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Slide 1

COMMUNITY CHILD PROTECTION TEAMS
North Carolina Division of
Social Services
May 2003

Added Dimension
• In addition to reviewing state child protection
policies, CCPTs also are charged with accessing
child protection needs in the county.
• Deficiencies in local services or resources are
reported to the local Board of County
Commissioners annually.
• This added dimension supports the grass roots
change theory
State

Recognizing that child protection is the responsibility of
everyone, and responding to child protection needs is more
effective before a child is harmed; the Community Child
Protection Team, a team composed of agency representatives,
child advocates and citizens-at-large; will take action to identify
and address gaps or deficiencies in services and resources
through the annual report to the Board of County
Commissioners, collaboration with community partners,
promoting public awareness, and advocating for action that
addresses the child protection needs of the county.

ALL CHILDREN IN OUR COUNTY
WILL BE SAFE

Children will be safe within the
community’s environment as soon as
possible.
Parents will be able to access community
systems as needed to assist in parenting
children.
The community will become more aware of
situations in the community that cause harm
to children.

(ACTIVITIES)

• REVIEWING CASES
• COLLABORATION
• TELLING WHAT YOU
KNOW
• ADVOCATING
• ACCEPTING A PERSONAL
CHALLENGE





Talking to others
Mentoring
Observing
Reporting to Board of County Commissioners






Change in the attitude about the
purpose of CCPT
Each year more and more team
accept CCPT as a change
agent
As a state coordinator in the
CW section I have had an
opportunity to integrate
information from
multidisciplinary teams into
state policy and
recommendations

•Effective Chairperson
•Dedicated Membership
•Purposeful Case Reviews
•Determining System Deficiencies
and or Gaps in Services/Resources
•Promoting Change

A Dynamic leader
Creative (willing and able to go outside of the box)
A Motivator

Charismatic
Committed to the well being
of Children

Diplomatic
Influential
A Visionary

• Is Dependable
– Attends all meetings
– Actively participates
– Willing to collaborate
• Will share information
• Has something to offer to facilitate child protection in the
community
• Ensure your teams child protection recommendations stay
on the “front page” until the recommendation becomes a
reality
• Has influence in the county

Peace maker
Town crier

A Personality Type
Risk taker
Legal expertise

Can find the
bucks

Researcher/planner

Remembers how it
was
The driven
B Type personality

Won’t take no for an
answer
Perseverance

=

Punch

CCPT is one unit. Coming
together as one body requires each
member be willing and able to
accept the blending of agencies,
individual thoughts, variances
in practices, cultural differences,
etc. and to use the differences to
develop a community approach to
combating child maltreatment

All team members participate in
establishing team rules and protocol
What cases are reviewed
Recommending new members to the
Board of County Commissions
How non-participating members
should be handled
Team Logistics
Projects that will inform community of
CCPT and child protection
Consider time limits for members
appointed to the team

Identify issues in the community
that are a barrier to child protection
in the county

Identify case specific issues that
impact a child’s wellbeing and as a
team collaborate about ways the
condition can be improved.

Identify state policies that
are not in a child’s best
interest

• Basis of case decision
• Case goals
• Case action since decision
or last CCPT review, or
services provided
• Family’s response to
services
• Relevance to the issue of
child protection in the
county

• CCPTs have access to all information from all agencies
with the exception of substance abuse records. Information
from school records is limited to information about the
health and well being of a child.
• It is illegal for CCPT members to discuss case information
received during a CCPT meeting with anyone outside of the
meeting
• Violating confidentiality is a misdemeanor
• Any citizen may be invited to a CCPT meeting. Only
CCPT members are present during closed sessions

Turning Up the Heat

• Strategies for addressing the
condition (barriers)
• What is required to bring
about change?
• Does the plan need a lead
person? Whom will the
person be.
• Are there others in the
community can be used to
promote the necessary
change?

• How can the community protect children in drug
addiction families
• What can the community do about children that
linger in the foster care backlog
• What can be done to engage parents in more
effective parenting practices
• How can the socialization needs of adolescents be
met
• How can the community support schools and
parents

Team members see CCPT as a DSS team
General Statutes governing CCPT are loosely structured
 No process for addressing members that don’t participate
 No relief for mandated members to step down from the
team
 No formal protocol to take recommendations to the next
level
 Members have limited knowledge about promoting change
 Most mandated members are employed in positions that
precludes the member from actively participating in
systematic changes that are not sanctioned by their funding
sources
 Service consumers are not a part of many teams

Theme for the year
Sharing information from state to state
Time is a factor for most members
Do the children of the United States need to be protected by a
Constitutional Amendment
Does child protection need to be federalized?

