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  • Section 4000: Child Protective Investigations and Services (CPI and CPS)

    4000 Child Protective Investigations and Services (CPI and CPS)

    4100 CPI and CPS Person List

    4110 Type

    4111 Principal (PRN)

    4112 Collateral (COL)

    4120 Roles

    4121 Alleged Victim (VC)

    4122 Alleged Perpetrator (AP)

    4122.1 Youth’s Partner as an Alleged Perpetrator

    4122.2 Child as an Alleged Perpetrator

    4122.3 Unknown Alleged Perpetrator

    4122.4 Deceased Alleged Perpetrator

    4123 Alleged Victim Perpetrator (VP)

    4124 Unknown Role (UK)

    4125 No Role (NO)

    4130 Relationship or Interest (Rel/Int)

    4140 Person List Considerations for CPI Intakes

    4141 Person Lists with Limited or Unknown Information on Household Members

    4142 Person List Involving a Child Death Report

    4200 CPI Allegations

    4210 Abuse Allegations

    4211 Emotional Abuse (EMAB)

    4212 Human Trafficking

    4212.1 Labor Trafficking (LBTR)

    4212.2 Sex Trafficking (SXTR)

    4212.3 Labor or Sex Traffickers Not Investigated by CPI

    4212.4 Law Enforcement Notification for Trafficking Reports

    4213 Physical Abuse (PHAB)

    4214 Sexual Abuse (SXAB)

    4220 Neglect Allegations

    4221 Abandonment(ABAN)

    4222 Medical Neglect (MDNG)

    4223 Neglectful Supervision (NSUP)

    4224 Physical Neglect (PHNG)

    4225 Refusal to Assume Parental Responsibility (RAPR)

    4300 CPI Priorities

    4310 Priority 1 (P1)

    4320 Priority 2 (P2)

    4330 Priority None

    4331 Past Abuse or Neglect; No Current Safety Issues

    4332 Additional Information from Specific Collateral or Principal (COL/PRN) Is Needed

    4333 Child Death/Incident Addressed in Previous Case

    4400 Processing CPI Intakes and CRSRs

    4410 Case Name

    4420 County

    4430 CPI Screener Eligibility Question

    4440 CPI Call-out and Assignment

    4450 Open Cases

    4500 CPI and CPS Special Topics – Part 1

    4510 Pregnancy and Newborns

    4511 Unborn Child

    4512 Post Delivery

    4513 Miscarriage or Fetal Demise

    4514 Concerns Regarding Breastfeeding Mother with AIDS or HIV

    4515 Baby Moses Reports

    4515.1 Designated Emergency Infant Care (DEIC) Providers

    4515.2 Criteria for a Baby Moses Report

    4515.21 Infant Is Brought to a DEIC Provider

    4515.22 Infant Is Born at a Medical Facility But Mother Is Unwilling To Parent

    4515.3 SWI Procedures for Baby Moses Intakes

    4515.4 Situations That Do Not Meet Baby Moses Intake Criteria

    4516 Mother with a Child in DFPS Conservatorship Gives Birth to a New Baby

    4516.1 Birth Reported by DFPS Staff

    4516.2 Birth Reported by Anyone Other Than DFPS Staff

    4517 Child Born to Mother in a Corrections Facility, Mental Health Hospital, or Drug Treatment Facility

    4520 School Reports

    4521 Criteria for Person Types in School Reports

    4521.1 Criteria for Alleged Victim (AV) in School Reports

    4521.2 Criteria for an Alleged Perpetrator (AP) in School Reports

    4522 Assessing Priority for School Reports

    4523 Documenting School Reports

    4524 School Reports That Do Not Allege Abuse or Neglect

    4525 Home Schooling

    4526 Boarding Schools

    4527 Foreign Exchange/Sponsorship Program

    4530 Sexual Behaviors in Children and Youth

    4531 Children Exhibiting Sexual Behavior

    4531.1 Assessing Behavior

    4531.2 Identifying the Source of Sexual Behavior

    4531.3 Reports for Children under the Age of 10 Who are Exhibiting Age Inappropriate Sexual Behavior

    4531.4 Children Ages 13 or Younger Engaged in Sexual Activity

    4532 Sexually Active Youth Ages 14 to 17

    4532.1 A Youth Aged 14-16 Engaged in Sexual Activity

    4532.2 A Youth Aged 14-16 Living with an Unrelated Partner Who is More than Three Years Older

    4532.3 A Youth Aged 14-16 Has a Child and Is in a Relationship with an Unrelated Partner Who Is More Than Three Years Older

