A Prospective Validation of California’s Family Risk Assessment

In 1998, select California counties adopted an actuarial risk assessment that classified families by the likelihood of future child maltreatment following an investigation of child maltreatment allegations.  This purpose of the study was to ensure that the risk assessment classified families well according to their likelihood of subsequent maltreatment when completed by workers under field conditions, regardless of whether the sample incident was substantiated or not.

In 1998, select California counties adopted an actuarial risk assessment that classified families by the likelihood of future child maltreatment following an investigation of child maltreatment allegations.  This purpose of the study was to ensure that the risk assessment classified families well according to their likelihood of subsequent maltreatment when completed by workers under field conditions, regardless of whether the sample incident was substantiated or not.