Narrative #2: In cases such as this the bureaucracy of licensing requirements also influences children being placed in homes that may be safe however, not able to be licensed due to the perceived barriers within the licensing process.  The judge ordering protective supervision with father #2 of all the children was also a factor in supporting the agency to not pursue licensing father #2.

Narrative #5: Additionally, the newer legal writers need time to familiarize themselves with SSIS and how to locate specific information, which can impede the process of finding this information.  This coupled with managing multiple responsibilities within a large workload can also contribute to information being not being found within SSIS.  The legal writing tool was changed in 2016-2017, which meant that the legal writers had to learn a new tool during this time, adding to the already increased workload.  Also impacting the CHIPS petition not indicating any knowledge of the father's sexual abuse maltreatment determination was the existence of local agency pressure for legal writers to get through a backlog of cases.
