{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-2312a","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 16-2312a","heading":"Evaluation of family team meetings and 72-hour time period for commencement of shelter care hearing.","body":"At intervals no later than 6 months, 18 months, and 30 months after [April 12, 2005], the Agency shall commission an independent process and impact evaluation of the family team meetings authorized in section 16-2312(a-1)   and the 72-hour period authorized in section 16-2312(a)(1)  . Each evaluation shall, at a minimum, assess the following processes and outcomes of the family team meetings:\n\n(1)\nRates of participation in the meetings for different types of participants, including parents, children, and relatives;\n\n(2)\nDemographic information about children and families who participated in the meetings;\n\n(3)\nThe percentage of meetings resulting in approved safety plans;\n\n(4)\nThe supports and services included in approved safety plans;\n\n(5)\nThe extent to which supports and services included in approved safety plans actually were provided;\n\n(6)\nThe percentage of meetings that resulted in the filing of a petition in the Family Court to remove a child from the home, and the percentage of meetings that resulted in a decision not to file a petition in Family Court;\n\n(7)\nThe placement outcomes for children who were the subject of the meetings, including:\n(A)\nThe percentage of children living with parents;\n(B)\nThe percentage of children living with relatives;\n(C)\nThe percentage of children who have been adopted;\n(D)\nThe percentage of children living in foster care; and\n(E)\nOther applicable placements;\n\n(8)\nThe percentage of children who received a permanent placement and whose cases were closed;\n\n(9)\nThe percentage of children who were the subject of subsequent reports to the Agency’s abuse and neglect reporting line; and\n\n(10)\nThe effect of the 72-hour time frame for the commencement of a Family Court hearing on families’ legal protections and due-process rights.","path":["Title 16. Particular Actions, Proceedings and Matters. [Enacted title]","Chapter 23. Family Division [Family Court] Proceedings.","Subchapter I. Proceedings Regarding Delinquency, Neglect, or Need of Supervision."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/16-2312a","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"1efd26a019823ecf794e6ea65f868e8e71f9d114cdd877600cd1b8b79ca71025","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-2312","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-2313"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}