization services, available to the child and family; (2) a formal respite system, both routine and available upon request, when determined appropriate; (3) a standardized case load to support this population of children; and (4) other requirements specified in the contract.40 Tex. Admin. Code § 700.1335
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 42, Number 34, August 25, 2017, TexReg 4309, eff. 9/1/2017; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 47, Number 31, August 5, 2022, TexReg 4688, eff. 8/10/2022