Risk Assessment and Decisionmaking in Child Protection

From: Children's Voice | Date: November 1, 2003| Author: Steib, Sue | Copyright information

CFSR OUTCOME AREA-CHILD SAFETY*

* Protection of children from abuse and neglect

* Safe maintenance of children in their own homes whenever possible

A distraught father telephones child protective services (CPS) to report he has learned from a neighbor that his estranged wife has left their three young children at home alone at least twice during the last week.

The agency intake worker says CPS cannot accept his report for investigation because the information is se...

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