Child Protective Services Handbook Revision April 2010

This revision of the Child Protective Services Handbook was published on April 16, 2010. Summaries of new or revised items are provided below.

Family Group Decision Making Documentation Requirements

The Documentation Required for a Child's Service Plan

Parental Child Safety Placement

Family Group Decision Making Documentation Requirements (PATS 3002)

The items below are revised to update documentation requirements for the Family Group Decision Making program. Staff were informed of this policy with the release of Protective Services Action memos (PSAs) 09-049 on January 20, 2009, 10-014 on October 5, 2009, and 10-038 on December 7, 2009.

See:

1120 Guiding Principles of the CPS Program

1121 Family Group Decision Making (FGDM)

3161 Purposes of the Family Service Plan

6318 Issues Regarding Subsequent Placements

6437.3 Permanency Planning Meetings

6437.31 Family Group Conferences

6437.32 Permanency Conferences

6437.4 Permanency Planning Meetings for Youth 16 and Over

6437.41 Circles of Support

6437.42 Transition Plan Meetings

Appendix 1121: Documentation Requirements for Models of Family Group Decision Making (FGDM)

Appendix 6437.31: Roles and Responsibilities of Family Group Decision Making (FGDM) Staff

Cross-references to the items above have been added to the following items:

6318 Issues Regarding Subsequent Placements

3161 Purposes of the Family Service Plan

Item 6437.33 Children's Attendance at Permanency Conferences has been removed and incorporated into 1121 Family Group Decision Making (FGDM).

The Documentation Required for a Child's Service Plan (PATS 3567)

The item below is revised to include procedures for documenting the child’s service plan in IMPACT. See:

6421.1 Documentation Required for a Child's Service Plan

Parental Child Safety Placement (PATS 3287)

Policy is revised to redefine Voluntary Placement as Parental Child Safety Placement.

See:

1230 Constitutional Protections

2234.26 Making the Safety Decision

2234.31 Controlling Safety Threats

2234.4 Parental Child Safety Placement Initiated by the Family

2234.41 Developing a Safety Plan for Parental Child Safety Placements

2234.42 Conducting a Safety Check Before Parental Child Safety Placements

2234.43 Obtaining Criminal Background Checks for Parental Child Safety Placements

2234.44 Conducting Abuse/Neglect Background Checks for Parental Child Safety Placements

2234.45 Assessing Risk at the End of an Investigation Involving a Parental Child Safety Placement

2235.53 Children Are Not at Risk

2620 Evaluate the Need for Removal

2642 Definitions of Terms (Exigent Circumstances and Imminent Danger)

3145.4 Documenting the Family Service Plan

3145.61 Documenting Significant Consultations Between the Supervisor and Worker

3170 Special Issues

3171 Immediate or Short-Term Protection

3172 Parental Child Safety Placements Initiated by the Family

3312.3 Determining Whether to Seek Court-Ordered Services or Removal 

3313.2 Making Face-to-Face Contact

3322.3 Determining Whether to Seek Court-Ordered Services or Removal

3323.3 Changing the Frequency of Contact

3332.3 Determining Whether to Seek Court-Ordered Services or Removal

3333.3 Changing the Frequency of Contact

8235.11 Definitions

8235.2 General Protective Child Day Care

8235.21 Determining Eligibility

8235.5 Kinship Child Day Care

Appendix 3213: Americans With Disabilities Act Reasonable Accommodations in Service Planning

Appendix 6410: Federal Case-Planning Requirements