Required Documents to be Licensed Foster Family, Foster-to-Adopt, Adoption, and
Kinship.
Date Submitted
phone
Document
Copy of Driver's License
Copy of Social Security Card
Criminal History Background Check Request for all household members
14 years and up
Authorization to Release Information, if applicable
Copy of Birth Certificate
Copy of Marriage License
Copy of Divorce Decree(s) and Death Certificate(s) for all divorces/deaths
Copy of Auto Insurance
Copy of Homeowner's or renter's insurance
Income Verification
Fingerprinting - FBI - for all household member 14 years old and up
Family Violence Form Signed
Copy of Diploma or Transcript or Take a Competency Test
TB test for each household member
Pet Vaccinations - Rabies
Affidavit
Disaster Emergency Plan
School Information - elementary, middle, high school - address and
numbers
Daily Routines - Summer, School, Holiday
Rules, Rewards, Consequences
Pictures of home - Outside - all sides of the home including pools,
whirlpools, ponds, sheds
Floor Plan - including dimensions of each room, label each room,
designate smoke detectors and fire extinguisher - fire extinguisher
on each level of home - 5 lbs
Training Needed:
PRIDE
CPR/First Aid
SIDS/Shaken Baby
PAPH
Sexual Abuse
Texas Health Steps
Blood borne Pathogens
Psychotropic Medication - DFPS website
Psychotropic Medication Administration
Medical Consent - DFPS website
Trauma Informed - DFPS website
Kids First Policy & Procedures
Transportation
Water Safety
Other Forms:
Electronic Signature Form signed
Auto Deposit form signed
Child Abuse Statement form signed
Confidentiality Statement form signed
Corporal Punishment form signed