What is the role and function of Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (TDFPS), Child Protective Services (CPS), Youth for Tomorrow (YFT) and Covenant Kids (CK)?
Child Protective Services is the division of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services that investigates allegations of abuse and neglect of children and determines whether the home environment is safe for that child. CPS becomes the Managing Conservator (legal guardian) once a child is removed from the biological home. Each child is assigned a CPS caseworker who continues to monitor the child while in a private agency home. The CPS caseworker is responsible for the legal portion of the child’s case and for working with the biological family of the child. When a child requires a Basic level of care, CPS may choose to place that child in a CPS-verified foster home. When a child requires a therapeutic foster home, however, CPS utilizes foster homes through a private agency, such as Covenant Kids. Covenant Kids is licensed through the state as a private agency. We are responsible for maintaining and monitoring our foster and adoptive homes to the standards of the state. Coven
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