STATE OF NEVADA - Division of Child and Family Services

Figure 06: Number of Total Removals
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JUL '09 AUG '09 SEP '09 OCT '09 NOV '09 DEC '09 JAN '10 FEB '10 MAR '10 APR '10
CCDFS 166 176 158 196 151 147 92 101 189 172
WCDSS 35 34 35 52 41 53 57 32 44 45
DCFS RURAL 18 9 35 22 21 17 14 11 17 24
STATEWIDE TOTAL 219 219 228 270 213 217 163 144 250 241
Source: UNITY Report CFS7G6 July 1, 2009 to April 30, 2010
Child Fatality
In an effort to promote child safety, Nevada collects information and participates in a variety of teams to examine
incidences of child abuse and neglect that result in child fatalities or near fatalities. Nevada continues to follow
recommendations from the Blue Ribbon Panel reported in previous APSR’s. These recommendations have resulted in
numerous revisions to policies, procedures, legislative changes, quality improvement activities as well as participation
from the Legislative Council Bureau auditors in ensuring continuous monitoring and review of fatalities and near fatalities
that occur statewide.
Nevada continues the work of both state and local teams that review child fatalities. The Regional Multidisciplinary Child
Death Review Teams are charged with periodic review of child deaths which occur within their region. The Administrative
Team is comprised of agencies which provide child welfare services, vital statistics, public health, mental health and
public safety. They provide oversight for local teams and receive the reports and recommendations from local
multidisciplinary teams for review. The Executive Committee is comprised of members of each Regional Multidisciplinary
Child Death Review Teams as well as other stakeholders. The Executive Committee makes funding decisions about
prevention and awareness initiatives, oversees training initiatives, oversees training and development of the MDT’s,
compiles and distributes a statewide annual child death report, and adopts statewide protocol.
The Executive and Administrative Teams continue their work with local and statewide initiatives as a result of
recommendations from the Regional Multidisciplinary Child Death Review Teams. In 2009, public awareness and
education campaigns targeted the four leading causes of child death in Nevada, including: motor vehicle accidents, other
accidents, homicide, and suicide. The primary focus of the campaign was in collaboration with the Nevada Children’s
Trust Fund on the Fight Abuse Campaign, which promoted abuse and neglect awareness, reporting, and prevention. One
Nevada APSR – SFY 2010
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