Specifications include, but are not limited to:The purpose of the Department of Family & Protective Services (DFPS) Child Protective Services (CPS) Program is to protect children and to act in the children’s best interest. CPS focuses on children and their families and seeks active involvement of the children’s parents and other family members to solve problems that lead to abuse or neglect. Hospital sitting services are used for children in DFPS Conservatorship that are hospitalized because of illness or injury. The hospital sitting services may also be provided at a rehabilitative or nursing home facility. The Hospital Sitter stays with a child and provides appropriate supervision and basic child care when the child is hospitalized and neither a DFPS staff person nor a Foster Parent is available to stay with the child. DFPS does not guarantee any minimum level of utilization or specific number of Referrals. Utilization rate will vary according to the needs of staff, individual client needs and regional allocations. The final decision for use, partial use, and non-use of these professional services lies within the authority of DFPS