Report Title:Risk Assessment Ratings by Determinations and Opened for Services
Report Purpose:This report shows the relationship between Risk Assessment ratings (Preliminary and Final), report determinations (Indicated and Unfounded) and the decision to open CPS cases for protective and/or preventive services.Information for this report is recorded when the stage is closed.
Risk Assessment Profile is an instrument that predicts the risk of future abuse or maltreatment. For example, indicated CPS investigations with a “Very High” preliminary rating, historically, have a 71% chance of having another indicated report in the next two years. Given this predictive power, Local Departments of Social Services will want to monitor provision of services for at-risk population. This report provides a high-level overview of the correlation between risk ratings (both Preliminary and Final), investigation determinations and provision of services post-investigation to support this activity.
Prompts:The Month and Year prompt requires the user to select the month and year in which Risk Assessments were approved.
The Organization Level prompt requires the user to select the level at which the report is desired. Options are:
Agency: for a single Local Department of Social Services. You must use the agency prompt to select the LDSS.
New York City: for New York City ACS. This level is also described as “Downstate”
Statewide: for the entire state of New York
Upstate: for all LDSS’s except New York City ACS. This level is also described as “Rest of State.”
The agency prompt requires the user to select the Local Department of Social Services for which the report will be run using a pull-down list. The prompt will only work if you have selected “Agency” in the Organization Level prompt.
This report uses the OCFS DW – Risk Assessment package. Data is refreshed MONTHLY and is available up to the most recently completed calendar month.
NOTE: THIS REPORT CAN’T BE SAVED AS AN EXCEL FILE; SAVE AS PDF FORMAT INSTEAD.
Data Item / Definition / Sample ValuesLast Monthly Refresh Date / Date of the latest monthly refresh of the OCFS Data Warehouse. This report is refreshed at the end of every monthly; it is not part of the weekly OCFS Data Warehouse refresh. / 6/17/04
Preliminary Risk Rating / Rating based upon the numeric Risk Assessment score before consideration of Elevated Risk Elements. / Low (score 2 or lower), Moderate (score 3 to 6), High (score 7 to 9), Very High (score 10 or above)
Final Risk Rating / Rating based on the Preliminary Risk Rating after consideration of Elevated Risk Elements. If no Elevated Risk Element applies, the Final Risk Rating will be the same as the Preliminary Risk Rating. If one or more Elevated Risk Element applies, the Final Risk Rating will be Very High. / Low, Moderate, High, Very High
Determination / Overall approved determination made as to the CPS report. An Indicated report is one in which at least one child had one or more substantiated allegations and the investigation conclusion was approved. An unfounded report is one in which no child had a substantiated allegations and the investigation conclusion was approved. / Indicated, Unfounded
Services / The investigation was opened for services. / Yes, No
Organization / Organization (Local Department of Social Services, New York City, Statewide or Upstate) for which the Risk Assessments’ approvers were employed on the day of the approval. / Schoharie CountyDSS
Month and Year / Month and Year in which the Risk Assessments were approved / August 2004
Number of Risk Assessments / The number of Risk Assessments approved in the selected month by a supervisor in the selected organization level with a Risk Rating, Determination and Services values in the column and row categories. / 18
Percentage of Risk Assessments Within Rating / The number of Risk Assessments divided by the Row Total. / 11%
Percentage of Risk Assessments Within Service / A column percentage: the number of Risk Assessments divided by Column Total. / 8%
Row Total / Sub-Total number of Risk Assessments approved in the selected month by a supervisor in the selected organization level with the same Risk Rating and Determination values and either of the Services values. / 25
Column Total / Total number of Risk Assessments approved in the selected month by a supervisor in the selected organization level with the same Determination and Services values and any of the Ratings. / 25
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