DFPS encourages residential providers to start the new year off by visiting the DFPS T3C website, where there are updates on the What’s New page and new FAQs included on the Frequently Asked Questions page.

DFPS is sharing the following information on behalf of Our Community Our Kids (OCOK) and Texas Alliance of Child and Family Services (TACFS) to alert residential providers that have not yet been awarded T3C Service Package Credentials of some upcoming opportunities to help prepare for the process.

T3C Ready, a project of the Single Source Continuum Contractor (SSCCs) and the Texas Center for Child and Family Studies at TACFS announces open T3C Ready Accelerator Workshop registration.

Is your organization in need of a T3C bootcamp to jump start your readiness to apply for T3C credentials? Please join us for a free 2-day workshop with TACFS staff and other experts who have helped organizations successfully implement T3C.

The workshops will be small, interactive with both learning and hands-on activities to enhance your readiness.

Topics include: selecting service packages, treatment models, logic models & CQI, training & staffing considerations, policies & procedures, IT needs and navigating the T3C credentialing application.

We have the ability to pay for hotel rooms for participants who are not located within 50 miles of an event. Light breakfast and lunch are included each day.

Due to the limited space in each workshop, only two persons per organization are allowed.

Register below.

• AUSTIN - January 27-28, 2026, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. each day

• SAN ANTONIO - February 23-24, 2026, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. each day

• ARLINGTON - March 10-11, 2026, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. each day

• ARLINGTON - March 24-25, 2026, 9:00 a.m-4:00 p.m. each day

Houston dates to be announced soon.