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)