Phyllis Banks Fulton
NC Division of Social Services
CCPT Coordinator
Tele: 919-733-2279 Fax: 919-733-4756
Email: [email protected]


Slide 2

COMMUNITY CHILD PROTECTION TEAMS
North Carolina Division of
Social Services
May 2003

Added Dimension
• In addition to reviewing state child protection
policies, CCPTs also are charged with accessing
child protection needs in the county.
• Deficiencies in local services or resources are
reported to the local Board of County
Commissioners annually.
• This added dimension supports the grass roots
change theory
State

Recognizing that child protection is the responsibility of
everyone, and responding to child protection needs is more
effective before a child is harmed; the Community Child
Protection Team, a team composed of agency representatives,
child advocates and citizens-at-large; will take action to identify
and address gaps or deficiencies in services and resources
through the annual report to the Board of County
Commissioners, collaboration with community partners,
promoting public awareness, and advocating for action that
addresses the child protection needs of the county.

ALL CHILDREN IN OUR COUNTY
WILL BE SAFE

Children will be safe within the
community’s environment as soon as
possible.
Parents will be able to access community
systems as needed to assist in parenting
children.
The community will become more aware of
situations in the community that cause harm
to children.

(ACTIVITIES)

• REVIEWING CASES
• COLLABORATION
• TELLING WHAT YOU
KNOW
• ADVOCATING
• ACCEPTING A PERSONAL
CHALLENGE





Talking to others
Mentoring
Observing
Reporting to Board of County Commissioners






Change in the attitude about the
purpose of CCPT
Each year more and more team
accept CCPT as a change
agent
As a state coordinator in the
CW section I have had an
opportunity to integrate
information from
multidisciplinary teams into
state policy and
recommendations

•Effective Chairperson
•Dedicated Membership
•Purposeful Case Reviews
•Determining System Deficiencies
and or Gaps in Services/Resources
•Promoting Change

A Dynamic leader
Creative (willing and able to go outside of the box)
A Motivator

Charismatic
Committed to the well being
of Children

Diplomatic
Influential
A Visionary

• Is Dependable
– Attends all meetings
– Actively participates
– Willing to collaborate
• Will share information
• Has something to offer to facilitate child protection in the
community
• Ensure your teams child protection recommendations stay
on the “front page” until the recommendation becomes a
reality
• Has influence in the county

Peace maker
Town crier

A Personality Type
Risk taker
Legal expertise

Can find the
bucks

Researcher/planner

Remembers how it
was
The driven
B Type personality

Won’t take no for an
answer
Perseverance

=

Punch

CCPT is one unit. Coming
together as one body requires each
member be willing and able to
accept the blending of agencies,
individual thoughts, variances
in practices, cultural differences,
etc. and to use the differences to
develop a community approach to
combating child maltreatment

All team members participate in
establishing team rules and protocol
What cases are reviewed
Recommending new members to the
Board of County Commissions
How non-participating members
should be handled
Team Logistics
Projects that will inform community of
CCPT and child protection
Consider time limits for members
appointed to the team

Identify issues in the community
that are a barrier to child protection
in the county

Identify case specific issues that
impact a child’s wellbeing and as a
team collaborate about ways the
condition can be improved.

Identify state policies that
are not in a child’s best
interest

• Basis of case decision
• Case goals
• Case action since decision
or last CCPT review, or
services provided
• Family’s response to
services
• Relevance to the issue of
child protection in the
county

• CCPTs have access to all information from all agencies
with the exception of substance abuse records. Information
from school records is limited to information about the
health and well being of a child.
• It is illegal for CCPT members to discuss case information
received during a CCPT meeting with anyone outside of the
meeting
• Violating confidentiality is a misdemeanor
• Any citizen may be invited to a CCPT meeting. Only
CCPT members are present during closed sessions

Turning Up the Heat

• Strategies for addressing the
condition (barriers)
• What is required to bring
about change?
• Does the plan need a lead
person? Whom will the
person be.
• Are there others in the
community can be used to
promote the necessary
change?

