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Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />Agenda Item Abstract <br />Meeting Date: November 4, 1998 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item # -b <br />SUBJECT: Community Child Protection Team Annual Report <br />Department: Social Services Public Hearing Yes----No--X-- <br />ATTACHMENT (S): <br />Annual Report <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Marti Pryor-Cook, Director <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br />Durham - 688-7331 <br />Mebane - 227-2031 <br />Chapel Hill - 967-9251/968-4501 <br />Purpose: <br />To present the Community Child Protection Team's annual report to the Orange County <br />Boazd of Commissioners. <br />Background: <br />Community Child Protection Teams (CCPT) were established in response to Executive <br />Order 142 in May of 1991. The Governor issued this order outlining initiatives to <br />strengthen services for children due to the dramatic increase in child abuse and neglect <br />reports. The COPT was identified as one means for the state and local communities to <br />form a partnership to strengthen child protection. One of the duties of the COPT is to <br />prepaze an annual report to the County Board of Commissioners. The report is to include <br />issues that have been identified by the COPT as well as resource needs/gaps in the <br />community. Issues that impact the protection of children aze to be a primary focus. <br />Dr. Desmond Runyan, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Pediatric, will present the CCPT <br />report to the Boazd of Commissioners. Dr. Runyan has been a member of the Orange <br />County Team since its inception. He is also a national and international expert on child <br />abuse and neglect issues. <br />Recommendation: <br />The Manager recommends acceptance of the report. <br />