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6 <br /> evidence-driven initiatives to prevent child abuse, neglect, and death, such as <br /> education and awareness initiatives. <br /> o Create and implement processes for evaluating the ability of the Child Fatality <br /> Prevention System to achieve outcomes to be accomplished by the system, and to <br /> report to the Child Fatality Task Force on these evaluations and on statewide <br /> functioning of the Child Fatality Prevention System. <br /> o Consider opportunities to seek and administer grant and other non-State funding <br /> sources to support State or local Child Fatality Prevention System efforts. <br /> o Develop guidance to inform local decisions about the formation and <br /> implementation of single versus multicounty Local Teams. <br /> • Consolidates teams across the state to focus on streamlined local-level reviews <br /> o The current system structure includes two types of local review teams in every <br /> county plus two types of state review teams—more than 200 teams. This includes <br /> local Child Fatality Prevention Teams (local CFPT), local Community Child <br /> Protection Teams (local CCPT), a State Child Fatality Review Team, and a State <br /> Child Fatality Prevention Team. <br /> o The new legislation merges current Community Child Protection Teams and <br /> Child Fatality Prevention Teams in each county to form a single,unified Local <br /> Team, with the option to be a single-county team or a multi-county team. It also <br /> eliminates the two state review teams currently conducting state-level reviews <br /> with support from NCDHHS. <br /> • Amends the requirements related to deaths requiring review. Teams are required to <br /> review all deaths in the following categories: undetermined, unintentional injury, <br /> violence, motor vehicle, child abuse or neglect/CPS involvement, sudden and unexpected <br /> infant deaths, suicide, deaths not expected in next six months. Teams are also required to <br /> review a subset of infant deaths that do not fall within these categories according to <br /> criteria set by the new state office. <br /> • Restructure the System of Review and Support for Maltreatment-Related Deaths <br /> o The legislation assigns responsibility to the North Carolina Division of Social <br /> Services to restructure Citizen Review Panels. The federal Child Abuse <br /> Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) (42 U.S.C. 5106) requires each state to <br /> maintain a minimum of three Citizen Review Panels to provide systems-level <br /> monitoring and recommendations related to child welfare practice. Historically, <br /> North Carolina has met this requirement through its 100 Community Child <br /> Protection Teams (CCPT), which operate in each county. Under the new <br /> legislation,North Carolina can restructure its Citizen Review Panels into a <br /> statewide or regional approach that can better meet the oversight and <br /> recommendation role intended for the Citizen Review Panels. The panels must be <br /> operated and managed by a qualified organization that is independent from any <br /> State or county department of social services The specific structure of the new <br /> Citizen Review Panels can be determined by NC DSS in partnership with this <br /> external managing entity, as long as the new structure meets the federal <br /> requirement to maintain a minimum of three panels. <br /> e The legislation also eliminates DSS-led intensive reviews focusing on one Local <br /> Team review and expands the review of child maltreatment deaths and deaths of <br /> children known to child protective services. The legislation outlines a structure in <br /> 2 <br />