Re: citizen review of child protection

[Tino Hammid <tinoh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm sending a cc of this post to Carol Hopkins as well

Contact San Diego County, California.  After their 1991-1992 County Grand
Jury published some reports very critical of the local CPS I believe that
they instituted a citizen review panel.  You can also contact Carol Hopkins
at Carolhop1@aol.com.  Carol was deputy foreman of that grand jury.

Tino Hammid

>I am researching the feasibility of setting up citizen review panels for
>child protection for the Washington legislature. The panels are to
>undertake policy review and use individual cases to gather information,
>maintaining a strong citizen component. I am searching for information
>on previous experiences with such citizen organizations.  Are there
>examples of states/jurisdictions that have done a particularly good job
>with such entities, or had difficulties?  Has any research been
>conducted, or policy think pieces?.
>
>New address as of July 13, 1998:
>Roxanne Lieb, Director
>Washington State Institute for Public Policy
>110 East Fifth Avenue, Suite 214
>PO Box 40999
>Olympia WA  98504-0999
>(360) 586-2768
>liebr@wsipp.wa.gov
>(360) 586-2793 (fax)