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Committee presses for better CPS information-sharing, urges use of officer evidence; Memorial Hospital reports improved safety-plan process
Summary
Members said mandated reporters and chancery courts lack timely access to CPS case status and requested read-only access to MyKIDS; speakers also urged automatic capture of officer narratives and body-cam evidence. Memorial Hospital reported a new safety-plan process that aims to ensure plans before infant discharge.
Harrison County’s Blue Ribbon Committee devoted substantial time to shortcomings in information-sharing between Child Protective Services and local partners, and to new hospital–CPS coordination that committee members said is already helping protect newborns.
Speakers told the committee that mandated reporters — teachers, counselors, hospital staff and others — often receive no confirmation that CPS has investigated a referral or where a report stands in the investigative queue. Speaker 3 said mandated reporters routinely ask, ‘‘Is it being investigated? Where is it at in the queue?’’ and that current practice often leaves…
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