DFPS Advisory Committees make recommendations to DFPS through an annual report that may guide DFPS policy or practice. Meetings are open to the public.
Upcoming Meetings
May 2, 20204 - Advisory Committee on Promoting Adoption of Minority Children
DFPS Advisory Committees
Partners for Children and Families Committee (PCFC)
- Established
- 2024
- Purpose
- To explore, study, and recommend innovative practices that affect the Texas Child Protection system. The Committee also advises the Department of Family and Protective Services, Single Source Continuum Contractors (SSCCs), and Health and Human Services on the evolution of the child protection system to its model of Community-Based Care and the impact on the child protection system at large.
- Next Meeting
- TBD
- Contact
- PCFC Mailbox
Note: The previous Public Private Partnership (PPP) Committee and the Committee on Advancing Residential Practices (CARP) were consolidated into PCFC. Meeting agendas and information from the prior committees are available in the PPP archive and the CARP archive.
Advisory Committee on Promoting Adoption of Minority Children (ACPAMC)
- Established
- 1997
- Purpose
- The ACPAMC works locally and at the state level to raise awareness of the needs of minority children in all stages of service.
It's purpose is:
(1) To make recommendations to the Department through regularly scheduled meetings and Department staff assigned to the committee.
(2) To perform other tasks consistent with the committee's purpose that are requested by the Commissioner.
(3) To report to the Department at least annually on the committee's recommendations for Department programs and projects that will promote the adoption of and provision of services to minority children. - Next Meeting
- May 2, 2024
- Time
- 2:00 p.m. CST
- Location
-
Holman Street Baptist Church
3501 Holman Street
Houston, TX 77004 - Agenda
- TBD
- Contact
- Sharibeth Niehaus
Previous meeting agendas, minutes, and presentations are available in the ACPAMC archive.
Parent Collaboration Group
- Established
- 2002
- Purpose
- Responds to priority (3) in the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) Amendments which improves the Child Protective Service System of the State case management, ongoing case monitoring, and delivery of services and treatment provided to children and their families.
- Next Meeting
- TBD
- Contact
- DeShaun Ealoms, Kenneth Thompson
Youth Leadership Council (YLC)
- Established
- 1995
- Purpose
- Includes two youth or young adults (ages 16 to 21) per region, giving youth who are, or were in foster care a forum to address issues that affect children and youth.
- Next Meeting
- TBD
- Contact
- Charles Batiste or Victoria Rodriguez
Also see the Texas Health and Human Services Advisory Committees.