Resources
CECANF Final Report
Within Our Reach: A National Strategy to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities is the final report of the Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities. This report discusses the Commission’s findings and presents both a comprehensive national strategy for fundamental reform and recommendations specific to populations in need of special attention, including children currently known to CPS agencies and at high risk for fatality, American Indian/Alaska Native children, and African American children. The report includes recommendations for actions by the executive branch, Congress, and states and counties that the Commission believes will be most effective in ending these tragic deaths, today and into the future.
Public Meeting Materials
- Washington, DC
- San Antonio, TX
- Tampa, FL
- Detroit, MI
- Denver, CO
- Burlington, VT
- Research Roundtable
- Portland, OR
- Scottsdale, AZ
- Memphis, TN
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Middleton, WI
- New York, NY
Deliberations
- January 12-13, 2015
- August 26, 2015
- September 24, 2015
- October 30, 2015
- November 12, 2015
- December 3, 2015
- December 7–8, 2015
- January 14, 2016
- January 16, 2016
- January 28, 2016
- January 30, 2016
- February 14, 2016
- February 16, 2016
Resources on Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities
The Commission is charged with studying a broad range of issues related to child abuse and neglect fatalities. The following are some of the resources that Commission members are using to help define the issues they will be studying:
- A Path Forward: Policy Options for Protecting Children from Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities (Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities)
- Pediatricians’ Role in Preventing Child Maltreatment Fatalities: A Call to Action (Pediatrics’ Perspectives)
- Child Maltreatment 2014 (Children’s Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
- Child Maltreatment: Strengthening National Data on Child Fatalities Could Aid in Prevention (U.S. Government Accountability Office)
- Sustained and Coordinated Efforts Could Facilitate Data Sharing While Protecting Privacy (U.S. Government Accountability Office)
- Preventing Severe and Fatal Child Maltreatment: Making the Case for the Expanded Use and Integration of Data (Child Welfare)
- Social Services Block Grant: Background and Funding (Congressional Research Service)
- Child Welfare: States Use Flexible Federal Funds, But Struggle to Meet Service Needs (U.S. Government Accountability Office)
- Federal, State, and Local Spending to Address Child Abuse and Neglect in SFYs 2008 and 2010 (Child Trends)
- Child Fatalities — Related Organizations (Child Welfare Information Gateway)
- Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities (Child Welfare Information Gateway)