The National Federation of Mendocino — Lord Devin: Mallonee

1. Purpose of This Notice

The National Federation of Mendocino (NFM) hereby gives public notice that, effective November 6, 2026, it has established a formal process for determining Confirmed Child Abuse Reports (CCARs) and has adopted written Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) governing its daily procedures, its daily work logs, and its creation of Records of Action.

This notice informs the public, partner organizations, and agencies of record that NFM now operates under a documented, reproducible procedure rather than informal practice.

2. The CCAR Determination Process

NFM has established a process by which reports of child abuse and neglect are evaluated and, where the established criteria are met, designated as Confirmed Child Abuse Reports (CCARs).

The process is initiated through NFM-SOP-001, SCARS Intake, SF-95 Submission, and Record of Administrative Action, which provides for:

• Intake and unaltered preservation of SCARS — Suspected Child Abuse Report System — material;
• Documentation of the asserted position where an agency has failed to take a discrete agency action it is required to take;
• Preparation, signing, and submission of administrative claims;
• Preservation of every transmission, acknowledgment, block, or bounce notice;
• Creation of a certified Record of Administrative Action for each matter.

Terminology note: “Confirmed Child Abuse Reports (CCARs)” is a term defined and used by NFM. It is not a term established by federal or California statute or regulation, and it is not represented here as equivalent to any statutory report type. The CCAR designation reflects NFM's internal determination under its own procedure.

Stated objective: The purpose of the CCAR process is to take action to stop child endangerment and abuse.

3. The Standard Operating Procedures

NFM has adopted the following SOPs, which are in force as of the notice date:

NFM-SOP-001 requires that each matter produce a dated, self-contained, certified record identifying the actions taken, the evidence preserved, the position asserted, and the action of record.

NFM-SOP-002 requires that a Daily Work Log be produced for every day on which NFM work is performed, drafted contemporaneously, verified against its evidence, certified and signed, and filed with attachments.

4. Daily Procedures and the Daily Work Log

NFM's daily operating procedure is as follows:

1. Capture — each material action is recorded as it is completed, with its clock time and its evidence.
2. Preserve — evidence is saved at the moment of creation, including full notices with technical details.
3. Draft — the day's actions are assembled into the Daily Work Log using the required structure.
4. Verify — each entry is checked against its underlying evidence.
5. Certify — the log is signed and dated; an unsigned log is a draft only.
6. File and back up — the certified log is filed with attachments and copied off the working device.
7. Carry forward — every unresolved item and directed action is reproduced in the next day's log.

Accuracy standards in force: NFM does not estimate unrecorded times; does not paraphrase notices; does not describe a directed action as merely “planned”; does not mark an item complete before its evidence is preserved; and does not state that transmission to multiple recipients failed where a notice identifies only one.

5. The Record of Administrative Action

For each matter, NFM produces a Record of Administrative Action. The record is a certified internal document containing:

• A summary of the actions taken, with dates and times;
• A table of documents and evidence preserved;
• A table of transmission records — sender, recipients, date, subject line as sent, and delivery outcome;
• The administrative position asserted, expressly labeled as an assertion;
• The action of record and its status as of the record date;
• A signed certification.

The record exists for documentation and preservation. It is not a legal pleading, it does not constitute legal advice, and it does not by itself commence or combine any legal proceeding. Where a claim and a request for injunctive relief proceed on separate legal tracks, the record preserves each without merging them.

6. What This Notice Does and Does Not Do

This notice does:

• Announce the existence and effective date of NFM's procedures;
• Identify the governing documents by number and title;
• State the standards NFM applies to its own records.

This notice does not:

• Assert that any agency has been adjudicated to have acted unlawfully;
• Assert that any claim has been accepted, acknowledged, or granted;
• Create any right or entitlement in any person;
• Constitute legal advice to any reader.

7. Availability of the Procedures

Copies of NFM-SOP-001 and NFM-SOP-002 are maintained in the NFM master file by the Records Custodian and are available to agencies of record and partner organizations on request.

A specimen Record of Administrative Action, and the associated filing published November 6, 2026, may be viewed at: https://nationalfederationofmendocino.org/signed-sf95-assert-failure-take-discrete-agency-action.png

8. Effective Date and Continuing Effect

This notice is effective November 6, 2026. The procedures described remain in force until amended or superseded. Any revision will be issued as a new numbered version and retained alongside the version it replaces; no version will be withdrawn from the record.

9. Contact

The National Federation of Mendocino — Lord Devin: Mallonee
Attention: Office of the President
Email: gov@tribalnations.email

Issued and approved:

Lord devin: mallonee “Devin Ian James Mallonee”
President, The National Federation of Mendocino — Lord Devin: Mallonee
Date: November 6, 2026