comprehensive assessment of child safety, risk of subsequent harm, and family strengths and needs. The family assessment response approach seeks to minimize future risk of abuse or maltreatment of a child or children by engaging the family in the development and implementation of solution-focused plans to address identified needs in order to support the ability to care for its children. family’s A family assessment response program established by a social services district shall be part of that child protective service. district’s When a report alleging maltreatment of a child is Responsibilities for a family assessment response. assigned to the family assessment response track, the child protective service must fulfill the following responsibilities: first establish that children in the family named in the report are safe; and provide ongoing assessment of safety and risk, including completion of an initial safety assessment; and engage the family in an assessment of: the concerns reported to the State Central Register, any family-identified needs and concerns that may impact the safety or risk of children, and the family’s strengths and resources that could be engaged to address the identified concerns; and when appropriate, partner with the family to assist the family in obtaining goods and services that will help the family meet its identified needs regarding care of the children, thereby reducing future risk of abuse or maltreatment of a child or children. Reports assigned to the family assessment response track are not subject to the requirements of child protective services specified in Title 6 of the Social Services Law and in sections 409-e and 409-f of the Social Services Law, except as specified in Social Services Law sections 422, 426 and 427-a. Authorization and application to implement family assessment response
comprehensive assessment of child safety, risk of subsequent harm, and family strengths and needs. The family assessment response approach seeks to minimize future risk of abuse or maltreatment of a child or children by engaging the family in the development and implementation of solution-focused plans to address identified needs in order to support the family’s ability to care for its children. A family assessment response program established by a social services district shall be part of that district’s child protective service. Responsibilities for a family assessment response. When a report alleging maltreatment of a child is assigned to the family assessment response track, the child protective service must fulfill the following responsibilities: first establish that children in the family named in the report are safe; and provide ongoing assessment of safety and risk, including completion of an initial safety assessment; and engage the family in an assessment of: the concerns reported to the State Central Register, any family-identified needs and concerns that may impact the safety or risk of children, and the family’s strengths and resources that could be engaged to address the identified concerns; and when appropriate, partner with the family to assist the family in obtaining goods and services that will help the family meet its identified needs regarding care of the children, thereby reducing future risk of abuse or maltreatment of a child or children. Reports assigned to the family assessment response track are not subject to the requirements of child protective services specified in Title 6 of the Social Services Law and in sections 409-e and 409-f of the Social Services Law, except as specified in Social Services Law sections 422, 426 and 427-a. Authorization and application to implement family assessment response