TX LCPAA UPDATED SCRIPT 2026
PRACTICE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● What are the requirements for tuberculosis screening? Answer: Be
screened before having contact with children in care,
● Can a child-placing agency administrator be an administrator for two
residential child-care operations? Answer: Yes if At least one child-
placing agency is managing 25 or fewer foster homes
● What responsibilities must the child-placing agency administrator
have? Answer: Have daily supervision and overall administrative
responsibility for all of your offices, Be responsible for or assign
responsibility for: (A) Administering and managing the agency,
compliance with licensing regulations, personnel matters,Administering
and managing your approved agency plans
● Who must have overall administrative responsibility when the child-
placing agency administrator is absent on a frequent and/or extended
basis? Answer: The child-placing agency administrator must designate
an employee to be responsible for the overall administration of the
agency while the administrator is absent from the agency on a frequent
and/or extended basis [Medium]. (b) The designee must be a Licensed
Child-Placing Agency Administrator
,● What are the responsibilities of child placement management staff?
Answer: Review and approve: (A) All child placement activities(B)
Documentation of supervisory visits for compliance(C) Investigation
findings of minimum standards deficiencies(D) Corrective and adverse
action plans involving foster families(2) Supervise child placement staff,
● How do child placement management staff document approval?
Answer: eview and approve by signing and dating
● When are child placement management staff required to review and
approve restrictions? Answer: Any restrictions you impose on the child:
(A) For more than 30 days that the treatment director or service planning
team has not approved [Medium]; and (B) That continues for more than
30 days and must be re-evaluated by the child placement management
staff(10) Any restrictions to a particular room or building for more than
24 hours imposed on a child
● What are the qualifications that an employee must have to perform
child placement activities? Answer: (1) A master's degree and ) One year
of documented full-time work experience in a child-placing agency, in a
residential child-care operation, or as a conservatorship caseworker or
foster adoptive home development worker for the department. (2) A
bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in social work
or other human services field. and (B) One year working under the direct
supervision of child placement management staff. The direct supervision
with the child placement management staff must consist of 10
documented, monthly, face-to-face, individual, case-related conferences
over the year. OR A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or
, university. (A) Two years of documented full-time work experience in a
child-placing agency,(B) Two years of working under the direct
supervision of child placement management staff. The direct supervision
with the child placement management staff must consist of 10
documented, monthly, face-to-face, individual, case-related conferences
over each annual period.
● What are the qualifications an employee must have to perform child
placement management activities? Answer: Option 1: License, Masters
Degree in social work and 9 credit hours in graduate course on
family/individual function and One year of documented full-time
experience in a child-placing agency,
Option 2: No license, Masters Degree & 9 hours in family/individual
function OR bachelors in social work & 9 hours - Two years of
documented full- time experience in a child-placing agency, Option 3: )
A bachelor's degree + 9 credit hours & Three years of documented full-
time experience in a child placing agency,
● What are the requirements for child placement management staff at a
branch office regarding how many supervision meetings with child
placing staff? Answer: You must have a child placement management
staff assigned for each branch office to perform the child-placement
activities [Medium]. (b) Your child placement management staff must
have and document at least 10 monthly supervision conferences per year
with a branch-office employee who performs child- placing activities
PRACTICE SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● What are the requirements for tuberculosis screening? Answer: Be
screened before having contact with children in care,
● Can a child-placing agency administrator be an administrator for two
residential child-care operations? Answer: Yes if At least one child-
placing agency is managing 25 or fewer foster homes
● What responsibilities must the child-placing agency administrator
have? Answer: Have daily supervision and overall administrative
responsibility for all of your offices, Be responsible for or assign
responsibility for: (A) Administering and managing the agency,
compliance with licensing regulations, personnel matters,Administering
and managing your approved agency plans
● Who must have overall administrative responsibility when the child-
placing agency administrator is absent on a frequent and/or extended
basis? Answer: The child-placing agency administrator must designate
an employee to be responsible for the overall administration of the
agency while the administrator is absent from the agency on a frequent
and/or extended basis [Medium]. (b) The designee must be a Licensed
Child-Placing Agency Administrator
,● What are the responsibilities of child placement management staff?
Answer: Review and approve: (A) All child placement activities(B)
Documentation of supervisory visits for compliance(C) Investigation
findings of minimum standards deficiencies(D) Corrective and adverse
action plans involving foster families(2) Supervise child placement staff,
● How do child placement management staff document approval?
Answer: eview and approve by signing and dating
● When are child placement management staff required to review and
approve restrictions? Answer: Any restrictions you impose on the child:
(A) For more than 30 days that the treatment director or service planning
team has not approved [Medium]; and (B) That continues for more than
30 days and must be re-evaluated by the child placement management
staff(10) Any restrictions to a particular room or building for more than
24 hours imposed on a child
● What are the qualifications that an employee must have to perform
child placement activities? Answer: (1) A master's degree and ) One year
of documented full-time work experience in a child-placing agency, in a
residential child-care operation, or as a conservatorship caseworker or
foster adoptive home development worker for the department. (2) A
bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in social work
or other human services field. and (B) One year working under the direct
supervision of child placement management staff. The direct supervision
with the child placement management staff must consist of 10
documented, monthly, face-to-face, individual, case-related conferences
over the year. OR A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or
, university. (A) Two years of documented full-time work experience in a
child-placing agency,(B) Two years of working under the direct
supervision of child placement management staff. The direct supervision
with the child placement management staff must consist of 10
documented, monthly, face-to-face, individual, case-related conferences
over each annual period.
● What are the qualifications an employee must have to perform child
placement management activities? Answer: Option 1: License, Masters
Degree in social work and 9 credit hours in graduate course on
family/individual function and One year of documented full-time
experience in a child-placing agency,
Option 2: No license, Masters Degree & 9 hours in family/individual
function OR bachelors in social work & 9 hours - Two years of
documented full- time experience in a child-placing agency, Option 3: )
A bachelor's degree + 9 credit hours & Three years of documented full-
time experience in a child placing agency,
● What are the requirements for child placement management staff at a
branch office regarding how many supervision meetings with child
placing staff? Answer: You must have a child placement management
staff assigned for each branch office to perform the child-placement
activities [Medium]. (b) Your child placement management staff must
have and document at least 10 monthly supervision conferences per year
with a branch-office employee who performs child- placing activities
