SECTION 700.1807. What are the eligibility requirements?

(a) Benefits under the Strengthening Families Through Enhanced In-Home Support Program are subject to Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) approval and must be used:

(1) to promote family stability;

(2) to accomplish one or more of the objectives that are identified in the family's Plan of Service;

(3) to prevent removal of the child from the home or speed reunification of the child with the family; and

(4) for one or more of the following purposes:

(A) protect the safety of the child;

(B) meet the child's needs;

(C) relieve family stress; or

(D) enhance family strengths and functioning.

(b) To be eligible to receive benefits under the program, a family must:

(1) be recommended by DFPS staff to receive Family Based Safety Services or Family Reunification Services and the family must agree to the services;

(2) have the child living in the home or have a family service plan that recommends the child be returned to the home within 180 days;

(3) have a household income at or below 200% of the federal poverty guidelines;

(4) be the subject of a DFPS investigation in which it is determined that neglect is a primary problem for the family;

(5) be a parent by blood, marriage, or adoption or a managing conservator of the child who is the victim of or at risk of neglect;

(6) have an identified problem in the home environment or family that contributed to neglect and can be remedied or mitigated by benefits available under this program; and

(7) have a member that meets applicable citizenship and immigration status requirements.

(c) DFPS may specify in policy procedures for the provision of benefits under this program.

Source Note: The provisions of this §700.1807 adopted to be effective May 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 3291