Agencies overwhelmed by heavy workloads need to consistently and accurately determine which cases should be investigated, which children need to be removed, and which families require the most intensive services. Strategic assessments are needed to help agencies and workers make decisions as efficiently and effectively as possible.
Case workers need the help of tools to make accurate and reliable assessments of client circumstances. Assessments provide the ability to run pre-defined assessments which aid case workers in making effective decisions. This section outlines the key features of these assessments.