Texas Family Code Title 5, Chapter 265 - Prevention And Early Intervention Services
SUBCHAPTER A PREVENTION AND EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES
- Texas Section 265.001 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Department" means the Department of Family and Protective Services. (2) "Division" means the prevention and early intervention services division within the...
- Texas Section 265.002 - Prevention And Early Intervention Services Division
(a) The department shall operate a division to provide services for children in at-risk situations and for the families of those children and to achieve...
- Texas Section 265.003 - Consolidation Of Programs
(a) In order to implement the duties provided in Section 265.002, the department shall consolidate into the division programs with the goal of providing early...
- Texas Section 265.004 - Use Of Evidence-based Programs For At-risk Families
(a) To the extent that money is appropriated for the purpose, the department shall fund evidence-based programs, including parenting education, home visitation, family support services,...
- Texas Section 265.005 - Strategic Plan
(a) The department shall develop and implement a five-year strategic plan for prevention and early intervention services. Not later than September 1 of the last...
SUBCHAPTER B CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT PRIMARY PREVENTION PROGRAMS
- Texas Section 265.006 - Prohibition On Use Of Agency Name Or Logo
The department may not allow the use of the department's name or identifying logo or insignia on forms or other materials related to the department's...
- Texas Section 265.051 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Children's trust fund" means a child abuse and neglect primary prevention program. (2) "Primary prevention" means services and activities available to...
- Texas Section 265.052 - Child Abuse And Neglect Primary Prevention Programs
(a) The department shall operate the children's trust fund to: (1) set policy, offer resources for community primary prevention programs, and provide information and education...
- Texas Section 265.053 - Administrative And Other Costs
(a) Administrative costs under this subchapter during any fiscal year may not exceed an amount equal to 50 percent of the interest credited to the...
- Texas Section 265.054 - Child Abuse And Neglect Prevention Trust Fund Account
(a) The child abuse and neglect prevention trust fund account is an account in the general revenue fund. Money in the trust fund is dedicated...
- Texas Section 265.055 - Department Operating Fund Account
(a) The operating fund is an account in the general revenue fund. (b) Administrative and other costs allowed in Section 265.053 shall be taken from...
- Texas Section 265.056 - Contributions
(a) The department may solicit contributions from any appropriate source. (b) Any other contributions for child abuse and neglect primary prevention or other prevention and...
SUBCHAPTER C PARENTING EDUCATION
- Texas Section 265.057 - Community Youth Development Grants
(a) Subject to available funding, the department shall award community youth development grants to communities identified by incidence of crime. The department shall give priority...
- Texas Section 265.101 - Parenting Education Programs
(a) A parenting education program provided by the department must be an evidence-based program or a promising practice program described by this section. (b) An...
- Texas Section 265.102 - Outcomes Of Evidence-based Parenting Education
The department shall ensure that a parenting education program provided under this chapter achieves favorable behavioral outcomes in at least two of the following areas:...
- Texas Section 265.103 - Evaluation Of Evidence-based Parenting Education
(a) The department shall adopt outcome indicators to measure the effectiveness of parenting education programs provided under this chapter in achieving desired outcomes. (b) The...
- Texas Section 265.1035 - Initial Report
Sec. 265.1035. INITIAL REPORT. (a) Not later than December 1, 2016, the department shall prepare and submit a report on state-funded parenting education programs to...
- Texas Section 265.104 - Reports To Legislature
(a) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, the department shall prepare and submit a report on state-funded parenting education programs to the...
SUBCHAPTER C NURSE-FAMILY PARTNERSHIP COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM
- Texas Section 265.105 - Rules
The executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission may adopt rules as necessary to implement this subchapter. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg.,...
- Texas Section 265.101 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Competitive grant program" means the nurse-family partnership competitive grant program established under this subchapter. (2) "Partnership program" means a nurse-family partnership...
- Texas Section 265.102 - Operation Of Nurse-family Partnership Competitive Grant Program
(a) The department shall operate a nurse-family partnership competitive grant program through which the department will award grants for the implementation of nurse-family partnership programs,...
- Texas Section 265.103 - Partnership Program Requirements
A partnership program funded through a grant awarded under this subchapter must: (1) strictly adhere to the program model developed by the Nurse-Family Partnership National...
- Texas Section 265.104 - Application
(a) A public or private entity, including a county, municipality, or other political subdivision of this state, may apply for a grant under this subchapter....
- Texas Section 265.105 - Additional Considerations In Awarding Grants
In addition to the factors described by Sections 265.102(b) and 265.103, in determining whether to award a grant to an applicant under this subchapter, the...
- Texas Section 265.106 - Partnership Program Standards
The executive commissioner, with the assistance of the Nurse-Family Partnership National Service Office, shall adopt standards for the partnership programs funded under this subchapter. The...
- Texas Section 265.107 - Use Of Awarded Grant Funds
The grant funds awarded under this subchapter may be used only to cover costs related to implementing or expanding and operating a partnership program, including...
- Texas Section 265.108 - State Nurse Consultant
Using money appropriated for the competitive grant program, the department shall hire or contract with a state nurse consultant to assist grant recipients with implementing...
- Texas Section 265.109 - Program Monitoring And Evaluation; Annual Committee Reports
(a) The department, with the assistance of the Nurse-Family Partnership National Service Office, shall: (1) adopt performance indicators that are designed to measure a grant...
- Texas Section 265.110 - Competitive Grant Program Funding
(a) The department shall actively seek and apply for any available federal funds, including federal Medicaid and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds, to...
Last modified: September 28, 2016