Code of Virginia - Title 63.2 Welfare (Social Services) - Section 63.2-1504 Child-protective services differential response system

§ 63.2-1504. Child-protective services differential response system

The Department shall implement a child-protective services differential response system in all local departments. The differential response system allows local departments to respond to valid reports or complaints of child abuse or neglect by conducting either an investigation or a family assessment. The Department shall publish a plan to implement the child-protective services differential response system in local departments by July 1, 2000, and complete implementation in all local departments by July 1, 2003. The Department shall develop a training program for all staff persons involved in the differential response system, and all such staff shall receive this training.

(2000, c. 500, § 63.1-248.2:1; 2002, c. 747.)

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