Local agency belief about allegation of neglect and FA response being less severe. Additionally, there was a belief about neglect being viewed as a less severe allegation. The belief was that safety risk was lower than other allegations and neglect reports commonly were assigned FA response. This notion combined with the fact that less attention was paid to the allegation details and identifying victim children in family assessment cases, since maltreatment determinations are not made in family assessment response, supported decision not to make a new CP report as well.