Record placement information for a child in custody

When a child has been placed, you document initial and all subsequent placement information. This allows other workers to track all placements of a child with whom the Department is actively involved. See also About placements.

Record placement information as follows:

1. From the Home screen locate and select the case you want to update. The Case Overview screen appears.

2. Click Placement in the link menu. The Placement Records screen appears. This screen displays any placements recorded for the children on this case. Only one active placement record (with no end date entered) can exist for a child at one time.

3. Optionally, enter selection criteria and click Filter to change the records in the grid.

4. To update an existing record, click the select link next to the name of the child you want to update.

5. To record a new placement for a child in the case, click Add Placement Record. The Placement Details screen appears.

6. Click Link CFTM CFTM stands for Child and Family Team Meeting. This team is built by DCS to make plans, decisions and recommendations toward achievement of permanency for the children involved. to select a child and family team for the placement.

7. In the Service Type list, select the service for the child.

8. Complete other information about the placement as appropriate.

9. To select the resource with whom the child is being placed, click Link Resource. The Match Resource screen appears. Select the resource and click Save. You are returned to the Placement Details screen.

10. Select the relationship of the resource to the child.

11. To view the match score for this resource, click match score. The Match Score screen screen appears.

12. Click Save. You are returned to the Placement Records list screen. The placement record you just created appears in the Placement Records grid.