Standard: Immediate Safety, Comprehensive, and Ongoing Assessment

June 8, 2009 This report provides guidance to the Children and Family Services (CFS) programs regarding Immediate Safety Assessment, Comprehensive Risk Assessment, Reassessment, and ongoing assessment services. It is intended to achieve statewide consistency in the development and application of CFS core services and to be implemented in all-applicable laws, rules and policies. The report also provides a measurement for program accountability. Since safety is a central concern of child protection services and foster care practice, confusion exists in child welfare practice as to when a child is safe or not. All child protection referrals assigned a priority response . . .