CPS 3.2 in Substitute Care on August 31 by Placement Type with Demographics FY2014-2023

Children in the Custody of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS)- All children for whom DFPS legal responsibility through court ordered temporary or permanent managing conservatorship or other court ordered legal basis. These children may be residing in substitute care or may be living with a parent, referred to as a trial home visit. DFPS legal responsibility terminates when a court orders DFPS custody ended or a youth turns 18, whichever comes first.

Substitute care - all children who are living in a DFPS out of home placement. It does not include children in DFPS custody who are living with a parent on a return and monitor. Unless otherwise noted, it does include youth over 18 who are in extended foster care but are not in DFPS custody.

Kinship care- a subset of substitute care that includes all children in DFPS custody who are living with a legal or blood relative or other individual who has a significant relationship with the child or the child's family known as "fictive kin."

Foster care - all children in DFPS custody living in a placement that has been verified to provide 24-hour residential care for a child, in accordance with Chapter 42 of the Human Resources Code and related regulations. These placements include foster homes, including kinship care where the caregiver has been verified, general residential operations (GRO), emergency shelters, residential treatment centers (RTC), and juvenile facilities.

Paid foster care - a subset of foster care where DFPS is making foster care payments.

Visit https://www.dfps.texas.gov/ for information on substitute care placements and all DFPS programs

本数据集涵盖了德克萨斯州家庭与保护服务部（DFPS）监护下的所有儿童——包括那些通过法院命令获得临时或永久监护权，或其他法院命令的法律依据而由DFPS承担法律责任的儿童。这些儿童可能居住在替代监护环境中，或者与父母同住，称为试住家庭访问。当法院下令终止DFPS监护或青少年年满18岁（以先到者为准）时，DFPS的法律责任终止。

替代监护——所有居住在DFPS家庭外安置的儿童。不包括那些在监护返回和监控下与父母同住的DFPS监护儿童。除非另有说明，否则包括在扩展监护照顾下的18岁以上青少年，但他们不在DFPS监护之下。

亲属监护——替代监护的一个子集，包括所有与法律或血缘亲属或与儿童或其家庭有重要关系的个人同住的DFPS监护儿童，此类个人被称为‘虚构亲属’。

寄养监护——所有居住在经核实可提供24小时居住照顾的安置点的DFPS监护儿童，该安置点符合《人力资源法典》第42章及相关规定。这些安置点包括寄养家庭，包括经核实有照顾者的亲属监护，一般居住运营（GRO），紧急庇护所，居住治疗中心（RTC）和青少年设施。

有偿寄养监护——DFPS进行寄养监护支付的一个子集。

请访问https://www.dfps.texas.gov/获取有关替代监护安置和所有DFPS项目的详细信息。