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Investigations which automatically meet the Red Flag designation are those investigations in which, at a minimum, critical injuries have occurred, a permanent or serious impairment may have occurred, or there has been a death or critical injury to another child in the family.

In most instances, Child Protective Services has approximately 45 days to investigate reports of neglect, dependency and abuse. If the investigation takes longer than 45 days the agency must promptly notify the family about the extension.

Contact your state legislature/governor's office/District Attorney and ask for assistance. Report the CPS office that is behind this unacceptable recommendation. Do not take no for an answer...be persistent. Call them, write them, go in person to their offices and tell them you need help.

The most common example is when an adult fails to do something generally considered reasonable to safeguard or rescue a child from abuse or neglect. The adult in question might be a non-abusive parent or guardian who knows the abuser's identity but does not report them to the police.

Unfortunately, unless your civil rights are violated, you likely won't have any legal claim against Child Protective Services stemming from the agency's, or its representatives', routine actions.However, when civil rights are violated, individuals can sue CPS, and these claims can be costly for cities.

Failure to protect laws are designed to guard children from the negative effects of exposure to interpersonal violence.Some states have attempted to protect children by including exposure to IPV as "failure to protect" under child abuse and neglect laws.

Yes, CPS is indeed effective at achieving it's unstated goal which is to perpetrate itself.That said, CPS is most definitely not effective in it's actual stated mission and/or purpose which is to protect children from abuse and neglect.

Essentially, failure to protect laws charge a parent with not doing enough to shield their child from witnessing or experiencing abuse. Virtually every state pursues some form of failure to protect charges within the civil child welfare system.

Being unwilling to meet your child's basic needs for food, shelter, clean water, and a safe environment (examples of unsafe environments include: your child living in cars or on the street, or in homes where they are exposed to poisonous materials, convicted sex offenders, temperature extremes, or dangerous objects