Board hears child fatality review changes, 2024 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.
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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.
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