Section 700.1337 - What is the Temporary Emergency Placement (TEP) Program?(a) The Temporary Emergency Placement Program is designed to provide highly-structured quality residential care and services when DFPS encounters high needs children for whom the Department is working to identify a safe and suitable longer-term placement to meet their unique needs. (b) Caregivers who participate in the Temporary Emergency Treatment Program have specialized training in providing services to children with mental health, socio-behavioral needs and medical needs, including 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 and any other training requirement specified in contract. (c) Contractors providing services through the Temporary Emergency Placement Program must: (1) have experience providing residential-child care services to high needs children; (2) reserve placement slots for the exclusive use of properly referred children determined eligible for the TEP program by DFPS; (3) be prepared to admit children who might require TEP services at any time, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year; (4) accept all properly referred children up to a predetermined number of placements as outlined in the contract with DFPS; and (5) comply with all required terms and conditions set forth in the contract with DFPS.40 Tex. Admin. Code § 700.1337
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 42, Number 34, August 25, 2017, TexReg 4309, eff. 9/1/2017