Harrison County Blue Ribbon Committee schedules May workshop with state director to review CPS data, safety-plan sharing

Harrison County Blue Ribbon Committee members scheduled a working session with Director Andrea Sanders in May to review child protection data, hospital safety-plan sharing and cross‑jurisdiction information gaps raised by members.

“For our discussions, number 1 under our discussion is the workshop with Director Andrea Sanders. It's scheduled for May,” the Committee chair said, announcing the session and that the working session will run in the morning followed by the committee’s regular meeting in the afternoon.

The committee said it will use the working session to ask Sanders a list of specific questions developed by members, including how many children with a history involving Child Protective Services (CPS) have died in the past three years and whether CPS can provide records that show prior involvement even if a case was closed at the time of death. Committee members also asked whether the committee can request data on cases that were substantiated or had recent CPS involvement, not only cases…