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Work Groups & Committees

Equity & Access Work Group

TACFS Members Only - Meets online monthly

The E&A work group welcomes new members interested in sharing, learning and acting on solutions that advance race equity within the child welfare system.

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Human Resources Work Group

TACFS Members Only - Meets online quarterly

The focus of the TACFS Human Resources Work Group is to provide timely, relevant resources to our internal network of HR staff that addresses pertinent topics common for nonprofit child welfare community organizations.

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Advocacy Committee

TACFS Members Only - Meets monthly during session, and quarterly during the interim

Supports advocacy and public policy efforts on behalf of TACFS members at a local, state, and national level. Through bill review, outreach strategies, and sharing our stories, we work together to communicate our priorities to decision-makers. TACFS also provides learning training opportunities and materials to build relationships with elected officials, draft testimony and testify at public hearings, and reading legislation.

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Regulatory Committee

TACFS Members Only

The Regulatory Committee focuses on regulatory issues at CPAs and GROs in Texas. The primary focus is on rulemaking/Minimum Standards by Child Care Regulatory, as well as rules promulgated by DFPS of impact to residential child care operations. The group meets on an ad hoc basis. In addition to focusing on rules and standards, the group may also discuss a broad array of regulatory and practice related topics including, but not limited to: legacy and CBC contracts, the foster care lawsuit, and investigations and the resulting regulatory consequences.

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Mental Health Cohort

Meets on an as needed basis with ongoing communications and resources pertaining to the group sent via email

This cohort was established in 2019 to bring multiple perspectives together to identify bottlenecks and barriers in the current credentialing process for providing therapeutic behavioral health services, specifically TCM and MHR services in Texas in order to ensure access to these services across the state, and in local communities. In this cohort, The Alliance, Superior STAR Health and Texas child welfare organizations have joined forces to improve access to behavioral health services in Texas.

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Clinical Consortium

Open to all clinicians

The Clinical Consortium of Child Welfare Professionals is a group designed to support child welfare clinicians and child welfare clinicians in training through training, shared learning, resource sharing, peer to peer networking and support.

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Bridge Organization Convenings

Open to all

This is an opportunity for bridge organizations state-wide to connect and engage with like-minded organizations, as well as learn from informative discussions with selected state-wide leaders. Our convenings will offer an opportunity to meet new professionals leading and working within bridge organizations throughout Texas, share ideas and learn about current issues in child welfare that impact your important work. Bridge organizations offer resources and support to children, families and caregivers within the child welfare system.

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Kinship Best Practice Collaborative

Open to all

The Kinship Best Practice Collaborative is an ad hoc group comprised of provider representatives and other community partners who look at best practices in the provider community surrounding kinship. The focus has primarily been on verifying kin and supporting families following the achievement of permanency, but the group may expand to other topics and areas such as informal kinship or adoption. The group meets every one to two months depending on current activities and is open to all who have an interest in enhancing practice surrounding kin.

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Finance Leaders Work Group

TACFS Members Only

The focus of the TACFS Finance Leaders Work Group is to provide a forum for our internal network of Finance and Accounting leaders and staff to stay abreast of finance updates and to share best practices.

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