Handbook Revision, March 1, 2021
Documenting CCI Discussions about Child Sexual Aggression (PATS 13293)
Notifications to Residential Child Care Contracts During a CCI Investigation (PATS 13295)
This handbook revision updates and revises CCI policy on implementing and enforcing safety plans at a child care operation during an ongoing investigation. Specifically, the revision does the following:
- Highlights the need for supervisory review and approval when safety plans are implemented.
- Describes appropriate methods of ongoing assessment of the safety plan’s effectiveness.
- Defines safety plan, immediate danger, and danger indicators from the CCI perspective.
See:
6330 Assessing the Immediate Safety of Children
6331 Evaluating the Need for a Safety Plan
6331.1 Defining Child Safety Assessments
6331.2 Determining Safety Danger Indicators
6332 Requesting Implementing a Safety Plan
6332.1 Requesting a Safety Plan Outside of an Inspection Supervisory Review of the Safety Plan
6332.11 6332.3 Restricting an Alleged Perpetrator’s Contact With Children or Role at the Operation Requesting That an Alleged Perpetrator Not Have Contact with Children
6332.12 6332.4 Requesting That an Operation Cease Operating (Day Care Only)
6332.2 6335 Documenting the Safety Plan in CLASS
6332.2 Requesting a Safety Plan During an Inspection
6332.3 6334 Notifying the Licensing Representative Supervisor and Monitoring Inspector of the Safety Plan (Abuse or Neglect Only)
6333 6332.5 Operation Refuses to Implement Develop a Safety Plan
6333 Approving the Safety Plan
6334 6337 Evaluating and Ending a Safety Plan
6334.1 Revising or Extending a Safety Plan
6336 Ongoing Evaluation of the Safety Plan
6336.1 Plan Does Not Minimize Safety Threat
6336.2 Operation Does Not Comply With Safety Plan
6340 Risk Assessment of Regulatory History Risk During Abuse or Neglect Investigation
6341 Requesting a Risk Assessment of Regulatory History
6342 Information to Discuss During a Conducting a Risk Assessment of Regulatory History
6342.1 Reviewing the Operation's Compliance and Investigation History
6342.2 Reviewing the Alleged Perpetrator's Investigation History
6342.3 Reviewing the Alleged Victim's Investigation History
6342.4 Recommending Action
6343 Documenting the Risk Assessment of Regulatory History
6343.1 Documenting the Recommended Actions
Documenting CCI Discussions about Child Sexual Aggression (PATS 13293)
This revision adds new a new section to existing policy on child sexual aggression. The new policy is necessary to address a new contact type in IMPACT (the CSA Staffing label in the Contact/Summary Type drop-down menu) that CCI will use to document joint staffings with CPS regarding child sexual aggression.
See:
6626.1 Documenting Child Sexual Aggression Determinations for a Child in DFPS Conservatorship
Notifications to Residential Child Care Contracts During a CCI Investigation (PATS 13295)
This revision adds policy to clarify the interaction between CCI and Residential Contracts during an investigation at a contracted operation. The policy provides specific procedures related to 24-hour awake night supervision.
See:
6142.1 DFPS Residential Contracts (Residential Child Care Only)
6142.11 Twenty-Four-Hour Awake Night Supervision (Residential Child Care Only)