Handbook Revision, September 1, 2022

This revision of the Statewide Intake Policy and Procedures Handbook was published on September 1, 2022. Summaries of new or revised items are provided below.

Removal of References to I&R to DSHS (PATS 13839)

A revision published in June 2022 (PATS 13559) removed references to using an I&R Referred to DSHS. However, that revision missed a few references in the SWI Handbook. This revision removes those.

See:

2842.3 Completing the Report for the Complaint

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3200 I&R Person List

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3240 Identifying and Locating Information

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3310 Person Search

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3330 In Regards To

Assessing a Child’s Death (PATS 13840)

This handbook revision updates policy about assessing a child death at intake.

See:

4331 Past Abuse or Neglect; No Current Safety Issues

4333 Child Death/Incident Addressed in Previous Case

4631 Death of a Child Not in DFPS Conservatorship

4631.1 Assessing the Death of a Child Not in DFPS Conservatorship

4631.1 Priority 1 (P1)

4631.2 New Allegations after Child Death Investigation is Closed

4631.2 Case-Related Special Request (CRSR)

4631.3 Current Abuse or Neglect Allegation That Includes Vague Child Death Information

4631.3 Current Allegations with Vague Child Death Information

4631.4 Current Allegations with Clear Child Death Information

4631.5 Priority None (PN)

4631.6 Information and Referral (I&R)

4631.7 Child Death Assessment Table

4821 CRSR – Request for Local Public Service (C-PB)