Reports to Mississippi Centralized Intake and Assessment Unit – The Partner

Reports to Mississippi Centralized Intake and Assessment Unit – The Partner Provider must immediately make a report to Mississippi Centralized Intake and Assessment (MCIA) in the event of the death, abuse, severe accident, illness, hospitalization, runaway, kidnapping, suicide attempts, injury, neglect, exploitation, or emergency medical attention of a child in care (Regularly scheduled doctor’s visits such as dental, vision or mental health appointments are excluded but are updated in the client’s file). 1. MCIA reporting options: MCIA Hotline at 1-800-222-8000 Online Reporting Tool: https://reportabuse.mdcps.ms.gov/ 2. Reporting timeframes. All reports to MCIA shall be made within eight (8) hours of becoming aware of the incident. Reports of elopement shall be made within one (1) hour of becoming aware of the elopement to the following partners: Local law enforcement MCIA Hotline (1-800-222-8000) MDCPS Human Trafficking Coordinator – MCI_HTIRNotifications@mdcps.ms.gov MBI Statewide Human Trafficking Coordinator (ReportHT@dps.ms.gov)  3. Serious Incident Reports. After making the initial report to MCIA, the Partner Provider must submit a Serious Incident Report (SIR) to the Congregate Care Unit within 24 hours of the incident.  4. Records. A copy of any of the SIR must be kept in the Partner Provider’s child’s file.