Resources and Reports
Annual Reports
Children's Commission Annual Reports
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Bench Book
Judges Bench Book (pdf)
Budget
Budget Round Table
The 2012-2013 CPS Budget and Its Effect on Services to Families
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Caseloads
Measuring Current Judicial Workload in Texas, 2007, The National Center for State Courts
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Child Safety Resources
Child Safety: A Guide for Judges and Attorneys – Published by the American Bar Association and ACTION for Child Protection, Inc. – Developed by the National Resource Center for Child Protective Services and the National Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues
Child Safety: Basic Principles of Decision Making – PowerPoint Presentation by Timothy M. Travis at August 2010 CPS Judges Conference, presented by Texas Center for the Judiciary and sponsored by the Children's Commission ,with CIP grant funds.
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Child Welfare Certification
The National Association of Counsel for Children (NACC) offers a certification for attorneys who represent children, parents and agencies in child abuse, neglect and dependency cases that is modeled after physician board certification. (Click here to see more information on Child Welfare Law Certification).
Court Improvement Program
ACF Program Instructions
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Court Performance Measures
The Toolkit for Court Performance Measures in Child Abuse and Neglect Cases –
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
The Toolkit for Court Performance Measures in Child Abuse and Neglect Cases provides detailed guidance about court performance measures for child abuse and neglect cases and offers a general approach that can help dependency courts successfully implement a performance measurement process. The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
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Disproportionality
Bench Card to Reduce or Eliminate Disproportionality, NCJFCJ Courts Catalyzing Change (CCC)
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Functional Requirements
Functional Requirements Document Website
The functional requirements document is a detailed, interactive, web-based description of the court processes involved in child protective services cases, including timelines and multiple sub-processes. It was created to be an authoritative, comprehensive model that software developers could follow to create new case management systems or to enhance existing ones. The functional requirements document covers almost every aspect of what a CPS case management system should be able to do and the activities and tasks it should be able to perform.
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Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC)
Assessment of ICPC in Texas, 2008 Report
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Legal Representation
Child Welfare Law Certification Information
Practice Manuals
Standards of Practice
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Mediation
Child Protection Mediation in Texas: Past, Present, and Future. University of Texas School of Law, Mediation Clinic
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Notice & Engagement
Report from the December 3, 2010, Round Table on Notice and Engagement
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Orders
Children's Commisssion-Related Supreme Court of Texas Orders
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Permanency
2010 Appleseed Study
Improving the Lives of Children in Long-Term Foster Care: The Role of Texas' Courts & Legal System
2012 Appleseed Study
Texas Children in Long-Term Foster Care: Outcomes, Court Hearing Practices, and Court Costs
Report on the Harris County Child-Protection Collaborative Meeting
Discussion of barriers to permanency in Harris County child-protection cases.
Children in the Permanent Managing Conservatorship of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services,
Executive Summary from the February 18, 2010, Round Table on Permanency
Children's Commission Permanency Projects
Psychotropic Medications
Psychotropic Medication and Texas Foster Care, Report from the Children's Commission July 2012 Round Table
Psychotropic Medication Parameters
DFPS Website
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State Statistics
Texas foster care and adoption statistics, from the Department of Family and Protective Services Annual Reports and Data Books
Strategic Plan
Children's Commission Strategic Plan
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