About Intake Dispositions

As part of an assessment, you determine whether the allegations in the intake, or report, are true. The intake disposition is recorded on the intake for each alleged child victim and each alleged perpetrator.

Reports have one of three dispositions:

• A Substantiated report is a disposition that concludes that the allegation of maltreatment or risk of maltreatment was supported or founded by State law or policy.

• An Unsubstantiated report is a determination that there is no sufficient evidence under State law to conclude or suspect that the child has been maltreated or is at risk of being maltreated.

• An Indicated report is a determination that maltreatment cannot be substantiated under State law or policy, but there is reason to suspect the child may have been maltreated or was at risk of maltreatment.

Once this determination is made, it is compared to the risk level which is determined by the calculated score in the risk assessment. Then a final case decision is made.

The case disposition is system-calculated based on responses to the risk assessment or reassessment recorded as part of a family assessment, ongoing case A/I, or case review. The case disposition is equal to the highest report disposition recorded on the intake.