{"report_id":274,"form_id":"22","user_id":81,"organization_id":13,"question_id":"361","question_type":"Free_Text","text_answer":"As a result of federal and state child protection mandates, involuntary cases take precedence over voluntary cases, which is normative practice for all counties in Minnesota.  The agency needed to prioritize working with involuntary cases over voluntary cases as a result of an overall increase in staff's caseload.  The rise in caseload size has been impacted by the local agency receiving more child welfare reports resulting in an overall increase of screened in reports.  The surge in volume of calls, screened in reports, and increased case load size at the local agency has been effected by the recent revisions to the Minnesota Intake, Screening, and Response Path Guidelines.  These changes resulted from new legislation following the recommendations made by the Governor's Task Force on the Protection of Children.  Furthermore, staff turnover influenced the prioritization of involuntary cases over voluntary cases within the agency, such as PSOP cases which have fewer federal and state regulatory restrictions.","created_by":81,"updated_by":81,"updated_at":"5\/26\/2021 11:06:34 am","created_at":"5\/26\/2021 11:06:34 am","id":29270}