Adoption

1. Child Welfare
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2. Children Protective Services
• Child Protection
• Investigations
• Family Services
• Foster Care
• Transition to
adulthood
• Adoption
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3. Texas Department of Protective Service
DFPS Mission: is to protect children, the elderly, and people
with disabilities from abuse, neglect, and exploitation by
involving clients, families, and communities.
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4. 1873
Mary Ellen abuse caused launch of child protection movement
1875
The New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NYSPCC0 was created
1912
US Children's Bureau was created by a law signed by President William Taft
1921
Sheppard-Towner Act, enacted by Congress, was passed in order to reduce infant and maternity
mortality
1935 President Roosevelt, Social Security Act was passed
1956 Government slowly started to take over the responsibility of protecting children.
1990 By this time the public was leaning on the government to stop child abuse.
1999 Over three hundred nongovernmental charitable societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children were formed throughout the United States
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5. Bill Amend Progress of S.1300(114th)
Sponsor Dianne Feinstein Sen. For California
Democrat
 Introduced: May 12, 2015
 June 25, 2015; Committee heal hearing about bill.
 July 9, 2015: Order Reported, recommending
 July 14, 2015; Passed senate: Bill was passed in a
vote in the Senate
 October 6, 2015; Passed House: Motion to suspend
the rules and pass the bill agreed by voice vote.
 October 16, 2015; Two days after the House voted it
was then presented to the President, and signed,
became the same day.
 Immigrant visa was issued on or after March 27,
2013 for a child who has been legally adopted, or is
coming to the U.S. to be adopted by an American
citizen that certain visa fees may be waived or
refunded.
 Specifically, immigrant visa fees for the renewal or
replacement of the visa could be waived or refunded
if:
 Original immigrant visa during period of validity
 Inability to use the visa due to factors beyond your
control
 Current law provides a 6 month window for
immigrant visa for adopted child to be used, after
expiration $325 to renew
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6. Intended Beneficiaries
 Adopted children who were
prevented from using their original
immigrant visa
 Adoptive families
 Immigration authorities
Actual Beneficiaries
 Adopted children who were
prevented from using their original
immigrant visa
 Adoptive families
 Immigration authorities
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7. DFPS must verify the status of a foreign child prior to permanency.
If DFPS removes a child who was born in another country and the child is not a U.S.
citizen, DFPS must notify the foreign consul to comply with the Vienna Convention on
Consular RelationsPDF DocumentExternal Link, Article 37(b).
If the U.S. citizenship status of a foreign-born child is unclear, the best practice is to
notify the consul. In addition to satisfying the legal requirement, contact with the
consul may facilitate locating family members or identifying resources for the family.
DFPS is legally required to give notice to the foreign consul when a foreign-born child
who is not a U.S. citizen comes into DFPS conservatorship.
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8.  Because the primary responsibility of child
protection, child welfare, and adoption
services rest on each state it becomes costly.
 State and federal expenditures for foster care
administrative costs (placing and monitoring
children in foster care) totaled $4.3 billion.
The number of children entering foster care or
in care totaled 679,191. Thus, the average
administrative cost per child served per year
was $6,675.
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9. BIO-
PSYCHO-
SOCIAL
FACTORS
 Training and other development: Parents on
core child welfare, family dynamics, better
understanding of children's race and cultural,
have experienced trauma and loss, or
significant challenges or disabilities
 Mentoring: Volunteers who serve as safe role
models , and who can provide young people with
additional support
 Case Management
 Education support and advocacy
 Respite
 Financial or material supports: offer funds for
specialized medical or adaptive equipment
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10. 
Guardian may have
the opportunity to
petition for
custody/citizenship
Verification of
client’s
immigration status
Time constraint for
Form 2650,
turnaround
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11. Bio-
Psycho-
Social
Biological
Adolescent/te
en under 17.
Biological
Adolescent/te
en in need of
placement,
temporary
custody, and
adoption
Psychological
Trauma of
foreign
child/or non-
citizen
Psychological
Guardian
willing to take
on trauma
Social
Counseling
and
assessments
for family
Social
Home-study
evaluation
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12.  Open a unit in each city, to assist
with foreign international affairs of the
agency.
 Verification need to be checked prior
to removal in the investigation stage.
 A link to software that assist with
checking verification in conjunction to
the Consul.
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13. References
Axinn, J., & Levin, H. (1997). Social Welfare: a history of the American response to need .
White Plains, New York : Longman .
Congress.gov. (2018, February 01). Congress.gov . Retrieved from www.congress.gov
DFPS. (2018, February 09). Retrieved from Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
:
https://www.dfps.state.tx.us/handbooks/CPS/Files/CPS_pg_1000.asp#CPS_1100
Rainbow Kids Adoption & Child Welfare Advocacy. (2018, April 10). Retrieved from
https://www.rainbowkids.com/adoption-stories/adoptive-family-relief-act-passes-1357
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