PROCEDURE

Version: 1 POLICY [NEW] When a report of Child Abuse and/or Neglect (CA/N) is substantiated, the Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) will enter all appropriate information into the Child Protection Index (CPI). No later than 30 days after DCS enters a substantiated CA/N report into the CPI, DCS shall notify the parent, guardian, or custodian of the victim/child who is named in the report and any substantiated perpetrator, that DCS has entered the report into the CPI. DCS will release information contained in the CPI only in accordance with Indiana law. Refer t