• How can the community protect children in drug
addiction families
• What can the community do about children that
linger in the foster care backlog
• What can be done to engage parents in more
effective parenting practices
• How can the socialization needs of adolescents be
met
• How can the community support schools and
parents

Team members see CCPT as a DSS team
General Statutes governing CCPT are loosely structured
 No process for addressing members that don’t participate
 No relief for mandated members to step down from the
team
 No formal protocol to take recommendations to the next
level
 Members have limited knowledge about promoting change
 Most mandated members are employed in positions that
precludes the member from actively participating in
systematic changes that are not sanctioned by their funding
sources
 Service consumers are not a part of many teams

Theme for the year
Sharing information from state to state
Time is a factor for most members
Do the children of the United States need to be protected by a
Constitutional Amendment
Does child protection need to be federalized?

Phyllis Banks Fulton
NC Division of Social Services
CCPT Coordinator
Tele: 919-733-2279 Fax: 919-733-4756
Email: [email protected]


Slide 3

COMMUNITY CHILD PROTECTION TEAMS
North Carolina Division of
Social Services
May 2003

Added Dimension
• In addition to reviewing state child protection
policies, CCPTs also are charged with accessing
child protection needs in the county.
• Deficiencies in local services or resources are
reported to the local Board of County
Commissioners annually.
• This added dimension supports the grass roots
change theory
State

Recognizing that child protection is the responsibility of
everyone, and responding to child protection needs is more
effective before a child is harmed; the Community Child
Protection Team, a team composed of agency representatives,
child advocates and citizens-at-large; will take action to identify
and address gaps or deficiencies in services and resources
through the annual report to the Board of County
Commissioners, collaboration with community partners,
promoting public awareness, and advocating for action that
addresses the child protection needs of the county.

ALL CHILDREN IN OUR COUNTY
WILL BE SAFE

Children will be safe within the
community’s environment as soon as
possible.
Parents will be able to access community
systems as needed to assist in parenting
children.
The community will become more aware of
situations in the community that cause harm
to children.

(ACTIVITIES)

• REVIEWING CASES
• COLLABORATION
• TELLING WHAT YOU
KNOW
• ADVOCATING
• ACCEPTING A PERSONAL
CHALLENGE





Talking to others
Mentoring
Observing
Reporting to Board of County Commissioners






Change in the attitude about the
purpose of CCPT
Each year more and more team
accept CCPT as a change
agent
As a state coordinator in the
CW section I have had an
opportunity to integrate
information from
multidisciplinary teams into
state policy and
recommendations

•Effective Chairperson
•Dedicated Membership
•Purposeful Case Reviews
•Determining System Deficiencies
and or Gaps in Services/Resources
•Promoting Change

A Dynamic leader
Creative (willing and able to go outside of the box)
A Motivator

Charismatic
Committed to the well being
of Children

Diplomatic
Influential
A Visionary

• Is Dependable
– Attends all meetings
– Actively participates
– Willing to collaborate
• Will share information
• Has something to offer to facilitate child protection in the
community
• Ensure your teams child protection recommendations stay
on the “front page” until the recommendation becomes a
reality
• Has influence in the county

Peace maker
Town crier

A Personality Type
Risk taker
Legal expertise

Can find the
bucks

Researcher/planner

Remembers how it
was
The driven
B Type personality

Won’t take no for an
answer
Perseverance

=

Punch

CCPT is one unit. Coming
together as one body requires each
member be willing and able to
accept the blending of agencies,
individual thoughts, variances
in practices, cultural differences,
etc. and to use the differences to
develop a community approach to
combating child maltreatment

All team members participate in
establishing team rules and protocol
What cases are reviewed
Recommending new members to the
Board of County Commissions
How non-participating members
should be handled
Team Logistics
Projects that will inform community of
CCPT and child protection
Consider time limits for members
appointed to the team

Identify issues in the community
that are a barrier to child protection
in the county

Identify case specific issues that
impact a child’s wellbeing and as a
team collaborate about ways the
condition can be improved.

Identify state policies that
are not in a child’s best
interest

• Basis of case decision
• Case goals
• Case action since decision
or last CCPT review, or
services provided
• Family’s response to
services
• Relevance to the issue of
child protection in the
county

• CCPTs have access to all information from all agencies
with the exception of substance abuse records. Information
from school records is limited to information about the
health and well being of a child.
• It is illegal for CCPT members to discuss case information
received during a CCPT meeting with anyone outside of the
meeting
• Violating confidentiality is a misdemeanor
• Any citizen may be invited to a CCPT meeting. Only
CCPT members are present during closed sessions

Turning Up the Heat

• Strategies for addressing the
condition (barriers)
• What is required to bring
about change?
• Does the plan need a lead
person? Whom will the
person be.
• Are there others in the
community can be used to
promote the necessary
change?

