The DFPS Partners for Children and Families Committee (PCFC) will meet on November 13, 2025.



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Texas Department of Family and Protective Services



Partners for Children and Families Committee
Meets November 13



The DFPS Partners for Children and Families Committee will meet on Thursday, November 13, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. CST in the *Brown Heatly Public Hearing Room*, located at:

4900 N. Lamar Blvd.
Austin, Texas 78751

A livestream [ [link removed] ] will be available for those who wish to attend virtually.

You may download the meeting agenda [ [link removed] ] and register for to appear before the committee [ [link removed] ] on the DFPS website.

Apply to be on Partners for Children and Families Committee and/or Subcommittees

The Department of Family and Protective Services is accepting applications for the Partners for Children and Families Committee (PCFC). The committee works with DFPS to improve and strengthen the Texas child protection system. PCFC also advises DFPS, Single Source Continuum Contractors (SSCCs), and Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) on the evolution of the child protection system to its model of Community-Based Care and the impact on the child protection system at large.

The DFPS Commissioner will appoint members to PCFC to serve a term expiring May 1, 2030.

DFPS is also looking for stakeholders to serve on one of the six PCFC subcommittees with terms to expire August 1, 2030:


* Community Based Care
* Placement
* Contract Oversight and Regulatory
* Foster Care and Kinship Policy
* Intake and Investigations
* Services and Support

DFPS is seeking Texans with the following qualifications:


* Members must have demonstrated a commitment to the children, youth, and families of Texas and have knowledge of and experience with the Texas foster care system.
* Members should attend and participate in meetings.
* Members may be removed for excessive absences as determined by Committee consensus.
* Except as may be necessary to stagger terms, a member serves for a two-year term and may be appointed for additional terms at the Commissioner's discretion.

A committee member must regularly participate in committee meetings and may also have to participate in projects and presentations. Committee meetings will be held in Austin about once every three months or at the call of the presiding officer.  The subcommittees will meet virtually at the call of the subcommittee chair. The subcommittee chairs are selected from core PCFC membership. "Travel expenses to advisory committee meetings, subcommittee meetings, workgroup meetings, or any other activities are not reimbursed".

If you would like to apply to serve on the committee and/or subcommittee, please complete and return the linked application and background check form by *December 31, 2025*.

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