News Report | September 21, 2020
Texas Expanding Community-Based Child Welfare To 27 Southern Counties
The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) is expanding its child welfare Community-Based Care (CBC) model to the 27 counties surrounding San Antonio. Under the CBC model, DFPS will select a provider organization to be the single source continuum contractor (SSCC) to oversee foster and kinship care placement, case management, and reunification services in the region. The initial contract term will run for 60 months. DFPS retains the option to renew for one additional 60-month term.
On September 1, 2020, DFPS released a request for applications (RFA HHS0009018) for Region 8b, which includes all counties in . . .