MARIA CRISTINA TREVINO

• Provide case management, family support, training, support groups, counseling-related services, and information and referral services to kinship, foster, and adoptive families.
• Develop and coordinate services that address child safety, permanency, well-being, placement stability, and caregiver needs.
• Ensure caregivers participate in the development and implementation of child service plans.
• Assess the strengths and needs of kinship families caring for children in DFPS conservatorship and connect them with community resources.
• Prepare kinship, foster, and adoptive families to meet the emotional, behavioral, developmental, and safety needs of children who have experienced abuse or neglect.
• Conduct regular home visits, complete home studies, assess prospective applicants, and verify foster and adoptive homes in accordance with Texas Minimum Standards for Child-Placing Agencies.
• Track required documentation, training, background checks, inspections, and licensing requirements for foster and adoptive homes.
• Recruit, screen, train, and support prospective foster and adoptive families.
• Develop and deliver training to CPS staff, kinship caregivers, foster parents, and adoptive parents.
• Participate in case staffings, Permanency Planning Team meetings, court hearings, adoption events, and multidisciplinary meetings.
• Assist with matching children awaiting adoption with prospective families and guide caregivers through the adoption process, including consummation hearings and National Adoption Day events.
• Collect, review, and analyze evaluative data and statistical information related to child safety, permanency, well-being, placement outcomes, and program compliance.
• Maintain accurate, timely, and confidential case documentation and advocate for children and caregivers by addressing barriers to long-term stability and permanency.

• Co-managed a caseload of at-risk students experiencing mental health, behavioral, attendance, and academic challenges in collaboration with campus social workers and school staff.
• Provided individual and group interventions focused on coping skills, emotional regulation, conflict resolution, behavioral support, and academic persistence.
• Conducted student assessments using RTI/MTSS frameworks and established individualized counseling goals.
• Served as a member of the campus crisis response team and supported students and families during crises and critical incidents.
• Documented four hours of daily direct services in Apricot 360 and district systems, detailing interventions, progress, crises, and critical incidents to ensure comprehensive student support.
• Connected students and families with community-based mental health, behavioral, financial, and social-service resources and served as a liaison between providers and the school.
• Supported home visits, consultation, dropout prevention, conflict resolution, school-based counseling, and coordination of school and community services.
• Co-designed and facilitated parent workshops and staff professional development on trauma-informed care, crisis response, self-care, positive behavioral interventions, social-emotional learning, and child development.
• Assisted with campus-wide programs promoting a positive, supportive, and trauma-informed school climate.
• Administered and analyzed beginning- and end-of-year social-emotional learning, school-climate, safety, and belonging surveys.
• Developed quarterly reports and biannual survey analyses to evaluate program effectiveness and inform action plans addressing campus needs.
• Created quarterly reports, biannual survey analyses, presentations, and action plans to measure program impact and address campus needs.
• Co-led training and implementation of Move This World curriculum, monitored teacher fidelity, provided feedback, and tracked progress to enhance program delivery.

• Provided individualized onboarding, field training, coaching, and ongoing support to newly hired Family-Based Safety Services caseworkers.
• Equipped new employees with knowledge of daily responsibilities, expectations, and challenges in child protective services casework.
• Explained caseworker responsibilities related to child safety, risk assessment, service planning, family engagement, and documentation.
• Taught new caseworkers how to conduct family contacts, manage caseloads, complete required documentation, and follow agency policies and procedures.
• Clarified caseworker responsibilities in child safety, risk assessment, service planning, family engagement, and documentation.
• Modeled professional communication, ethical decision-making, time management, and effective engagement with children and families.
• Delivered constructive feedback and partnered with supervisors to identify training needs and enhance employee development.

• Provided intensive case management and direct services to families to reduce the risk of child abuse or neglect and promote child safety and family stability.
• Conducted safety and risk assessments through interviews with children, parents, caregivers, relatives, and collateral contacts.
• Assessed family functioning, environmental conditions, protective capacities, and factors contributing to potential child maltreatment.
• Developed individualized service plans to effectively address safety concerns and meet family needs.
• Delivered and coordinated in-home and community-based services based on each family’s strengths, risks, and identified problem areas.
• Determined appropriate actions and interventions to reduce or eliminate immediate threats to child safety.
• Connected families with essential resources, including counseling, parenting education, and medical care, to support holistic family well-being.
• Maintained collaborative relationships with CPS staff, law enforcement, and community providers to ensure comprehensive support for families.

Double Major: Criminal Justice and Psychology

Attended August 2007-December 2012

Attended August 2022-December 2025