Quality Assurance (QA) and Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)
Child Fatalities
Florida Statute
Florida Statute Ch 383.402 Child Abuse Death Review Committees
Administrative Code
Florida Administrative Code - 65C-30.020 Child Deaths
Florida Administrative Code - 65C-30.021 Child Death Reviews
DCF Operating Procedure
CFOP 170-06 - Child Fatality Investigative Response (11/11/16)
CFOP 175-17 - Child Fatality Review Procedures (3/3/11)
CFOP 170-4 - Child Maltreatment Index (3/24/17)
Memo: CFOP 170-16, Ch. 7, Funeral Arrangements for Children in Foster Care (Replaces CFOP 175-70)
CFOP 215-7 - Child Fatality Notification Requirements (5/13/14)
DCF Memorandum
Quality Assurance Reviews on Child Fatalities (2/11/16)
Minimum Requirements to Conduct Specified Reviews of All Child Fatalities (01/26/16)
Transparency and Consistency in Incident Reporting (5/22/14)
Learning Opportunities #01-2011 and Memo (Apr'11)
Revised Operating Procedure for Investigation and Review of Child Deaths (Mar'11)
Release of Records to Child Abuse Death Review Committees Memo (Sep'09)
Florida Child Fatality Information
Casey Family Programs - Review of Child Fatalities Reported to the Florida DCF (Oct, 2013)
Child Death/Injury Interview and Documentation Guide(FDLE)
Child Abuse Death Review-Perpetrator Risk Factor Study
Child Fatality Trend Analysis 2007-2013 (Jan, 2014)
DCF Child Fatality Prevention Website
Florida Department of Health
Guidelines for the State Committee
Guidelines for the Local Committees
National Resources
National Fatality Review-Case Reporting System (NFR-CRS)
Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities: Statistics and Interventions (CWIG, 2019)
Investigating Child Fatalities- A Portable Guides to Investigating Child Abuse(OJJDP, 2005)
National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome
Sudden Unexpected Infant Death and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (CDC)
State Secrecy and Child Deaths in the US (Children's Advocacy Institute, 2008)
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