1. (a) Benefits under the Strengthening Families Through Enhanced In-Home Support Program are subject to Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) approval and must be used:

   1. (1) to promote family stability;
   2. (2) to accomplish one or more of the objectives that are identified in the family's Plan of Service;
   3. (3) to prevent removal of the child from the home or speed reunification of the child with the family; and

   4. (4) for one or more of the following purposes:

      1. (A) protect the safety of the child;
      2. (B) meet the child's needs;
      3. (C) relieve family stress; or
      4. (D) enhance family strengths and functioning.

2. (b) To be eligible to receive benefits under the program, a family must:

   1. (1) be recommended by DFPS staff to receive Family Based Safety Services or Family Reunification Services and the family must agree to the services;
   2. (2) have the child living in the home or have a family service plan that recommends the child be returned to the home within 180 days;
   3. (3) have a household income at or below 200% of the federal poverty guidelines;
   4. (4) be the subject of a DFPS investigation in which it is determined that neglect is a primary problem for the family;
   5. (5) be a parent by blood, marriage, or adoption or a managing conservator of the child who is the victim of or at risk of neglect;
   6. (6) have an identified problem in the home environment or family that contributed to neglect and can be remedied or mitigated by benefits available under this program; and
   7. (7) have a member that meets applicable citizenship and immigration status requirements.
3. (c) DFPS may specify in policy procedures for the provision of benefits under this program.

Source Note:The provisions of this §700.1807 adopted to be effective May 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 3291.