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Commissioners approve seven-year Title IV-E legal services agreement to help fund juvenile/child-welfare attorneys

5361743 ยท May 27, 2025

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Summary

Randall County approved a seven-year agreement with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) for Title IV-E legal services funding that begins Oct. 1, 2025; the contract helps pay portions of two attorneys and a legal secretary in the district attorney's office and the FY26 budget was approved.

Randall County Commissioners Court on May 27 approved a seven-year Title IV-E legal services agreement with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) covering Oct. 1, 2025, through Sept. 30, 2032, and approved the county's FY26 budget for the program.

County staff explained the Title IV-E allocation helps pay part of salaries, fringe and office expenses for two attorneys and one legal secretary in the district attorney's office who handle DFPS-related work. The contract was described as a continuation of county participation in the state program; no operating-expense items were included in the FY26 budget line presented.

Commissioners voted 4-0 to approve the contract and the FY26 budget for the Title IV-E legal-county legal services program.