Handbook Revision, October 1, 2026

This revision of the Statewide Intake Policy and Procedures Handbook was published on October 1, 2026. Summaries of new or revised items are provided below.

SWI Annual Review of Chapter 4000: Child Protective Investigations and Services (CPI and CPS) (PATS 00258)

This policy revision clarifies language for consistency and accuracy across the 4000 chapter, which is about reports of abuse or neglect concerns for children, documentation, processing, and special topics related to CPI and CPS.

See:

4000 Child Protective Investigations and Services (CPI and CPS)

4100 CPI and CPS Person List

4110 Type

4111 Principal (PRN)

4112 Collateral (COL)

4113 Anonymous Reporters

4120 Roles

4121 Alleged Victim (VC)

4122 Alleged Perpetrator (AP)

4122.1 Unknown Alleged Perpetrator (AP)

4122.2 Child as an Alleged Perpetrator (AP)

4122.3 Youth's Partner as an Alleged Perpetrator (AP)

4122.4 Deceased Alleged Perpetrator (AP)

4123 Alleged Victim Perpetrator (VP)

4124 Unknown Role (UK)

4125 No Role (NO)

4130 Relationship or Interest (Rel/Int)

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4141 Person List with Limited or Unknown Information on Household Members

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4200 CPI Allegations

4210 Abuse Allegations

4211 Emotional Abuse (EMAB)

4212 Human Trafficking

4212.1 Labor Trafficking (LBTR)

4212.2 Sex Trafficking (SXTR)

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4213 Physical Abuse (PHAB)

4214 Sexual Abuse (SXAB)

4220 Neglect Allegations

4221 Abandonment (ABAN)

4222 Medical Neglect (MDNG)

4223 Neglectful Supervision (NSUP)

4224 Physical Neglect (PHNG)

4225 Refusal to Assume Parental Responsibility (RAPR)

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4310 Priority 1 (P1)

4320 Priority 2 (P2)

4330 Priority None (PN)

4331 Past Abuse or Neglect; No Current Safety Issues

4332 Additional Information from Specific Collateral or Principal (COL/PRN) Is Needed

4333 Child Death/Incident Addressed in Previous Case

4400 Processing CPI Intakes and Case-Related Special Requests (CRSRs)

4410 Case Name

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4430 CPI Screener Eligibility Question

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4450 Open Cases

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4510 Pregnancy, and Newborns, and Unborn Children

4511 Unborn Child Assessing Drug or Alcohol Concerns During Pregnancy

4512 Assessing Post-Delivery Drug or Alcohol Concerns

4513 Miscarriage or Fetal Demise

4514 Concerns Regarding Breastfeeding Mother with AIDS or HIV

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4515.1 Designated Emergency Infant Care (DEIC) Providers

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4515.21 Infant Is Brought to a Designated Emergency Infant Care (DEIC) Provider

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4515.4 Situations That Do Not Meet Baby Moses Intake Criteria

4516 Mother with a Child in DFPS Conservatorship Gives Birth to a New Baby

4516.1 Birth Reported by DFPS or a Single Source Continuum Contractor (SSCC) Staff

4516.2 Birth Reported by Anyone Other Than DFPS or a Single Source Continuum Contractor (SSCC) Staff

4517 Child Born to Mother in a Corrections Facility, Mental Health Hospital, or Drug Treatment Facility

4520 School Reports

4521 Criteria for Person Types in School Reports

4521.1 Criteria for Alleged Victim (AVVC) in School Reports

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4522 Assessing Priority for School Reports

4523 Documenting School Reports

4524 School Reports That Do Not Allege Abuse or Neglect

4525 Home Schooling

4526 Boarding Schools

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4531.1 Assessing Behavior

4531.2 Identifying the Source of Sexual Behavior

4531.3 Reports for Children under the Age of 10 Who are Exhibiting Age-Inappropriate Sexual Behavior

4531.4 Children Ages 13 or Younger Engaged in Sexual Activity

4532 Sexually Active Youth Ages 14 to 17

4532.1 A Youth Aged 14–16 Engaged in Sexual Activity

4532.2 A Youth Aged 14–16 Living with an Unrelated Partner Who is More than Three Years Older

4532.3 A Youth Aged 14–16 Has a Child and Is in a Relationship with an Unrelated Partner Who Is More Than Three Years Older

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4534 Limited Information about Sexually Active Children or Youth

4540 Designating a Child as an Alleged Perpetrator (AP) for Child-on-Child Abuse/ or Neglect under CPI Jurisdiction

4541 Child-on-Child Sexual Abuse (SXAB)

4542 Child-on-Child Physical Abuse (PHAB)

4543 Child-on-Child Neglectful Supervision (NSUP)

4544 Determining the Role of the Caregiver When Assessing for Child-on-Child Abuse or Neglect

4550 Multifamily Households

4551 Clarification of Terms: Family and Multifamily Household

4552 Person Detail on Multifamily Intakes

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4561 Children in DFPS Conservatorship

