FAMILY ADVOCACY PROGRAM INTERIM POLICY REVISIONS:
3 NAVADMINs are known that refer back to this one:
UNCLASSIFIED// ROUTINE R 020000Z SEP 10 BT UNCLAS PASS TO OFFICE CODES: FM CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// TO NAVADMIN INFO CNO WASHINGTON DC//N1// NAVADMIN 297/10 MSGID/GENADMIN/CNO WASHINGTON DC/N1/SEP// SUBJ/FAMILY ADVOCACY PROGRAM INTERIM POLICY REVISIONS// REF/A/DOC/OPNAVINST/1752.2B/25APR2008// REF/B/MEMO/USD(P&R)/09JUN2010// NARR/REF A IS OPNAV INSTRUCTION 1752.2B, FAMILY ADVOCACY PROGRAM (FAP). REF B IS UNDERSECRETARY OF DEFENSE (PERSONNEL AND READINESS) MEMORANDUM THAT SUPPORTS NAVY PROCEEDING WITH FORTHCOMING DOD POLICY REVISIONS FOR FAP INCIDENT STATUS DETERMINATIONS AND CASE REVIEW COMMITTEE (CRC) PROCEDURES. RMKS/1. THIS NAVADMIN ANNOUNCES REVISIONS TO THE FAMILY ADVOCACY PROGRAM (FAP) CASE REVIEW COMMITTEE (CRC) PROCESS (AS OUTLINED IN REF A) AND ALIGNS NAVY WITH DOD PROPOSED POLICY (IAW REF B). THESE REVISIONS WILL ENSURE STANDARDIZATION AND ACCURACY OF INCIDENT STATUS DETERMINATIONS. THESE CHANGES ARE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. A REVISION TO REF A WILL FOLLOW. 2. FAP IS A LINE-MANAGED, MULTI-DISCIPLINARY PROGRAM IMPLEMENTED BY COMMANDER, NAVY INSTALLATIONS COMMAND (CNIC). CNIC IS COMPLETING THE TRAINING OF INSTALLATION AND REGIONAL FAMILY ADVOCACY REPRESENTATIVES (FARS) ON THE NEW DOD CRITERIA FOR REVIEWING SPOUSE/INTIMATE PARTNER AND CHILD ABUSE ALLEGATIONS. 3. A DECISION TREE WAS DEVELOPED TO ASSIST WITH APPLYING THE NEW CRITERIA TO CASES BEING REVIEWED FOR INCIDENT STATUS DETERMINATIONS. FAP INCIDENT STATUS DETERMINATIONS WILL BE RECORDED IN CRC MINUTES AND REFLECTED ON DD FORM 2486 AS EITHER: A. MEETS CRITERIA - A SUBSTANTIATED INCIDENT B. DOES NOT MEET CRITERIA - AN UNSUBSTANTIATED INCIDENT THE CRC WILL DETERMINE WHETHER THE INCIDENT IS UNRESOLVED, OR DID NOT OCCUR, FOR EVERY UNSUBSTANTIATED INCIDENT. CRC DETERMINATION LETTERS WILL REFLECT COMPLETE INCIDENT STATUS DETERMINATION RESULTS. 4. CRC MINUTES WILL NO LONGER INDICATE HOW EACH CRC MEMBER VOTED. INSTEAD, MINUTES WILL ONLY REFLECT THE DECISION ON EACH OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA FOR INCIDENTS OF MALTREATMENT UNDER REVIEW: ACT; IMPACT; EXCLUSION(S); AND, FINAL DETERMINATION. 5. INSTALLATION FARS (TRAINED BY CNIC STAFF USING A TRAIN-THE-TRAINER MODEL) WILL PROVIDE THE REQUIRED NEW CRITERIA TRAINING (DEVELOPED BY CNIC) TO RESPECTIVE INSTALLATION CRC MEMBERS, FAP CLINICAL STAFF, AND COMMAND REPRESENTATIVES. CRC MEMBERS WHO HAVE NOT COMPLETED THE REQUIRED TRAINING WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO VOTE AT CRC MEETINGS. CNIC STAFF WILL ALSO PROVIDE TRAINING FOR HEADQUARTERS REVIEW TEAM (HRT) MEMBERS. 6. INSTALLATION CRCS AND FAP HRT WILL BEGIN USING THIS NEW CRITERIA AND DECISION TREE TO MAKE INCIDENT STATUS DETERMINATIONS FOR ALL SPOUSE/INTIMATE PARTNER OR CHILD ABUSE INCIDENTS NO LATER THAN 90 DAYS AFTER COMPLETING CNIC-SPONSORED TRAINING. 7. ADDITIONALLY, USE OF THE FAMILY IN NEED OF SERVICES (FINS) CATEGORY WILL CEASE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING COMPLETED TRAINING OF FAP CLINICAL STAFF AND WILL BE ENTIRELY PHASED OUT NO LATER THAN 30 SEPTEMBER 2010. 8. REVISION TO THE CRC PROCESS USING THE NEW CRITERIA FOR INCIDENT STATUS DETERMINATION, FOR ALL SPOUSE/INTIMATE PARTNER AND CHILD ABUSE CASES WILL BE EFFECTIVE NAVY-WIDE NO LATER THAN 30 SEPTEMBER 2010. NAVY WILL CONTINUE TO REVIEW CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE CASES FOR DETERMINATION BY THE FAMILY ADVOCACY CRC, REGARDLESS OF THE CARETAKER STATUS OF THE ALLEGED OFFENDER(S). 9. POINT OF CONTACT IS MELVINA THORNTON, CNIC (N911), (202) 433-4646, OR VIA E-MAIL AT melvina.thornton@navy.mil. 10. RELEASED BY VADM MARK FERGUSON, N1.// BT #0001 NNNN