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    • Benefits and Eligibility
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    • Living without Family Support
    • Resources for Youth
    • Resources for Advocates
  • About
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home / Resources for Advocates

Resources for Advocates


Aging Out Guide

  • pdf Aging Out Guide

Education

  • out DFPS Education Specialists
  • out DFPS Freshman and Sophomore Student Success Scholarship
  • out Foster Care & Student Success Guide
  • out Higher Education Foster Care Liaison List
  • pdf Talking to Foster Youth About School
  • out Texas Higher Education Foster Care Liaisons Guide
  • out Transition Planning Guide for Students in Foster Care Receiving Special Education Services

Employment

  • pdf Disability Discrimination and Requesting an Accommodation
  • pdf Discrimination and Retaliation
  • pdf How to Recognize, Respond to, and Report Sexual Harassment
  • pdf Know Your Rights to Fair Pay

Getting Ready to Live on Your Own

  • out Brief Overview of Transitional Living Services
  • pdf Free Driver Education Program Flyer (for applicants/youth)
  • out Transitional Living Services Resource Guide

Identification Documents

  • pdf DFPS Personal Documents for Children and Youth Resource Guide
  • pdf Free Driver Education Program Flyer (for applicants/youth)
  • pdf Free Driver Education Program Flyer (for vendors/driving schools)

Living Without Family

  • pdf Certification of Homeless Status
  • pdf Consent By Minor to Healthcare Form
  • pdf DPS Homeless Youth Driver License Fact Sheet
  • pdf DPS Homeless Youth ID Fact Sheet
  • pdf Free Driver Education Program Flyer (for applicants/youth)
  • pdf Free Driver Education Program Flyer (for vendors/driving schools)
  • pdf How Homeless and Unaccompanied Youth Can Get Their Texas Birth Certificate and ID Card or Driver’s License (ENGLISH)
  • pdf How Homeless and Unaccompanied Youth Can Get Their Texas Birth Certificate and ID Card or Driver’s License (SPANISH)
  • pdf McKinney-Vento Act: Quick Reference
  • pdf Minor Consent Chart
  • pdf Options and Alternatives at a Glance
  • pdf Sample Caregiver Affidavit
  • pdf Special Power of Attorney
  • pdf When Minors Live Apart from Their Parents: Legal Options and Caregiving Alternatives

Medicaid and Other Public Benefits

  • out Health Advocacy Guide

Your Rights in Foster Care

  • out DFPS Office of Consumer Affairs
  • pdf Normalcy Matters

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