110 C.M.R. 4.01 – Voluntary Requests for Department Services

Intake for Voluntary Requests for Services 4.01: Voluntary Requests for Department Services 4.02: Preliminary Review of Application 4.03: Response Time after Preliminary Review of Applications for Department Services 4.04: Determination of Eligibility to Receive Services 4.05: Children in Substitute Care, Eligible for Benefits 4.06: Voluntary Placement Agreement for Substitute Care 4.07: Department Decision-making Authority for Children in Substitute Care Pursuant to a Voluntary Placement Agreement 4.08: Voluntary Surrender of a Child for Adoption 4.09: Safe Haven

Intake for Protective Service Delivery 4.20: Receipt and Initial Processing of Reports of Alleged Abuse or Neglect 4.21: Screening of Reports of Alleged Abuse or Neglect 4.22: Screening Process: Information Gathered by the Department 4.23: Screening Reports with a Potential Conflict of Interest 4.24: Screening Decision Emergency Response, Non-emergency Response or Screen Out Report 4.25: Documentation and Notification of a Screening Decision 4.26: Time Frame for Commencing and Completing the 51B Response 4.27: The Department's 51B Response: Viewing the Subject Child 4.28: The Department's Response: Collecting Additional Information 4.29: Emergency Removal of a Child(ren) 4.30: Institutional Settings, Additional Screening and Response Procedures 4.31: Assignment of Second or Subsequent Reports for Response 4.32: The Response Decision Supported, Substantiated Concern, or Unsupported 4.33: Notice of Unsupported Response Decision 4.34: Notice of Supported or Substantiated Concern Response 4.35: Institutional Settings: Coordination between Agencies 4.36: Central Registry Listing 4.37: Access to the Central Registry 4.38: Registry of Alleged Perpetrators Listing 4.39: Access to the Registry of Alleged Perpetrators 4.40: Department Decision-making Authority for Children in Custody Pursuant to a Court Order

Reporting to the District Attorney and Law Enforcement 4.50: Working with the District Attorney and Law Enforcement 4.51: Mandatory Reporting to the District Attorney 4.52: Discretionary Reporting to the District Attorney 4.53: Procedures 4.54: Multi-Disciplinary Service Team (MDST)

Intake for CRA Application 4.60: Scope of 110 CMR 4.60 through 4.67 4.61: General Provisions 4.62: Court Referral 4.63: Court-ordered Temporary Custody 4.64: Court-prescribed Services, without Custody to Department 4.65: Court-ordered Custody to Department Post Fact-finding Hearing 4.66: Department Employees at CRA Court Proceedings

(1) Any person located within the Commonwealth may request services from the Department. 110 CMR 4.01 through 4.09 apply to requests for Department services.
(2) In order to request Department services, the person making the request must complete a written application form. The Department shall provide assistance to any person who needs assistance completing the written application form.