Reasons why Arizona CPS can step in and remove a parent.
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The physical or mental health or mental limitations of caregiver or other person living in or having access to the home places the child in immediate danger.
Caregiver's disorders reduce their ability to control their behavior in ways that threaten safety.
Caregiver is emotionally immobilized (chronically or situationally) and can not control his/her behavior in ways that threaten safety.
Caregiver is delusional; experiencing hallucinations.
Caregiver is so depressed that he/she is not functionally able to meet basic needs of the child.
Caregiver's intellectual incapacity affects judgment/knowledge in ways that prevent providing adequate basic care.
When Implementing and Monitoring the Safety Plan
After the Safety Plan has been developed, it must be implemented and monitored to ensure that all safety actions fully control the identified safety threat(s).
The CPS Specialist who is responsible for implementing the Safety Plan must explain the Plan to the family and, whenever the family has an active role in carrying out the Plan, obtain the family's commitment to cooperate and participate in carrying out the Plan. The CPS Specialist must discuss (and provide a copy of) the Safety Plan with the monitor, if applicable.
Under no circumstance is a Safety Plan to serve as the solution to a long-term problem. Every Safety Plan must be re-evaluated to ensure that the safety actions continue to control the identified safety threat(s). Failure to carry out the Safety Plan should result in a reassessment of child safety and possible protective custody and/or consultation with the Attorney General's Office regarding the need to file a dependency petition.
https://extranet.azdes.gov/dcyfpolicy/Exhibits/Exhibit_5_Child_Safety_Assessment_Protocol.htm