• How can the community protect children in drug
addiction families
• What can the community do about children that
linger in the foster care backlog
• What can be done to engage parents in more
effective parenting practices
• How can the socialization needs of adolescents be
met
• How can the community support schools and
parents

Team members see CCPT as a DSS team
General Statutes governing CCPT are loosely structured
 No process for addressing members that don’t participate
 No relief for mandated members to step down from the
team
 No formal protocol to take recommendations to the next
level
 Members have limited knowledge about promoting change
 Most mandated members are employed in positions that
precludes the member from actively participating in
systematic changes that are not sanctioned by their funding
sources
 Service consumers are not a part of many teams

Theme for the year
Sharing information from state to state
Time is a factor for most members
Do the children of the United States need to be protected by a
Constitutional Amendment
Does child protection need to be federalized?

Phyllis Banks Fulton
NC Division of Social Services
CCPT Coordinator
Tele: 919-733-2279 Fax: 919-733-4756
Email: [email protected]


Slide 4

COMMUNITY CHILD PROTECTION TEAMS
North Carolina Division of
Social Services
May 2003

Added Dimension
• In addition to reviewing state child protection
policies, CCPTs also are charged with accessing
child protection needs in the county.
• Deficiencies in local services or resources are
reported to the local Board of County
Commissioners annually.
• This added dimension supports the grass roots
change theory
State

Recognizing that child protection is the responsibility of
everyone, and responding to child protection needs is more
effective before a child is harmed; the Community Child
Protection Team, a team composed of agency representatives,
child advocates and citizens-at-large; will take action to identify
and address gaps or deficiencies in services and resources
through the annual report to the Board of County
Commissioners, collaboration with community partners,
promoting public awareness, and advocating for action that
addresses the child protection needs of the county.

ALL CHILDREN IN OUR COUNTY
WILL BE SAFE

Children will be safe within the
community’s environment as soon as
possible.
Parents will be able to access community
systems as needed to assist in parenting
children.
The community will become more aware of
situations in the community that cause harm
to children.

(ACTIVITIES)

• REVIEWING CASES
• COLLABORATION
• TELLING WHAT YOU
KNOW
• ADVOCATING
• ACCEPTING A PERSONAL
CHALLENGE





Talking to others
Mentoring
Observing
Reporting to Board of County Commissioners






Change in the attitude about the
purpose of CCPT
Each year more and more team
accept CCPT as a change
agent
As a state coordinator in the
CW section I have had an
opportunity to integrate
information from
multidisciplinary teams into
state policy and
recommendations

•Effective Chairperson
•Dedicated Membership
•Purposeful Case Reviews
•Determining System Deficiencies
and or Gaps in Services/Resources
•Promoting Change

A Dynamic leader
Creative (willing and able to go outside of the box)
A Motivator

Charismatic
Committed to the well being
of Children

Diplomatic
Influential
A Visionary

• Is Dependable
– Attends all meetings
– Actively participates
– Willing to collaborate
• Will share information
• Has something to offer to facilitate child protection in the
community
• Ensure your teams child protection recommendations stay
on the “front page” until the recommendation becomes a
reality
• Has influence in the county

Peace maker
Town crier

A Personality Type
Risk taker
Legal expertise

Can find the
bucks

Researcher/planner

Remembers how it
was
The driven
B Type personality

Won’t take no for an
answer
Perseverance

=

Punch

CCPT is one unit. Coming
together as one body requires each
member be willing and able to
accept the blending of agencies,
individual thoughts, variances
in practices, cultural differences,
etc. and to use the differences to
develop a community approach to
combating child maltreatment

All team members participate in
establishing team rules and protocol
What cases are reviewed
Recommending new members to the
Board of County Commissions
How non-participating members
should be handled
Team Logistics
Projects that will inform community of
CCPT and child protection
Consider time limits for members
appointed to the team

Identify issues in the community
that are a barrier to child protection
in the county

Identify case specific issues that
impact a child’s wellbeing and as a
team collaborate about ways the
condition can be improved.

