Mandated Reporting Harm Reduction: Balancing Risk Assessment Tool (BRAT)

This tool was created by Mandatory Reporting is Not Neutral Project and Interrupting Criminalization’s Beyond Do No Harm Network.

Over and over again, we hear from people navigating the realities of mandated reporting and family policing: “What happens if I do it wrong? Will I get in trouble?”

This tool outlines some of the most common questions practitioners and community-based groups encounter when navigating the realities of mandated reporting and supports them to develop practices that align with their values, reduce the harms of criminalization, and assess the various risks associated with mandated reporting.