CFSP 5 Year Plan - RI Department of Children, Youth & Families

participating in a Casey Family Services Breakthrough Collaborative Series to promote clear
understanding of factors relating to risk versus safety and, subsequently, to inform practice.
Intake staff have been trained regarding relevant differences in the assessment for risk versus
safety. The Intake Summary form has been revised to ensure that conditions of safety are
reviewed upon assignment of a case, and reassessed prior to cases being transferred or closed to
the Department. This Intake Summary is especially relevant for work with the FCCPs. Child
Protective Investigators (CPIs) are provided ongoing training on factors relating to risk versus
safety.
The ongoing process involved in these practice changes is important not only for staff
internally, but for the effective operation of the Family Care Community Partnerships where the
focus is on ensuring community-based providers are able to understand and meet the need for
timely, relevant services that can be particularly helpful in reducing the risk of re-maltreatment.
The FCCPs are being designed to link families earlier with more effective interventions and
supports through community-based networks.
CAPTA STRATEGIES
Safety Outcome 1 - Children are, first and foremost, protected from abuse and neglect.
Indicator Activities Status
Item 1: Timeliness of
investigations of
reports of child
maltreatment.
Maintain quality control measures and time management for
CPS supervisors to ensure timely responses to reports of
maltreatment.
In place and
continuing.
Item 2: Recurrence of
child maltreatment
within 6 months of
investigation.
Revised disposition options for investigative process to
identify risk/need for services as an alternative to
substantiation for “other neglect”.
In place and
continuing.
Safety Outcome 2 – Children are safely maintained in their homes when possible and appropriate.
Indicator Activities Status
Item 3: Services to
family to protect
children in home and
prevent removal.
Implement safety assessment standards at every change of
care for children in placement and at reunification.
The Risk and
Protective Capacity
Family Assessment
and Service Plan
provides for ongoing
safety assessments.
Item 3: Services to
family to protect
children in home and
CPS Investigators and Intake Staff work with FCCPs to
ensure development of Risk Management Plans when
necessary to avert families from DCYF involvement.
In place – continuing
as part of the FCCP
operation in Northern
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