Child Protective Services Handbook Revision November 2010
This revision of the Child Protective Services Handbook was published on November 1, 2010. Summaries of new or revised items are provided below.
Ensuring Funding and Eligibility for Services
Ensuring Funding and Eligibility for Services (PATS 3942)
The item below is revised to define the responsibility that SSI coordinators have to apply for SSI on behalf of a youth who is aging-out of foster care. See:
6564.12 Ensuring Funding and Eligibility for Services
The following items are revised to include the policy to be followed when a child dies during an investigation or when a new intake is received regarding a child's death, including policy on:
• whom to notify about a child's death;
• when to submit Form 2701 (Part A) Notification of Child Death; and
• how to document a child's death in the IMPACT case management system.
See:
2310 When a Child Dies
2311 Notification When a Child Dies
2311.3 DFPS Staff When a Child Dies
2311.4 The Parents and Others When a Child Dies
The following items are revised to include the policy to be followed when a child dies while in substitute care, including policy on:
• notifying parents about the death of their child, even if they have relinquished their parental rights or their rights have been terminated; and
• to clarify the process for submitting Form 2701 (Part A) Notification of Child Death.
See:
6573 When a Child Dies While in Substitute Care
6573.1 Notifying DFPS Staff When a Child Dies While in Substitute Care
6573.2 Notifying Persons Outside of DFPS When a Child Dies While in Substitute Care
6573.3 Other Tasks Required When a Child Dies While in Substitute Care
The following item explains what to do when a child dies during an open FBSS case. See:
3175 When a Child Dies During an Open FBSS Case
The following item has been renumbered from 3175. See:
3167 Compliance With Family Service Plans
Cross-references to items that were move or re-titled were made in the items below. No other changes were made to these items. See:
2146 Closing Reports of Abuse or Neglect Without Assignment for Investigation
2235.7 Investigations in Which Risk Assessments Are Not Conducted
2281.12 When a Person Has Died
2311.4 While in Licensed Placement
3170 Special Issues
5311 Working with the Child's Attorney and Guardian Ad Litem
6421.2 Approval and Implementation of the Child's Service Plan
6573 When a Child Dies