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Appointment of Consolidated Human Services Board (CHSB) Member to Local Child Fatality Prevention & Community Child Protection Team (CFPT/CCPT)
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INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dennis Joyner, Human Services Agency Public Health Director, 704-296-4801 & Ashley Lantz, Human Services Agency Social Services Director, 704-296-4380
ACTION REQUESTED:
Appoint a member of the Consolidated Human Services Agency Board to serve on the Local Child Fatality Prevention and Community Child Protection Team
BACKGROUND:
CCPTs were established in 1991 to review selected active cases of child abuse/neglect and cases in which a child died as result of suspected abuse/neglect. They are established in every county of the State. The purpose of CCPT reviews is to improve the Social Services/Child Protective Services system and other community systems that protect children from abuse and neglect.
Local CFPTs were established in 1993 to review child fatalities and make recommendations to improve local and statewide systems to better protect children and prevent fatalities.
As in most counties, the local Union County CFPT and CCPT are merged as one team and meet quarterly. N.C. G.S. 7B Article 14 defines the duties and membership composition of CCPTs and CFPTs. Based on this State statute, the members represent various disciplines in the community such as law enforcement, mental health, school system, health care, etc. Appointments are made by the respective agency leadership or local elected boards as required by statute. One member designation is “a member of the county board of social services, appointed by the chair of that board.” Under Union County’s consolidated human services model, the Human Services Board carries out statutory responsibilities of county boards of social services and county boards of health and would therefore make this appointment of one of its members.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
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