Texas To Launch Integrated Coordinated Care Pilot For High-Needs Children In Foster Care

Texas plans to launch a pilot project to provide integrated coordinated care for high-needs children in foster care. On December 7, 2016, the Texas Office of the Governor’s Criminal Justice Division announced it will be entering into a partnership with the state’s Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) to launch the High Needs Conservatorship Pilot Project.

Through this project, approximately 500 of the 1,000 children in foster care housed in residential treatment centers and hospitals will be placed in less-restrictive specialty housing and wraparound care. The DFPS Child Protective Services (CPS) will be coordinating . . .