Identify state policies that
are not in a child’s best
interest

• Basis of case decision
• Case goals
• Case action since decision
or last CCPT review, or
services provided
• Family’s response to
services
• Relevance to the issue of
child protection in the
county

• CCPTs have access to all information from all agencies
with the exception of substance abuse records. Information
from school records is limited to information about the
health and well being of a child.
• It is illegal for CCPT members to discuss case information
received during a CCPT meeting with anyone outside of the
meeting
• Violating confidentiality is a misdemeanor
• Any citizen may be invited to a CCPT meeting. Only
CCPT members are present during closed sessions

Turning Up the Heat

• Strategies for addressing the
condition (barriers)
• What is required to bring
about change?
• Does the plan need a lead
person? Whom will the
person be.
• Are there others in the
community can be used to
promote the necessary
change?

• How can the community protect children in drug
addiction families
• What can the community do about children that
linger in the foster care backlog
• What can be done to engage parents in more
effective parenting practices
• How can the socialization needs of adolescents be
met
• How can the community support schools and
parents

Team members see CCPT as a DSS team
General Statutes governing CCPT are loosely structured
 No process for addressing members that don’t participate
 No relief for mandated members to step down from the
team
 No formal protocol to take recommendations to the next
level
 Members have limited knowledge about promoting change
 Most mandated members are employed in positions that
precludes the member from actively participating in
systematic changes that are not sanctioned by their funding
sources
 Service consumers are not a part of many teams

Theme for the year
Sharing information from state to state
Time is a factor for most members
Do the children of the United States need to be protected by a
Constitutional Amendment
Does child protection need to be federalized?

Phyllis Banks Fulton
NC Division of Social Services
CCPT Coordinator
Tele: 919-733-2279 Fax: 919-733-4756
Email: [email protected]


Slide 5

COMMUNITY CHILD PROTECTION TEAMS
North Carolina Division of
Social Services
May 2003

Added Dimension
• In addition to reviewing state child protection
policies, CCPTs also are charged with accessing
child protection needs in the county.
• Deficiencies in local services or resources are
reported to the local Board of County
Commissioners annually.
• This added dimension supports the grass roots
change theory
State

Recognizing that child protection is the responsibility of
everyone, and responding to child protection needs is more
effective before a child is harmed; the Community Child
Protection Team, a team composed of agency representatives,
child advocates and citizens-at-large; will take action to identify
and address gaps or deficiencies in services and resources
through the annual report to the Board of County
Commissioners, collaboration with community partners,
promoting public awareness, and advocating for action that
addresses the child protection needs of the county.

ALL CHILDREN IN OUR COUNTY
WILL BE SAFE

Children will be safe within the
community’s environment as soon as
possible.
Parents will be able to access community
systems as needed to assist in parenting
children.
The community will become more aware of
situations in the community that cause harm
to children.

(ACTIVITIES)

• REVIEWING CASES
• COLLABORATION
• TELLING WHAT YOU
KNOW
• ADVOCATING
• ACCEPTING A PERSONAL
CHALLENGE





Talking to others
Mentoring
Observing
Reporting to Board of County Commissioners






Change in the attitude about the
purpose of CCPT
Each year more and more team
accept CCPT as a change
agent
As a state coordinator in the
CW section I have had an
opportunity to integrate
information from
multidisciplinary teams into
state policy and
recommendations

•Effective Chairperson
•Dedicated Membership
•Purposeful Case Reviews
•Determining System Deficiencies
and or Gaps in Services/Resources
•Promoting Change

A Dynamic leader
Creative (willing and able to go outside of the box)
A Motivator

Charismatic
Committed to the well being
of Children

Diplomatic
Influential
A Visionary

• Is Dependable
– Attends all meetings
– Actively participates
– Willing to collaborate
• Will share information
• Has something to offer to facilitate child protection in the
community
• Ensure your teams child protection recommendations stay
on the “front page” until the recommendation becomes a
reality
• Has influence in the county

Peace maker
Town crier

A Personality Type
Risk taker
Legal expertise

Can find the
bucks

Researcher/planner

Remembers how it
was
The driven
B Type personality

Won’t take no for an
answer
Perseverance

=

Punch

CCPT is one unit. Coming
together as one body requires each
member be willing and able to
accept the blending of agencies,
individual thoughts, variances
in practices, cultural differences,
etc. and to use the differences to
develop a community approach to
combating child maltreatment

All team members participate in
establishing team rules and protocol
What cases are reviewed
Recommending new members to the
Board of County Commissions
How non-participating members
should be handled
Team Logistics
Projects that will inform community of
CCPT and child protection
Consider time limits for members
appointed to the team

Identify issues in the community
that are a barrier to child protection
in the county

Identify case specific issues that
impact a child’s wellbeing and as a
team collaborate about ways the
condition can be improved.

