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DFPS: community‑based care rollout continues; agency uses temporary stabilization sites to reduce children‑without‑placement numbers
Summary
DFPS told lawmakers that staged community‑based care implementation is proceeding, but older youth with behavioral‑health and juvenile‑justice histories remain the largest group counted as "children without placement."
NOTE: (Shortened because of schema size limits) DFPS Commissioner Stephanie Muth told the House Appropriations Committee the agency is continuing the staged rollout of community‑based care (CBC) and outlined measures to address “children without placement” (youth the agency has custody of but for whom it has not obtained a placement after the second night).
Community‑based care progress Muth said CBC is implemented in multiple catchment areas and that the department uses a three‑stage readiness model: Stage 1 (placement responsibility), Stage 2 (case management responsibility), and Stage 3 (performance‑based contracting with remedies and incentives). She said most contracted areas are moving through the stages and that contract awards for certain…
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