Texas DFPS Seeks to Generate Options for Increasing Contracted Case Management Responsibilities

OPEN MINDS, The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst Industry News The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) seeks to generate options on how to increase contracted case management responsibilities to develop a pilot program as required by Senate Bill (SB) 758. The pilot program is intended to allow a private entity to provide case management services for up to five percent of CPS cases. On March 20, 2008, DFPS held a forum to gather stakeholders’ perspectives on how a successful contracted case management model could be structured and managed. The Stakeholder Forum provided an overview of . . .