Get a DFPS Form 2042 Foster Care Residency Verification from Your CPS Caseworker

If you are in foster care, including extended foster care or Supervised Independent Living (SIL), ask your caseworker to fill out and give you the DFPS Form 2042, Youth or Young Adult in Foster Care Residency Verification for a Driver License or State ID Fee Waiver.

If you are under 18, also ask your caseworker to fill out and give you the Texas Driver License or Identification Card application form. The instructions in the DFPS Form 2042 Foster Care Residency Verification have information and links for them.

  • If you are under age 17 and 10 months, your caseworker should fill out the DL-14B Texas Driver License or Identification Card Application (Minor). They must sign it before a notary public if they are approving you to get a driver license or learner permit/ license. If the application is only for an ID, it does not need to be notarized.
  • If you are 17 years and 10 months old or older, you should ask your caseworker to help you fill out the DL-14A – Texas Driver License or Identification Card  Application (Adult). You must sign it before a notary public if you are applying for a driver license or learner permit/license. If the application is only for an ID, it does not need to be notarized. If you are no longer in foster care, you will need to fill out the application yourself.

You should know that all foster youth have a right to get an ID. Your caseworker should fill out and sign the Texas Driver License or Identification Card Application form, but if they don’t you can still get your ID. However, when you are under 18, you can only get a driver license if your parent or person with legal authority agrees. If you are in foster care, your caseworker is the person who agrees. So, if you are under 18 and are applying a license, your caseworker must either fill out and sign the Texas Driver License Application form before a notary public or go with you to DPS.

If you are using the caseworker’s address for your mailing address, be sure to list “c/o” followed by the caseworker’s name and Texas Department of Family and Protective Services in the mailing address on the application. For example: if your name is Jane Doe and your caseworker is Juan Garcia, when you add the mailing address, it should look like this:


Jane Doe
c/o Juan Garcia
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
Street Address
City, TX Zip Code

If you ask your caseworker twice for the forms and they don’t get them to you, you should contact:

See Your Rights in Foster Care for more information.

If you contact them and still don’t get the forms or have other problems getting your ID, you can contact the Texas Foster Youth Justice Project at info@texasfosteryouth.org or (877) 313-3688 for advice and possible free legal help from a lawyer.