map Region 1 includes Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Collingsworth, Crosby, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Floyd, Garza, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill, Hockley, Hutchinson, King, Lamb, Lipscomb, Lubbock, Lynn, Moore, Motley, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, Terry, Wheeler, and Yoakum counties Region 2 includes Archer, Baylor, Brown, Callahan, Clay, Coleman, Comanche, Cottle, Eastland, Fisher, Foard, Hardeman, Haskell, Jack, Jones, Kent, Knox, Mitchell, Montague, Nolan, Runnels, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Stonewall, Taylor, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, and Young counties Region 3 includes Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Erath, Fannin, Grayson, Hood, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Navarro, Palo Pinto, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell, Tarrant, and Wise counties Region 4 includes Anderson, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Delta, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison, Henderson, Hopkins, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Panola, Rains, Red River, Rusk, Smith, Titus, Upshur, Van Zandt, and Wood counties Region 5 includes Angelina, Hardin, Houston, Jasper, Jefferson, Nacogdoches, Newton, Orange, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Trinity, and Tyler counties Region 6 includes Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Matagorda, Montgomery, Walker, Waller, and Wharton counties Region 7 includes Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brazos, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, Coryell, Falls, Fayette, Freestone, Grimes, Hamilton, Hays, Hill, Lampasas, Lee, Leon, Limestone, Llano, Madison, McLennan, Milam, Mills, Robertson, San Saba, Travis, Washington, and  Williamson counties Region 8 includes Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Calhoun, Comal, DeWitt, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Gillespie, Goliad, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Jackson, Karnes, Kendall, Kerr, Kinney, La Salle, Lavaca, Maverick, Medina, Real, Uvalde, Val Verde, Victoria, Wilson, and Zavala counties Region 9 includes Andrews, Borden, Coke, Concho, Crane, Crockett, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock, Howard, Irion, Kimble, Loving, Martin, Mason, McCulloch, Menard, Midland, Pecos, Reagan, Reeves, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton, Terrell, Tom Green, Upton, Ward, and Winkler counties Region 10 includes Brewster, Culberson, El Paso, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, and Presidio counties Region 11 includes Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Cameron, Duval, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kleberg, Live Oak, McMullen, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Starr, Webb, Willacy, and Zapata counties

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Calendar of Recruitment Events

Please click your location on the map, or use the links below, to find DFPS job fairs in your area. We look forward to your application.

Regional Mail Boxes

RegionContact Email
01DFPSRegion01TAG@dfps.texas.gov
02DFPSRegion02TAG@dfps.texas.gov
03REGION03TAG@dfps.texas.gov
04/05DFPSREGION0405TAG@dfps.texas.gov
06DFPSREGION06TAG@dfps.texas.gov
07DFPSRegion07TAG@dfps.texas.gov
08DFPSSouthTAG@dfps.texas.gov
09DFPSRegion09TAG@dfps.texas.gov
10DFPSRegion10TAG@dfps.texas.gov
11DFPSSouthTAG@dfps.texas.gov

Northwest District (Regions 1, 2, 9, 10)

Region 1

None at this time

Region 2

None at this time

Region 9

None at this time

Region 10

None at this time

Arlington District (Region 3)

Child Protective Investigators Virtual Hiring Fair

Date: May 9, 2024
Time: 8:30 a.m. information session (same day interviews for qualified applicants)
Location: statewide
RSVP: REGION03TAG@dfps.texas.gov


East District (Regions 4 & 5)

Region 4

None at this time

Region 5

None at this time


Houston District (Region 6)

Child Protective Investigations - Alternative Response and Bilingual Virtual Hiring Fair (6A-Houston only)

Date: April 25, 2024
Time: 8:30 a.m. information session (same day interviews for qualified applicants)
Location: statewide
RSVP: DFPSREGION06TAG@dfps.texas.gov

Child Protective Services Conservatorship Virtual Hiring Fair

Date: May 23, 2024
Time: 8:30 a.m. information session (same day interviews for qualified applicants)
Location: statewide
RSVP: DFPSREGION06TAG@dfps.texas.gov

Child Protective Services Conservatorship Virtual Hiring Fair

Date: June 12, 2024
Time: 8:30 a.m. information session (same day interviews for qualified applicants)
Location: statewide
RSVP: DFPSREGION06TAG@dfps.texas.gov


Central District (Region 7)

Child Protective Investigator Virtual Hiring Fair

Dates: April 30, 2024
Time: 8:30 a.m. information session (same day interviews for qualified applicants)
Location: statewide
RSVP: DFPSRegion07TAG@dfps.texas.gov

Child Protective Services Conservatorship Virtual Hiring Fair

Dates: May 23, 2024
Time: 8:30 a.m. information session (same day interviews for qualified applicants)
Location: statewide
RSVP: DFPSRegion07TAG@dfps.texas.gov

Mega Career Fair

Dates: June 11, 2024
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Location: Lone Star Conference Center, Ft. Cavazos

Summer Surge Hiring Event

Dates: August 13, 2024
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Location: Cadence Bank Center (Bell County Expo Center)   

Red, White & You Hiring Event

Dates: November 5, 2024
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Location: Lone Star Conference Center, Ft. Cavazos


South District (Regions 8 & 11)

Region 8

Child Protective Services Conservatorship Virtual Hiring Fair

Dates: May 23, 2024
Time: 8:30 a.m. information session (same day interviews for qualified applicants)
Location: statewide
RSVP: DFPSSouthTAG@dfps.texas.gov

Child Protective Services Conservatorship Virtual Hiring Fair

Dates: June 12, 2024
Time: 8:30 a.m. information session (same day interviews for qualified applicants)
Location: statewide
RSVP: DFPSSouthTAG@dfps.texas.gov

Region 11

None at this time