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VA CPS website (snipped)http://www.dss.virginia.gov/files/d...s/03-2009/partIIIcomplaintsandreports3-09.pdf
IMO - Reports and how they are handled at CPS in VA seems convoluted. There is a procedure and time line to determine if a report is valid. The criteria is on their website. http://www.dss.virginia.gov/family/cps/index2.cgi
In this circumstance I think I would be willing to cry wolf "I suspect sexual abuse" instead of "I see inappropiate touching of hands and hair". Without knowing what the relatives reported it's hard to say if CPS did anything wrong. I think with overburdened and underfunded agencies; sometime the squeeky wheel gets the grease. So yell loud and long, go talk to someone in person, call LE etc etc. I say this now only after following this story.
4.2 Notify Law Enforcement of Non-Caretaker Sexual Abuse
If a report is not valid because it alleges child sexual abuse perpetrated by a person who is not in a caretaker role, the local department (or CPS State Hotline staff if receiving the call) is required to report the allegation to the local law enforcement agency. The worker should telephone the information to law enforcement in the jurisdiction where the abuse occurred in accordance with any local protocol or standard procedures for reporting sex offenses involving juvenile victims. If there is any reason to believe a child may be in danger, the report must be made immediately. In all other cases, the report must be made on the same day it is received.
Additional procedures may be developed locally to ensure effective reporting and accountability.
IMO - Reports and how they are handled at CPS in VA seems convoluted. There is a procedure and time line to determine if a report is valid. The criteria is on their website. http://www.dss.virginia.gov/family/cps/index2.cgi
In this circumstance I think I would be willing to cry wolf "I suspect sexual abuse" instead of "I see inappropiate touching of hands and hair". Without knowing what the relatives reported it's hard to say if CPS did anything wrong. I think with overburdened and underfunded agencies; sometime the squeeky wheel gets the grease. So yell loud and long, go talk to someone in person, call LE etc etc. I say this now only after following this story.