Why is it that child protective services is a joke?
Child Protective Services (CPS) is the name of a governmental agency in many states in the United States that responds to child abuse and neglect. The answer to your question is that they have to follow a process for each individual case which includes: Intake: Receive reports of child maltreatment allegations. Screening the Report: determine if a received report’s allegations meet statutory definitions for child maltreatment. If statutory definitions are met, then the report is accepted for investigation/assessment; otherwise, it is screened out and might be forwarded to another agency. Investigation/Assessment: if a received report is accepted, then CPS “investigates” or “assesses” the allegations through contacts with the family and pertinent collateral-information providers Case Decision: if the child-maltreatment allegations prove sufficiently credible and/or if the family is in need of services to prevent future maltreatment (independent of the parents/caregivers’ actions), eithe
