Nebraska Revised Statutes Chapter 81. State Administrative Departments § 81-3136. Department of Health and Human Services; develop model for alternative response to reports of child abuse or neglect; contents; report

(a) Methodology for determining the location of sites for initial implementation of alternative response;

(b) An estimate of the percentage of reports of child abuse or neglect eligible for alternative response;

(c) Eligibility criteria for alternative response;

(d) The process to determine eligibility for alternative response;

(e) The assessment protocol and tools to be used for alternative response;

(f) The role of child abuse and neglect investigative teams and child abuse and neglect treatment teams in implementation sites;

(g) How, with whom, and what alternative response data will be shared;

(h) The criteria and process for transition of families from an alternative response to a traditional investigation;

(i) The criteria and process for families who refuse an alternative response;

(j) The plan to address the continuum of services needed for families receiving an alternative response;

(k) An overview of critical training elements for both staff who implement and stakeholders involved with alternative response implementation;

(l) A description of the evaluation component;

(m) The relationship of alternative response to Title IV-E waiver applications of the Department of Health and Human Services under the federal Social Security Act;

(n) A plan to communicate and update interested stakeholders and families with regard to the alternative response planning process;

(o) The identification of statutory and policy changes necessary to implement the alternative response model, including a procedure that provides that reports of child abuse and neglect which receive an alternative response shall not receive a formal determination and the subject of the report shall not be entered into the central registry of child protection cases maintained pursuant to section 28-718;

(p) A budget for implementing and sustaining an alternative response model;

(q) The mechanisms of oversight and accountability in the alternative response model; and

(r) A determination of how alternative response service providers will be selected.