1 Tex. Admin. Code § 377.207 - Contract with Statewide Children's Advocacy Center Organization

(a) HHSC contracts with a single statewide children's advocacy center organization that satisfies subsection (b) of this section to perform the following functions for local children's advocacy center programs:

(1) training;

(2) technical assistance;

(3) evaluation services; and

(4) funds administration.

(b) HHSC contracts with one statewide children's advocacy center organization that:

(1) is exempt from federal income taxation under Internal Revenue Code of 1986 §501(a) and §501(c)(3); and

(2) is composed of individuals who have expertise in establishing and operating local children's advocacy centers.

(c) The contract must limit the statewide children's advocacy center organization's annual spending for the performance of obligations under Texas Family Code § 264.409(a) to no more than 12 percent of the annual amount appropriated to HHSC for the purposes of the local children's advocacy center programs.

(d) The statewide organization with which HHSC contracts shall develop and adopt standards for local children's advocacy centers.

Notes

1 Tex. Admin. Code § 377.207

Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 42, Number 27, July 7, 2017, TexReg 3483, eff. 7/11/2017; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 45, Number 29, July 17, 2020, TexReg 4965, eff. 7/22/2020