Eligibility for Foster Care Payments and Permanency Care Assistance
Child Welfare Services · Relative and Other Designated Caregiver Placement Program
See note following this section.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, a relative or other designated caregiver who becomes verified by a licensed child-placing agency to operate an agency foster home under Chapter 42, Human Resources Code, may receive foster care payments in lieu of the benefits provided by this subchapter, beginning with the first month in which the relative or other designated caregiver becomes licensed or is verified.
Official text of the Texas Family Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.
