The Present Danger Assessment (PDA) represents one component of the Florida Safety Decision Making Methodology (FSDMM) used by child welfare professionals to guide decision making relevant to child safety during initial child protection intervention and support a FSFN user more efficiently.

The PDA is a tool of the FSDMM practice model in FSFN that supports CPIs and Case Managers with the analysis of Present Danger to children in alleged abuse, neglect, and abandonment reports.

Present Dangers are immediate, significant, and clearly observable family conditions (or threats to child safety) that are actively occurring and are likely to result in severe harm to a child.

Creating a Present Danger Assessment in FSFN – Using Create Case Work

1. From the FSFN Desktop, select Create > Case Work.
2. The Create Case Work page will appear. From the Assessment and Planning drop down, select Present Danger Assessment.
3. Select the Case you are creating the PDA for on the right-hand side of the screen.
4. Click Create at the bottom of the screen.
5. The PDA will appear in edit mode.
6. To access the PDA from the FSFN Desktop, Expand the Cases icon.
7. Expand the file folder next to the case you are working with.
8. Expand Assessment and Planning.
9. Select the PDA hyperlink under Assessment and Planning.

Creating a Present Danger Assessment in FSFN – Using Casebook

1. At the top of the Case Book page, click the Create Case Work hyperlink.
2. The Create Case Work page displays.
3. From the Assessment and Planning drop-down, select PDA.
4. In the Cases group box, select the appropriate case.
5. Click Create.
6. The PDA page displays in edit mode.

*Please note that you can also create a PDA from the Case Book by selecting the Present Danger Assessment hyperlink from the Case Actions group box. The PDA page displays in edit mode.

Notes:

• The PDA Assessment can be the current date or a previous date. It cannot be a future date.
• The Case Name will be a pre-filled hyperlink to the Maintain Case page for that case.
• Case Number, Worker Name and Investigation/Intake Number will be pre-filled.
• To save the PDA: Click Save and the PDA with a Pending status OR check the Complete box in the PDA Header.

Resource: FSFN User Guides http://fsfn.dcf.state.fl.us/systemdocs.asp?path=User_Guides