What Is Post Adoption Substitute Care?
Post Adoption Substitute Care policy offers certain adoptive families, as a final resource, the opportunity to work with Child Protective Services (CPS) so that the adopted child may temporarily come back into substitute care for mental health treatment.
In these cases, the family is able to do this without facing
a Reason to Believe (RTB) for Refusal to Assume Parental Responsibility (RAPR). The intent is for reunification in these cases.
This service provides out-of-home placement of the adoptive child when the child's:
- Therapeutic or behavioral needs cannot be met in a family setting.
- Behaviors are too dangerous to others in the home for the child to live in the home.
Who is eligible for Post Adoption Substitute Care?
The family must:
- Be residents of Texas.
- Have adopted a child directly from Child Protective Services (CPS) custody.
- Have followed through with all tasks addressed on the service plan developed with the Post Adoption Service Provider, to the extent the provider determines appropriate.
- Have exhausted all community resources, their insurance benefits, available Post Adoption Services.
For more information about Post Adoption Substitute Care Services see the Child Protective Services (CPS) Handbook 6961.
