Texas HB4870 establishes a grant program for legal assistance to relatives or kinship caregivers of children.

Texas HB4870 creates a relative and kinship care grant program administered by the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System. The program provides grants to nonprofit organizations offering legal assistance to relatives or kinship caregivers of children, focusing on those with incomes at or below 400 percent of the federal poverty level. Legal assistance includes advice on consent to treatment, authorization agreements, temporary care authorizations, parent-child relationship suits, and other related legal proceedings.

Texas HB4870 establishes a grant program for legal assistance to relatives or kinship caregivers of children.

Texas HB4870 creates a relative and kinship care grant program administered by the Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System. The program provides grants to nonprofit organizations offering legal assistance to relatives or kinship caregivers of children, focusing on those with incomes at or below 400 percent of the federal poverty level. Legal assistance includes advice on consent to treatment, authorization agreements, temporary care authorizations, parent-child relationship suits, and other related legal proceedings.