4561.1 Situations That Require an I&R to Existing CPS Case

4561.2 Situations That Sometimes Require an I&R to Existing CPS Case

4561.21 Incident in a Non-Licensed Setting

4561.22 Incident in a Kinship Setting

4561.23 Incident in a Residential Child Care Regulation (RCCR) Setting

4561.24 Incident in a Day Care Regulation (DCR) Setting

4561.25 Incident in a Provider Investigations (PI) (Facility or Community) Setting

4561.3 Youth in Conservatorship Has a Child

4561.4 Youth in Conservatorship Abuses or Neglects Own Child

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4562.1 Court-Ordered Investigations or Removals

4562.2 Children Placed in a Shelter by Law Enforcement

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4564.1 Residential Treatment Center Project

4564.2 Post-Adoption Substitute Care Services

4564.21 Assessing Reports for Post-Adoption Substitute Care

4564.3 Assessing Reports Involving Placement Assistance for Therapeutic Needs

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4571 Physical Abuse (PHAB) as a Result of Exposure to Family Violence

4572 Neglectful Supervision (NSUP) as a Result of Exposure to Family Violence

4573 Emotional Abuse (EMAB) as a Result of Exposure to Family Violence

4574 Designating Roles for Family Violence-Related Intakes

4580 Motorized Vehicles (Including ATVs)

4581 Driving without a Car Seat or Seat Belt

4582 Caregiver Driving While under the Influence of Drugs or Alcohol

4583 A Children Left Alone in a Vehicles

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4610 Locating Families

4611 Red Sunburst Indicator

4611.1 Red Sunburst without Unable to Complete (UTC) Disposition

4611.2 Unable to Complete (UTC) and Unable to Locate (UTL) Procedures

4612 The Child Safety Check Alert List (CSCAL) Program (Child Safety Check Alert List)

4612.1 Child Safety Check Alert List (CSCAL) Reported by Law Enforcement

4612.2 Child Safety Check Alert List (CSCAL) Discovered During Routine History Search

4613 Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) Unable to Locate Parent or Guardian of a Child in an Intermediate Care Facility for Individuals with an Intellectual Disability (ICF/ID) or Nursing Facility

4614 Limited Locating Information

4615 Not Enough Locating Information for a CPI Intake

4615.1 Requesting a Texas Integrated Eligibility Redesign System (TIERS) Search

4615.2 Processing a Case-Related Special Request (CRSR) Completed Due to a Lack of Locating Information

4615.3 Processing Results of the Family Inquiry Network/Database Research System (FINDRS) Search

4620 Methamphetamine Labs

4630 Child Death

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4632.1 Program Jurisdiction for the Death of a Child in DFPS Conservatorship

4632.2 Death of a Child in DFPS Conservatorship in an Unlicensed Placement

4632.3 Death of a Child in DFPS Conservatorship in a Facility under the Jurisdiction of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD)

4632.4 Death of a Child in DFPS Conservatorship in a Nursing Home

4632.5 Death of a Child in DFPS Conservatorship in a Facility under the Jurisdiction of Child Care Investigations (CCI)

4632.6 Death of a Child in DFPS Conservatorship in a Situation under the Jurisdiction of Provider Investigations (PI)

4640 Forced or Coerced Marriage

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4710 Incidents Involving Abuse or Neglect Out of State

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4711.1 CPI Out-of-State Table

4711.2 Information and Referrals (I&Rs) for Out of State Situations

4711.3 Child in an Out-of-State Placement, Including an Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC), Alleges Abuse or Neglect

4712 Abuse or Neglect Both in Texas and Out of State

4712.1 Texas CPI Intake and Additional Children at Risk in Another State

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4714 Child Resides in Mexico

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4730 Child Living with an Unrelated Caregiver

4731 Residential Child Care Investigations (RCCI) Jurisdiction

4732 Provider Investigations (PI) Jurisdiction

4733 Child Protective Investigations (CPI) Jurisdiction

4734 Child-Specific Contract (CSC)

4735 Information and Referral (I&R)

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4741 Care Provided in the Child’s Home

4741.1 Specialized Ongoing Care Inside a Child’s Home

4742 Care Provided Outside of a Child’s Home

4743 Parents and Child Care Provider Both Possible Alleged Perpetrators (APs)

4750 Investigational Jurisdiction of Abuse, or Neglect, or Exploitation of Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC)

4751 Tracking Reports Regarding Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC)

4760 Child Lives in an Home and Community-Based Services (HCS) Group Home or Receives Services in Another Setting

4800 CPI Case-Related Special Requests (CRSRs)

4810 Requirements for Case-Related Special Requests (CRSRs)

4820 Types of Case-Related Special Requests (CRSRs) Entered by SWIfor CPI or CPS

4821 Case-Related Special Request (CRSR)—Request for Local Public Service (C-PB)

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4823 Case-Related Special Request (CRSR)—Court-Ordered Request (C-CO)

4824 Case-Related Special Request (CRSR)—Protective Service Alert (C-SA)

4825 Case-Related Special Request (CRSR)—Return to Care (C-RC)

4825.1 Referring a Young Adult Wishing to Return to Care

4825.2 Processing a Report for a Young Adult Wishing to Return to Care

4825.3 Young Adults Returning To Care with His or Her Own Children of Their Own

4826 Case-Related Special Request (CRSR)—Expedited Background Check (C-EBC)