    4532.4 A Youth Age 17 Engaged in Sexual Activity

    4533 A Child or Youth with a Developmental Delay Engaged in Sexual Activity

    4534 Limited Information about Sexually Active Children or Youth

    4540 Designating a Child as an Alleged Perpetrator for Child-on-Child Abuse/Neglect under CPI Jurisdiction

    4541 Child-on-Child Sexual Abuse (SXAB)

    4542 Child-on-Child Physical Abuse (PHAB)

    4543 Child-on-Child Neglectful Supervision (NSUP)

    4544 Determining the Role of the Caregiver When Assessing for Child-on-Child Abuse or Neglect

    4550 Youth Wants or Has Had an Abortion

    4560 Children Placed Outside the Home

    4561 Children in DFPS Conservatorship

    4561.1 Determining Whether to Complete a CVS Caseworker Notification

    4561.11 Situations That Always Require an I&R to Existing CPS Case

    4561.12 Calling Out and Assigning the I&R to Existing CPS Case

    4561.13 Other Situations That Might Require an I&R to Existing CPS Case

    4561.14 Youth in Conservatorship Has a Child

    4561.15 Youth in Conservatorship Abuses or Neglects Own Child

    4562 Child Removed by Non-DFPS Entities

    4562.1 Court-Ordered Investigations or Removals

    4562.2 Children Placed in a Shelter by Law Enforcement

    4563 Youth in the Custody of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD)

    4563.1 Requests for Placement Assistance from TJJD Received by Phone

    4563.2 Documentation of TJJD Request Received by Phone

    4563.3 Requests for Placement Assistance from TJJD Received through the Internet (E-Reports)

    4563.4 Where to Route the Intake or CRSR

    4564 Placement Assistance for Therapeutic Needs

    4564.1 Residential Treatment Center Project

    4564.11 Assessing Reports for Residential Treatment Center Project

    4564.2 Post-Adoption Substitute Care Services

    4564.21 Assessing Reports for Post-Adoption Substitute Care

    4570 Reports Involving Family Violence

    4571 PHAB As a Result of Exposure to Family Violence

    4572 NSUP As a Result of Exposure to Family Violence

    4573 EMAB As a Result of Exposure to Family Violence

    4574 Assigning Roles for Family Violence-Related Intakes

    4580 Motorized Vehicles (Including ATVs)

    4581 Driving without a Car Seat or Seat Belt

    4582 Caregiver Driving While under the Influence of Drugs or Alcohol

    4583 Children Left Alone in Vehicles

    4590 Multifamily Households

    4591 Clarification of Terms: Family and Multifamily Household

    4592 Person Detail on Multifamily Intakes

    4600 CPI and CPS Special Topics – Part 2

    4610 Locating Families

    4611 UTC Case with a Red Sunburst

    4611.1 UTC Procedures

    4612 The CSCAL Program (Child Safety Check Alert List)

    4612.1 CSCAL Reported by Law Enforcement

    4612.2 CSCAL Discovered During Routine History Search

    4613 HHSC Unable to Locate Parent or Guardian of a Child in an ICF/ID or Nursing Facility

    4614 Limited Locating Information

    4615 Not Enough Locating Information for a CPI Intake

    4615.1 Requesting a TIERS Search

    4615.2 Processing a CRSR Generated Due to a Lack of Locating Information

    4615.3 Processing Results of the FINDRS Search

    4620 Methamphetamine Labs

    4630 Child Death

    4631 Death of a Child Not in DFPS Conservatorship

    4631.1 Priority 1 (P1)

    4631.2 Case-Related Special Request (CRSR)

    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

    4632 Death of a Child While in DFPS Conservatorship

    4632.1 Assessing the Death of a Child in DFPS Conservatorship

    4632.2 Death of a Child in DFPS Conservatorship in an Unlicensed Placement

    4632.3 Death of a Child in DFPS Conservatorship in a Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD) Placement

    4632.4 Death of a Child in DFPS Conservatorship in a Nursing Home

    4632.5 Death of a Child in DFPS Conservatorship in a Facility under the Jurisdiction of CCI

    4632.6 Death of a Child in DFPS Conservatorship in a Facility under the Jurisdiction of APS Provider Investigations

    4640 Forced or Coerced Marriage

    4700 Special Program or Agency Jurisdictional Topics

    4710 Incidents Involving Abuse or Neglect Out of State

    4711 Request for Home Visits or Courtesy Interviews from Out of State Caseworker

    4712 Unaccompanied Alien Child (UAC)

    4713 Incidents, Victims, or Perpetrators Out of State

    4713.1 CPS Out-of-State Table

    4713.2 Procedures for Out of State Situations

    4713.21 Referring a Reporter to Another State’s CPS

    4713.22 Generating an I&R to be Faxed to Another State’s CPS

    4713.23 Child in an ICPC Placement Alleges Abuse or Neglect

    4714 Both in Texas and Out of State

    4714.1 Texas CPS Intake and Additional Children at Risk in Another State

    4715 When Another Country Has Authority to Investigate

    4716 Child Resides in Mexico

    4720 Determining CPI or RCCI Jurisdiction for a Child in Relative or Fictive Kin Placement

    4721 If the Placement is Verified by a Licensed CPA

    4722 If the Placement is NOT Verified by a Licensed CPA

    4730 Child Living With Non-Related Caregiver

    4740 Other Unrelated Caregivers

    4741 Care Provided in the Child’s Home

    4742 Care Provided Outside of a Child’s Home

    4743 Parents and Child Care Provider Both Possible Perpetrators

    4750 Investigational Jurisdiction of Unaccompanied Alien Children

    4751 Unaccompanied Alien Child in Federal Custody

    4752 Unaccompanied Alien Child Living with a Sponsor

    4753 Investigational Jurisdiction of Abuse, Neglect, or Exploitation of UAC

    4754 Tracking Reports Involving Unaccompanied Alien Children

    4800 CPI Case-Related Special Requests

    4810 Requirements for CRSRs

    4820 Types of Case-Related Special Requests (CRSRs) Entered by SWI

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

    4822 CRSR – Out of State (C-OS)

    4823 Court-Ordered Request (C-CO)

    4824 CRSR – Protective Service Alert (C-SA)

    4825 CRSR – Return to Care (C-RC)

    4825.1 Referring a Young Adult Wishing to Return to Care

    4825.2 Processing a Report for a Young Adult Wishing to Return to Care

    4825.3 Young Adults Returning To Care with Children of Their Own

    4826 CRSR – Expedited Background Check (C-EBC)

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