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Community Child Protection Team <br />Commissioners Annual Report <br />Page -3- <br /> <br />IV. FUTURE PLANS <br /> <br />In Fall 1994, a local Child Fatality Prevention Team will be formulated. <br />This committee will require commissioners' appointment 0f additionai <br />community and professional individuals. <br /> <br />B. Implement Interdisciplinary Unit with the hospital to conduct sexual abuse <br /> investigations in the least traumatic manner. <br /> <br />C. Acquire community wide training regarding the mechanics of conducting <br /> multi-disciplinary sexual abuse investigations. <br /> <br />D. Advocate for increased financial/resource support at the state level. <br /> <br />E. Support the community's effort to increase access to community resources <br /> through a more effective public transportation system. <br /> <br />F. Through existing resources and interagency collaboration, agencies to <br /> support and/or assist in the development of: <br /> <br />1. Additional low-income housing. <br />2. Short-term babysitting to allow parents to attend therapy and other <br /> needed resources. <br />3. Placement resource for teen parents and their children which teaches <br /> parenting skills. <br />4. Improve day care services to train centers to cope with children who <br /> exhibit behaviors consistent with abuse/neglect. <br /> <br />G. Establish a Child Abuse Policy and Protocol with Kannapolis City Schools. <br /> <br />V. CONCLUSIONS <br /> <br />A. The team has made a great deal of progress within the past 1-3 years. <br /> <br />B. Invite to a meeting. <br /> <br />C. Questions/comments. <br /> <br /> <br />