Sec. 264.125. FOSTER PARENT PILOT PROGRAM. (a) The department shall establish a pilot program to provide specialized training to foster parents of children who have been traumatized or have serious mental health needs if the department or another state agency is able to provide the training using existing resources or a local governmental entity or charitable organization is able to provide the training at no cost to the state.
(b) The department shall:
(1) establish the pilot program in a county with a population of at least 1.5 million that is within 200 miles of an international border;
(2) coordinate the specialized training as part of community-based services and support provided under a Wraparound individualized planning process for foster children as prescribed by the Texas Integrated Funding Initiative Consortium; and
(3) evaluate the pilot program not later than the second anniversary of the date the program is established.
(c) The department shall prepare a report containing the evaluation required under Subsection (b)(3) and the department's recommendations on the feasibility and continuation of the pilot program. The department shall submit electronically a copy of the report to the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives not later than December 1, 2016.
(d) This section expires September 1, 2017.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 444 (S.B. 769), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.
Redesignated from Family Code, Section 264.124 by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1236 (S.B. 1296), Sec. 21.001(19), eff. September 1, 2015.
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