Alternative Response (2024)

Alternative Response:

• Assesses child safety, risk of future abuse or neglect, and parent's ability to protect their children
• Connects families to services and/or informal supports to improve parents' ability to protect their children
• Does not place the parent(s) on the Central Registry
• Eligibility is based on information gathered by the Child Abuse & Neglect Hotline
• Has 22 exclusionary criteria
• Has the Review, Evaluate and Decide (RED) Team criteria (eight additional criteria). If they are present, further review is requiredto determine if the case meets the definition of Alternative Response
• Was implemented as a pilot project on October 1, 2014 in five counties (Scotts Bluff, Hall, Lancaster, Dodge, and Sarpy and was expanded in 2016 to an additional 30 counties