Identify state policies that
are not in a child’s best
interest

• Basis of case decision
• Case goals
• Case action since decision
or last CCPT review, or
services provided
• Family’s response to
services
• Relevance to the issue of
child protection in the
county

• CCPTs have access to all information from all agencies
with the exception of substance abuse records. Information
from school records is limited to information about the
health and well being of a child.
• It is illegal for CCPT members to discuss case information
received during a CCPT meeting with anyone outside of the
meeting
• Violating confidentiality is a misdemeanor
• Any citizen may be invited to a CCPT meeting. Only
CCPT members are present during closed sessions

Turning Up the Heat

• Strategies for addressing the
condition (barriers)
• What is required to bring
about change?
• Does the plan need a lead
person? Whom will the
person be.
• Are there others in the
community can be used to
promote the necessary
change?

• How can the community protect children in drug
addiction families
• What can the community do about children that
linger in the foster care backlog
• What can be done to engage parents in more
effective parenting practices
• How can the socialization needs of adolescents be
met
• How can the community support schools and
parents

Team members see CCPT as a DSS team
General Statutes governing CCPT are loosely structured
 No process for addressing members that don’t participate
 No relief for mandated members to step down from the
team
 No formal protocol to take recommendations to the next
level
 Members have limited knowledge about promoting change
 Most mandated members are employed in positions that
precludes the member from actively participating in
systematic changes that are not sanctioned by their funding
sources
 Service consumers are not a part of many teams

Theme for the year
Sharing information from state to state
Time is a factor for most members
Do the children of the United States need to be protected by a
Constitutional Amendment
Does child protection need to be federalized?

Phyllis Banks Fulton
NC Division of Social Services
CCPT Coordinator
Tele: 919-733-2279 Fax: 919-733-4756
Email: [email protected]


Slide 6

COMMUNITY CHILD PROTECTION TEAMS
North Carolina Division of
Social Services
May 2003

Added Dimension
• In addition to reviewing state child protection
policies, CCPTs also are charged with accessing
child protection needs in the county.
• Deficiencies in local services or resources are
reported to the local Board of County
Commissioners annually.
• This added dimension supports the grass roots
change theory
State

Recognizing that child protection is the responsibility of
everyone, and responding to child protection needs is more
effective before a child is harmed; the Community Child
Protection Team, a team composed of agency representatives,
child advocates and citizens-at-large; will take action to identify
and address gaps or deficiencies in services and resources
through the annual report to the Board of County
Commissioners, collaboration with community partners,
promoting public awareness, and advocating for action that
addresses the child protection needs of the county.

ALL CHILDREN IN OUR COUNTY
WILL BE SAFE

Children will be safe within the
community’s environment as soon as
possible.
Parents will be able to access community
systems as needed to assist in parenting
children.
The community will become more aware of
situations in the community that cause harm
to children.

(ACTIVITIES)

• REVIEWING CASES
• COLLABORATION
• TELLING WHAT YOU
KNOW
• ADVOCATING
• ACCEPTING A PERSONAL
CHALLENGE





Talking to others
Mentoring
Observing
Reporting to Board of County Commissioners






Change in the attitude about the
purpose of CCPT
Each year more and more team
accept CCPT as a change
agent
As a state coordinator in the
CW section I have had an
opportunity to integrate
information from
multidisciplinary teams into
state policy and
recommendations

•Effective Chairperson
•Dedicated Membership
•Purposeful Case Reviews
•Determining System Deficiencies
and or Gaps in Services/Resources
•Promoting Change

A Dynamic leader
Creative (willing and able to go outside of the box)
A Motivator

Charismatic
Committed to the well being
of Children

Diplomatic
Influential
A Visionary

• Is Dependable
– Attends all meetings
– Actively participates
– Willing to collaborate
• Will share information
• Has something to offer to facilitate child protection in the
community
• Ensure your teams child protection recommendations stay
on the “front page” until the recommendation becomes a
reality
• Has influence in the county

Peace maker
Town crier

A Personality Type
Risk taker
Legal expertise

Can find the
bucks

Researcher/planner

Remembers how it
was
The driven
B Type personality

Won’t take no for an
answer
Perseverance

=

Punch

CCPT is one unit. Coming
together as one body requires each
member be willing and able to
accept the blending of agencies,
individual thoughts, variances
in practices, cultural differences,
etc. and to use the differences to
develop a community approach to
combating child maltreatment

All team members participate in
establishing team rules and protocol
What cases are reviewed
Recommending new members to the
Board of County Commissions
How non-participating members
should be handled
Team Logistics
Projects that will inform community of
CCPT and child protection
Consider time limits for members
appointed to the team

Identify issues in the community
that are a barrier to child protection
in the county

Identify case specific issues that
impact a child’s wellbeing and as a
team collaborate about ways the
condition can be improved.

