SECTION 379.714. Intervention Services for Children Residing in the Shelter

A center must provide intervention services that are age-appropriate and include:

(1) procedures ensuring new child residents and/or parent residents have face-to-face contact with the designated children's staff and that this contact is documented;

(2) strategies to enhance safety, including safe use of technology;

(3) understanding and support, including:

(A) addressing needs identified by the victim; and

(B) building self-esteem, problem solving, and recognizing that the child is not responsible for the violence; and

(4) information about:

(A) possible support systems;

(B) available resources;

(C) confidentiality; and

(D) dynamics of family violence.

Source Note: The provisions of this §379.714 adopted to be effective December 23, 2007, 32 TexReg 9328; amended to be effective September 1, 2013, 38 TexReg 4309