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RE: Sleep Related Deaths and CPS

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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>Lindsay Gross<SPAN 
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color=#000000>wrote:</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></SPAN><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN 
class=099172519-29012009><FONT color=#0000ff>&nbsp;&gt;&nbsp;</FONT></SPAN>In 
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Michigan</st1:State></st1:place> we 
are seeing some inconsistency in whether or not CPS is substantiating when a 
child&#8217;s death is the result of unsafe sleep practices. Can other states respond 
and let me know if their state&#8217;s CPS is substantiating for sleep related deaths? 
If so, are they only substantiating when there are substances involved or if 
they can prove that the family had been educated on safe sleep? Has your state 
CPS set out guidelines for how counties are supposed to act in these cases?<SPAN 
class=099172519-29012009><FONT color=#0000ff>&nbsp;&lt;</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p><SPAN class=099172519-29012009><FONT face=Arial 
color=#0000ff size=2>I sit on the Dallas County Child Fatality Review Team and 
am also a former CPS employee.&nbsp; I consulted with a friend who currently 
works at CPS regarding this question.&nbsp; 
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p><SPAN class=099172519-29012009><FONT face=Arial 
color=#0000ff size=2>In Texas, there is no particular policy on 
this.&nbsp;&nbsp;The disposition often depends on the outcome of the necropsy, 
which is often inconclusive in&nbsp;determining whether the child died of 
suffocation as opposed to SIDS or SUDI (Sudden Unexplained Death in 
Infancy).&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;<SPAN class=099172519-29012009><FONT 
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>&nbsp;If there is proof that the parents were 
impaired by alcohol or drug abuse and it can be shown that they did lay over the 
child, the State may substantiate that the child died as a result of 
neglect.&nbsp; However, I am told that these are reportedly 
rare.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></SPAN></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Carol S. Duncan, LCSW, IMHM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Clinical Program Director</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A title=http://www.excap.org/ 
href="blocked::http://www.excap.org/";>Child Abuse Prevention 
Center</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>214-370-9810</FONT></DIV>
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