Person Association

The Person Association page displays a listing of relational and non-relational associations between the Person in focus and other persons across the entire system. Relational associations are typically familial in nature (related by blood or marriage) or may represent a person who is part of the household.  Non-relational associations are more functional in nature and tend to be representative of someone who plays a part in a situation or process involving the Person in focus.

Associations can be added and deleted from this page.

• ADD:  To add an association, click the 'Add' button. A Person Search must be completed to locate/add the person with whom the association is to be made.  (The 'choose' option on the Person Search screen adds the person to the work item.) Once the person has been added to the grid, the following elements are REQUIRED in order to successfully document the association:

• • Category

    Values are Relational and Non-Relational.  This selection will filter the list of Association values.

    • Select ‘Relational’ if the association is familial in nature (Birth Mother, Wife, Daughter, Grandmother)

    • • If no Association values appear in the list when Category = Relational, it means that one of the persons has no gender recorded in TFACTS.

      • When a Relational association is created and saved, TFACTS will automatically create a reciprocal Association between the same two Persons only if a gender exists for both Persons.

    • Select ‘Non-relational’ if the association is more functional in nature, such as Babysitter, Caseworker, Law Enforcement, Service Provider, etc.)

  • Association

    Value that describes the association between the two persons.

    •  A person can have more than one association to the Person in focus; each association will create a separate row in the grid, even if the two people associated are the same.

    • The same person cannot have the same association to the Person in focus more than once at a time.

  • Begin Date

    Enter the date the association actually began.  If that is not known, then enter the date DCS was made aware of the association.

  • End Date

    End Date of the Association is NOT required, but should be entered once the Association with the Person in focus has ended.  TFACTS will retain a history of associations for a person.

• DELETE:  To Delete an association, select the association to be deleted by clicking on the row in the display grid to highlight it, then click the ‘Delete’ button.