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Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. Carey Cockerell. Adult Protective Services Child Protective Services Child Care Licensing Prevention and Early Intervention.

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Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

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  1. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Carey Cockerell

  2. Adult Protective Services Child Protective Services Child Care Licensing Prevention and Early Intervention Mission: to protect children, the elderly, and people with disabilities from abuse, neglect, and exploitation by involving clients, families and communities. 6,800 DFPS employees in more than 249 offices We protect the unprotected. We involve clients, families and communities in decision-making. We provide quality services. We are innovative and strive for excellence. We are ethical and accountable. We promote diversity. We value our staff. About DFPS

  3. Child Protective Services • Provides services to children and families in their own homes; • Places children in foster care; • Provides services to help youth in foster care make the transition to adulthood • Places children in adoptive homes.

  4. Abuse and Neglect • Abuse is mental, emotional, physical, or sexual injury to a child or failure to prevent such injury to a child • Neglect - (1) failure to provide a child with food, clothing, shelter and/or medical care (2) leaving a child in a situation where the child is at risk of harm. • Child abuse and neglect are AGAINST the law in Texas, and so is FAILURE to report it. • 48 hours -Texas Department of Family and Protective Services OR to a law enforcement agency.

  5. Signs of Abuse • Physical • Neglect • Sexual

  6. Possible Outcomes of Investigations • Court decides whether the parent-child relationship will be terminated? • Parents (early prevention) • Texas Families: Together and Safe (TFTS) • Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP) • Services to At-Risk Youth (STAR) • CPS and the family cannot resolve the safety issues • Child/Children be placed? • appropriate non-custodial parent or relative • permanent families = Adoption is a permanent lifelong commitment to a child.

  7. Keeping Children Safe Campaign • Look Before You Leave campaign: cars are not babysitters • The Baby Moses Law and Designated Emergency Infant Care Providers • Shaken Baby Syndrome and Sudden Infant Death (SIDS) • Child Abuse Prevention Coloring Book

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