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<br />I~ <br />1 <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />Agenda Abstract <br />Meeting Date: March 4, 1998 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item # <br />Subject: Child Protective Services Funding and New Positions <br />Department: Social Services <br />Public Hearing Yes----No--X-- <br />Attachment(s) <br />Overview of NC Statutory Changes <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: To accept funding from the NC Division of Social Services and to <br />establish seven new child protective services positions to: <br />• Increase safety for children reported as abused and/or neglected and <br />• Meet State staffing standards for child protective services. <br />Background: In 1997 the NC Division of Social Services conducted a statewide child <br />welfaze staffing study. This followed the deaths of several children due <br />to child abuse and neglect. The purpose of this study was to determine <br />the number of child protective services social workers needed in each <br />local depaztment of social services to meet minimum State required <br />staffing standazds. As a result, the 1997 General Assembly allocated <br />funds to insure that county departments of social services had the staff <br />needed to meet State caseload standards for child protective services. <br />The State staffing standards are: <br />• One Investigations Child Protective Services Social Worker for every <br />12 Families in the investigations caseload. <br />• One Treatment Child Protective Services Social Worker for every 15 <br />Families in the treatment caseload. <br />• One Child Protective Services Supervisor for every five Child <br />Protective Services Social Workers. <br />