Memo From Florida Department of Children and Families Interim Secretary Mike Carroll Regarding Vision For Transparency & Reporting Of Child Deaths

The Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) is implementing a new initiative to respond to and streamline incident reporting regarding deaths of children involved with the child welfare system. On May 5, 2014, DCF Interim Secretary Mike Carroll issued a memo directing DCF to create a new position within the Office of Child Welfare to oversee reporting, data gathering, and response to child deaths. The memo directed DCF to finalize a plan to streamline incident reporting to ensure that DCF leadership is informed immediately following a report of a child death to the child abuse and neglect hotline. The . . .