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t 3 monitoring of CPS screening decisions improvements to ttt e Central Registry for Child Abuse and decisions sect community awareness , enhancement of then ChildeMedicaliEvvaluati and Program and proposed legislative actions . on Section 2. The Secretary of Human Resources is hereby directed to request the Social Services Commission to enact emergency rules , id accordance with Chapter 1503 of the North Carolina General Statutes , requiring each County Department of", Social Services to establish a Community Child Protection Team, to review defined cases of child abuse or neglect , including child fatalities . It is my recommendation that the membership of each team include , but- not be limited to , the following individuals : the director of Social Services and a member of tr,eir staff, local law enforcement , the District Attorney ' s office , the medical profession , community action agency , school social 5ervices board member and , at their option , '[threeo to t five members appointed by the county board of commissioners . The county board of comrr,issionerz may by action within 30 days designate the chairmar7 of the review team. Otherwise , the director of Social Services will chair the tears . In cases of abuse/neglect, the focus of the team shall be to ensure appropriate community involvement in the children and to assist the county department of so-ialtse _vic the evaluating allegations e. � icea g e ations of maltreatment and in planning and providing services to prevent further abuse/neglect . In the review of child fatalities resulting from maltreatment , the focus Of' the review team will be to identify the local child }protection system andh�aps and deficiencies in remedies tP put into place needed and to assist the county department of sccial services in the protectiun of surviving siblings . The teams shall conduct their reviews in compliance with all laws and regulations governing confidentiality of abuse/neglect records . Section 3 . it shall be the re.•ponsibility of the Department of Human Resources Division of Social Services , in accordance with the lawz and through the adoption of emergence rules by the Social Services Commission , to : 1 . -Develop pr•ccedures to gu:.de the operation of community child protection teams and to define tr,e cases w;- 4 c wi7. 1 be subject to review by the county teams. t; 2. Standardize among counties the interpretation of "caretaker" so all counties investigate allegations of abuse and neglect involving non-traditional family members , such as boyfriends . Require each county department of social services to have a two level review prior to makin a decision nut.Lo investigate a report of all g eged rt,use or- neglect .