Missing Children 624-05-15-50-34

(Revised 10/15/12 ML #3341)

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PI 15-18 Foster Care Missing Children

PI 15-18 SFN 573 Example Attachment A

PI 15-18 SFN 573 Attachment B

 

 

The case manager, upon learning of a missing child or a child on the run, must report the incident (with pertinent information) to the legal custodian and the Regional Supervisor as soon as possible, but in no instances later than 12 hours.

 

Pertinent Information means, but is not limited to the following:

Circumstances of the “missing” report:

• Who, what, where, when date, exact time.
• Description of the child’s appearance; i.e. hair color/style, clothing, identifying marks.
• Last placement, name, address.
• Who saw the child last?
• Date, time, and name of the last case manager visit.
• Is this the first time the child has been “missing”? If not, provide a brief history of prior “missing” episodes?.
• What was going on with the child at the time?
• Was it from a special event? i.e. game, rodeo, carnival, etc?

 

Action Taken by the Case Manager:

Report what action was taken by the case manager, family foster home, and/or facility since being notified that the child is missing? i.e. APB (all-points bulletin), appropriate notifications, etc.

 

Children and Family Services (CFS) must be notified via the incident report when a foster child is missing or AWOL.