Child Fatality Review Team
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*PUBLIC NOTICE*
POSTED AGENDA: 2024 Review Team Dates- Meet at the SpringHill Suites Hotel- 424 E Parkcenter Blvd, Boise, ID
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January 4, 2024
October 3, 2024
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The Mission
The Governor's Task Force on Children at Risk has established a statewide Child Fatality Review Team to allow comprehensive and multidisciplinary review of deaths of children younger than 18 years-old, in order to identify what information and education may improve the health and safety of Idaho's children. This professional team is demographically diverse and meet on a quarterly basis and/ or as needed when cases arise.
Each year the Idaho Child Fatality Review Team presents its annual report on child deaths occurring in Idaho. The team was formed by the Governor’s Task Force on Children at Risk, under Executive Order 2012-03 to review deaths to children under the age of 18, using a
comprehensive and multidisciplinary process. The team is tasked with identifying information and education that is needed to improve the health and safety of Idaho’s children. Their goal is to identify common links or circumstances in these deaths that may be addressed to prevent
similar tragedies in the future.
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Annual Reports
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Idaho Child Fatality Review, 2021 Cases, Annual Report- published April 2024
Quick Fact Sheet, 2021 Cases- published April 2024
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Past Reports
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Idaho Child Fatality Review Report, 2019 Cases, Published September 2022
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Meet the Review Team
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Tahna Barton, Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) CFR Team Chair
Jerrilea Archer, Ada County Sheriff’s Office (retired)
Amy Barton, MD, Child Maltreatment Specialist
Susan Bradford, MD, Pediatrician, Family Medicine Residency of Idaho
Curtis Carper, Detective, Nampa Police Department
Justin Clemons, Fire Fighter/Paramedic, Pocatello Fire Department
Matthew Cox, MD, St. Luke’s Medical Center, CARES
Candace Falsetti, Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Behavioral Health
Christi Litzsinger, Bureau Chief, Clinical and Preventive Services, Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
Alana Minton, JD, Deputy Attorney General, Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
Garth Warren, MD, Ada County Coroner, Forensic Pathologist
Autumn Ferris, Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Child and Family Services
Elsa Otander, Principal Research Analyst, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (analytical and reporting support)
Christine Hahn, MD*, Idaho State Epidemiologist, Medical Director, Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (subcommittee member)
*Non-voting members