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Commissioner Brown - DHHS - Community Support Services - To Approve the Community Child Protection Team (CCPT) and Child Fatality Prevention Team (CFPT) Annual Report Pursuant to N.C.Gen.Stat. §7B-1406
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STAFF CONTACT
Gregory Grier - Community Support Services - 704-862-6735
BUDGET IMPACT
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N/A
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BUDGET ORDINANCE IMPACT
Minimal impact to the budget ordinance.
BACKGROUND
The North Carolina Division of Social Services is committed to the purpose of involving communities in protecting children. Individual communities have an opportunity to assure the protection of children in the community. Communities will make this determination based on North Carolina’s child protection laws, community values, expectations, resources, etc. Child protection interest in communities will acknowledge a parent's rights to safely rear children as the parent chooses, will consider a wide range of parenting practices, and will allow children to be protected within their cultural and ethical beliefs. The Division recognizes child protection as a community responsibility. The Community Child Protection Team is one formal process that is used to ensure child protection while also providing social support. Community Child Protection Teams (hereafter, CCPT) were established as one means for the state and local communities to form a partnership to strengthen child protection. CCPTs were established in response to Executive Order 142 in May 1991. N.C.G.S. §7B-1406 requires that the team submit an annual report to the board of county commissioners which contains recommendations, if any, and advocate for system improvements and needed resources when gaps and deficiencies exist.
Each CCPT may review the records of all additional child fatalities and report findings in connection with these reviews to the Team Coordinator. In accordance with the plan established under G.S. 7B-1408(1), a separate Child Fatality Prevention Team (CFPT) shall be established in that county to conduct these reviews. Gaston County has an established and functioning CFPT.
This Board Action, if approved, serves as approval for the 2023 Community Child Protection Team and Child Fatality Prevention Team annual report. If approved, the report will be forwarded to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
POLICY IMPACT
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ATTACHMENTS
CCPT and CFPT Annual Report for Calendar Year 2023