Handbook Revision, May 10, 2021
These revisions of the Child Protective Services Handbook were published on May 10, 2021.
On September 1, 2017, the investigations branch of CPS became a separate division named Child Protective Investigations (CPI). Until CPI develops its own policy handbook, investigation policies and procedures will remain in the CPS handbook.
See:
Child Protective Services Revisions
Child Protective Investigations Revisions
Child Protective Services Revisions
Accounting Information (PATS 13027)
This handbook revision updates policy relating to foster care payments and managing children’s income.
See:
1550 DFPS Accounting Staff Information and Responsibilities
1551 Foster Care Maintenance Payments
1551.1 Rates for DFPS Foster Care Maintenance Payments
1551.2 Participation in the Paid Foster Care Program
1551.3 Effective Dates of Foster Care Maintenance Payments
1552 Payment for Foster Care
1553 Recoupment of Foster Care Maintenance Overpayment
1553.1 Basic Recoupment
1553.2 Manual Recoupment
1553.21 Review of the Invoice Recoupment Report
1553.22 Manual Recoupment Process
1553.23 Provider Responds within 30 Days
1553.24 Documenting Receipt of Payment (State Office)
1553.25 When Payment is Not Received within 30 Days
1553.26 Provider Does Not Respond Within 30 Days
1553.3 Notifying Notification to Providers of Recoupment that Exceeds 50 Percent of Next Payment
1553.31 Extreme Hardship and Repayment Plans
1553.4 When Not to Initiate Recoupment Procedures
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1570 Supplemental Security Income (SSI) for Children in Foster Care
1571 Effect of SSI Eligibility on Title IV-E Foster Care
1572 Effect of SSI Eligibility on State-Paid Foster Care
1573 Effect of SSI Eligibility on MAO Foster Care
1574 SSI Applications for Youth Aging Out of Care
1575 Placement in Home and Community-based Services (HCS) Placement Homes
1575.1 SSI Coordinator and Foster Care Eligibility Specialist Responsibilities
1575.11 If the Child’s SSI Benefits are Active
1575.12 If the Child’s SSI Benefits are Suspended by SSA
1575.13 If the Child Never Had SSI Benefits or SSA Denies Benefits After Suspension They Were Suspended by DFPS
1575.2 Medical Assistance Only (MAO) Eligibility in HCS Placements
1576 Child-Specific Contract Placements
1577 Establishing a Dedicated Account Using a Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Lump Sum
1578 Money Earned by Foster Children From Full- or Part-Time Employment
1579 Third-Party Resources for Medical Care Services
1579.1 Third-Party Payers
1579.2 Reporting Third-Party Payers
1580 Managing a Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or RSDI Lump Sum for a Child Receiving SSI
1581 Managing SSI and RSDI Lump Sums
1581.1 Dedicated SSI Account
1581.2 Approvals for Lump Sum Expenditures
1581.3 Nine-Month Exclusion Period for SSI and RSDI Lump Sums
1581.4 Conserved Funds From Prior Payee
1581.5 Returning Conserved Funds to SSA
1581.6 Receipt and Deposit of SSI Lump Sum
1581.7 SSI Overpayments
1582 Use and Conservation of SSI and RSDI Lump Sums for Children Receiving SSI
1582.1 Step 1: Consider the Appropriate Needs of the Child
1582.11 Expenditure Request Form
1582.2 Step 2: Maintain Funds in a Savings Account
1582.3 Step 3: Apply Balance to Nine Months’ Cost of Care
1582.4 Step 4: Determine If There Will Be Excess Funds
1583 Child Receiving SSI Not in Paid DFPS Care
1583.1 Child Receiving SSI Is Not in DFPS Paid Placement
1583.2 Child Resides With a Kinship Caregiver or Other Unpaid Caretaker
1584 How Monthly Payments are Distributed
1584.1 Child Resides With a Kinship Caregiver or Other Unpaid Caretaker
1584.2 Child is in an Adoptive Placement
1584.21 Child is Eligible for Adoption Assistance AA Payments and Receives SSI Only or Both SSI, and RSDI, or Other Monthly Payments
1584.22 Child is Eligible for AA Payments and Receives RSDI or Another a Monthly Payment but Does Not Receive SSI from Another Source (Non-SSI Child)
1584.23 Child is Not Eligible for Adoption Assistance AA Payments and Receives SSI, RSDI or Other Monthly Payments from Another Source
1584.3 Child Returns to Parents
1584.4 Child is No Longer in DFPS Conservatorship
1585 Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Reports
1585.1 SSI Tracking Report
1585.2 17-Year-Old SSI Report
1585.3 SSA Change Reports
Child Protective Investigations Revisions
Making a Referral to the Forensic Assessment Center Network (PATS 13487)
This handbook revision moves policy about making a referral to the Forensic Assessment Center Network. It is now a subsection under 2230 Investigation Tasks.
This is an effort to better organize CPI policy. The policy did not change.
See:
2232 2137 Making a Referral to the Forensic Assessment Center Network