Handbook Revision, May 1, 2024

This revision of the Statewide Intake Policy and Procedures Handbook was published on May 1, 2024. Summaries of new or revised items are provided below.

Annual Review 10000 (PATS 14093)

This policy revision updates links, fixes typographical errors, updates cross-references, completes minor changes for plain language, uses consistent language, and ensures accuracy in policy and procedure and organization. Some specifics are as follows:

  • Changes the organization to better follow the actual workflow and mirror the organization of the CPI Screener chapter for consistency.
  • Clarifies when on-call field staff are responsible for intakes usually screened by SWI screeners.
  • Adds steps to the progressing to investigation section to accurately reflect IMPACT 2.0 flow.
  • Adds links to Sensitive Reasons and I&R CVS Caseworker Notification.

See:

10000 SWI Residential Child Care Investigations (RCCI) Intake Screening

10100 Legal Basis for Screening

10200 Screening Purpose and Program Organization

10210 SWI Residential Child Care Investigations (RCCI) Screeners

10220 Screener Supervisor

10230 Screener Program Administrator

10240 Workload Distribution

10250 Sensitive Intakes

10300 Screening Process

10310 14100 Searching

10311 14110 Analyzing History

10312 14120 Child Care Licensing Automation Support System (CLASS)

10320 10310 Criteria

10330 10320 Time Frames

10340 10330 Contacts and Interviewing

10341 10331 Contacting Reporters and Caseworker

10342 10332 People Who Are Appropriate to Contact

10343 10333 People Who Are Not Appropriate to Contact  

10400 10500 Consulting (Staffing)

10500 10600 Decisions (Assessments)

10510 10610 Progressing to Assigning for Investigation

10520 10620 Downgrading Intakes for Closure Without Investigation

10600 10700 Documenting the Screening

10700 10800 Notifications

10710 10810 CVS or SSCC Caseworker and Supervisor Notification

10720 10820 Twenty-Four-Hour Awake Supervision

10730 10830 Home History Review (HHR)

10740 10840 Office of Refugee Resettlement

10800 10900 Special Topics

10810 10910 Call Recordings

10820 10920 Follow-up to SWI Documentation

10830 10930 Screening Outside of Business Hours

10831 10931 P1 Intakes

10831.1 10931.1 Requests to Close a P1 Intake by On-Call RCCI Staff

10832 10932 P2 Intakes