Eligibility for alternative or differential response informed by a risk determination. Please note this variable was renamed in 2023 to make this more distinct from the other related variables about risk for alternative response eligibility. It was previously named AltResp_EligibilityRisk in the 2021 and 2019 data.

Specification of types of child maltreatment not eligible for alternative or differential response

Cases involving other types of child maltreatment are not eligible for alternative or differential response

Cases involving abandoned infants are not eligible for alternative or differential response

Cases involving neglect are not eligible for alternative or differential response

Cases involving sexual abuse are not eligible for alternative or differential response

Cases involving physical abuse are not eligible for alternative or differential response

Cases involving substance-exposed newborns are not eligible for alternative or differential response

Cases involving a child fatality or near fatality are not eligible for alternative or differential response

Eligibility for alternative or differential response based on type of maltreatment