INDUSTRY FIELD GUIDE
Family resource referral and acknowledgment records for AI
A resource navigator can document that it supplied a referral while the receiving organization has yet to confirm assistance.
NAICS 624190 · Other Individual and Family Services
A resource navigator can document that it supplied a referral while the receiving organization has yet to confirm assistance. ACF’s prevention resource guide provides context on connecting families with supports. A community organization can test documentation using an invented adult scenario. ACF prevention resource guide
Write an original directory for a fictional workshop and a transport resource. Provide a referral acknowledgment for the workshop but no participation record. Ask which referral events the documents support and what would show receipt of a service. Score the program, sender and status separately.
Use no family histories, contact details, income data, immigration information or support records. Keep eligibility and service decisions with authorized staff and exclude minors from any recording.
Describe a fictional resource navigation example
Original Fiund exercise
A referral acknowledgment does not establish that a service was received
An independently written adult-only resource-navigation scenario uses invented workshop and transport programs. No family history, income, immigration, contact or actual support record is represented.
| Record | Source | What it records |
|---|---|---|
| RN1 | Original directory | Fictional workshop W and transport resource T are separate programs. Each has a distinct inert program ID. |
| RN2 | Referral record | Navigator sends referral R-W to W. Receiving office acknowledges R-W as received, with no registration or participation confirmation. |
| RN3 | Transport note | Draft proposes a T referral, never sent. A participation acknowledgment for W-old belongs to another exercise and has no R-W link. |
Question for the model
Which referral events are documented, and what evidence would be needed before saying the adult participated or received transport?
Show the reference answer and checks
RN2 supports sending R-W and the workshop office's acknowledgment of that referral. It supplies no participation or service-receipt event. RN3 leaves T at an unsent draft and its W-old acknowledgment is unrelated. Report those separate program and workflow states, and request a correctly linked participation or transport-service record before describing a service as received. The fixture makes no eligibility or support-placement decision.
- Treating acknowledgment of a referral as participation in the program.
- Promoting an unsent draft or another exercise's acknowledgment into service evidence.
Fields to preserve
- Program and referral ID
- Defines the target.
- Sender, receipt acknowledgment and event type
- Separates stages.
- Participation evidence and unresolved status
- Limits the outcome claim.
Test another case
Add W registration without attendance confirmation. Require registration to resolve while participation remains unverified.
Use invented adults and original entries. Exclude minors and personal histories; authorized staff retain service and eligibility decisions.
Discuss a contribution
Describe the sources you control, the task they could support and what has already been checked. Use the existing-data assessment for an archive or the collection brief for a new recording project. The contributor agreement defines Fiund’s licensing authority and compensation. A guide or fictional exercise does not establish an accepted collection or a sale.