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Board hears child fatality review changes, 2024 summary
Summary
The board was briefed on a restructured child fatality review process and a 2024 summary. The county merged child fatality review with the community child protection team and the state now determines which deaths are reviewed; funding was modestly increased for prevention work.
Mary Lou told the board the county has combined the child fatality review team with the community child protection team, a change that took effect in mid-2025 and altered which deaths are reviewed going forward. She said the new, state-driven process will produce different, more aggregate reports next year and the county has begun budgeting modest prevention funds for issues such as house-fire responses. "As of January of this year, we will be combined and we will see that," Mary Lou said, explaining future reports will reflect the merged teams.
Health Director Lillian and other members noted that the team still must meet statutory membership requirements and that the state child fatality team will direct mandated reviews. Lillian also thanked team members for the difficult work of reviewing child deaths and emphasized the preventive focus of future reviews rather than retrospective case-by-case detail.
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