(a) Definition. The Department of Family and Protective Services' (DFPS) Child Protective Services (CPS) Division provides family reunification services for families. These services are provided to families and children to:
  (1) protect the children from abuse and neglect;
  (2) help the family reduce the risk of abuse and neglect; and
  (3) make it possible for the children to return home and live there safely after DFPS has removed them and placed them in substitute care as specified in Subchapters K and M of this chapter (relating to Court-Related Services and Substitute-Care Placement Services).
(b) When a child has returned home, CPS can provide or arrange for services to:
  (1) protect the child in the parent's home;
  (2) reduce the risk of abuse and neglect; and
  (3) enable the family to function effectively without CPS assistance in the future.

Source Note: The provisions of this §700.701 adopted to be effective January 15, 1994, 18 TexReg 9200; amended to be effective May 1, 1998, 23 TexReg 3030; amended to be effective March 1, 2007, 32 TexReg 551; amended to be effective September 15, 2021, 46 TexReg 5901