When DFPS receives notice that a child is missing, the assigned caseworker must enter the Missing Child Episode into IMPACT by doing the following:

• Enter information in all required fields on the Missing Child Detail page within 24 hours of notification.
• Complete Missing Child Detail page within 48 hours of receiving notification that the child is missing.
• Enter the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) case number on the Missing Child Detail page.

Until the child is recovered, the caseworker and assigned special investigator (SI) must document in IMPACT all efforts to recover the child.

The caseworker must include efforts to recover in the Contacts Performed and in the Contact Evaluation portions of the record, which are reviewed monthly by the supervisor. The caseworker and supervisor must meet at least quarterly with the program director and other appropriate staff members (as identified by the region) to determine whether sufficient efforts have been made to recover the child and whether other actions are needed.