Substitute care services are the case management services, residential care services, treatment services, and other supportive services provided to ensure the safety, well being, and permanency of a child in the conservatorship of DFPS or a young adult in extended foster care. Substitute care services include the services provided to parents, caregivers, or prospective adoptive parents to achieve the permanency plan in effect for a child.

Source Note: The provisions of this §700.1301 adopted to be effective August 1, 2012, 37 TexReg 5632