Identify state policies that
are not in a child’s best
interest

• Basis of case decision
• Case goals
• Case action since decision
or last CCPT review, or
services provided
• Family’s response to
services
• Relevance to the issue of
child protection in the
county

• CCPTs have access to all information from all agencies
with the exception of substance abuse records. Information
from school records is limited to information about the
health and well being of a child.
• It is illegal for CCPT members to discuss case information
received during a CCPT meeting with anyone outside of the
meeting
• Violating confidentiality is a misdemeanor
• Any citizen may be invited to a CCPT meeting. Only
CCPT members are present during closed sessions

Turning Up the Heat

• Strategies for addressing the
condition (barriers)
• What is required to bring
about change?
• Does the plan need a lead
person? Whom will the
person be.
• Are there others in the
community can be used to
promote the necessary
change?

• How can the community protect children in drug
addiction families
• What can the community do about children that
linger in the foster care backlog
• What can be done to engage parents in more
effective parenting practices
• How can the socialization needs of adolescents be
met
• How can the community support schools and
parents

Team members see CCPT as a DSS team
General Statutes governing CCPT are loosely structured
 No process for addressing members that don’t participate
 No relief for mandated members to step down from the
team
 No formal protocol to take recommendations to the next
level
 Members have limited knowledge about promoting change
 Most mandated members are employed in positions that
precludes the member from actively participating in
systematic changes that are not sanctioned by their funding
sources
 Service consumers are not a part of many teams

Theme for the year
Sharing information from state to state
Time is a factor for most members
Do the children of the United States need to be protected by a
Constitutional Amendment
Does child protection need to be federalized?

Phyllis Banks Fulton
NC Division of Social Services
CCPT Coordinator
Tele: 919-733-2279 Fax: 919-733-4756
Email: [email protected]


Slide 7

COMMUNITY CHILD PROTECTION TEAMS
North Carolina Division of
Social Services
May 2003

Added Dimension
• In addition to reviewing state child protection
policies, CCPTs also are charged with accessing
child protection needs in the county.
• Deficiencies in local services or resources are
reported to the local Board of County
Commissioners annually.
• This added dimension supports the grass roots
change theory
State

Recognizing that child protection is the responsibility of
everyone, and responding to child protection needs is more
effective before a child is harmed; the Community Child
Protection Team, a team composed of agency representatives,
child advocates and citizens-at-large; will take action to identify
and address gaps or deficiencies in services and resources
through the annual report to the Board of County
Commissioners, collaboration with community partners,
promoting public awareness, and advocating for action that
addresses the child protection needs of the county.

ALL CHILDREN IN OUR COUNTY
WILL BE SAFE

Children will be safe within the
community’s environment as soon as
possible.
Parents will be able to access community
systems as needed to assist in parenting
children.
The community will become more aware of
situations in the community that cause harm
to children.

(ACTIVITIES)

• REVIEWING CASES
• COLLABORATION
• TELLING WHAT YOU
KNOW
• ADVOCATING
• ACCEPTING A PERSONAL
CHALLENGE





Talking to others
Mentoring
Observing
Reporting to Board of County Commissioners






Change in the attitude about the
purpose of CCPT
Each year more and more team
accept CCPT as a change
agent
As a state coordinator in the
CW section I have had an
opportunity to integrate
information from
multidisciplinary teams into
state policy and
recommendations

•Effective Chairperson
•Dedicated Membership
•Purposeful Case Reviews
•Determining System Deficiencies
and or Gaps in Services/Resources
•Promoting Change

A Dynamic leader
Creative (willing and able to go outside of the box)
A Motivator

Charismatic
Committed to the well being
of Children

Diplomatic
Influential
A Visionary

• Is Dependable
– Attends all meetings
– Actively participates
– Willing to collaborate
• Will share information
• Has something to offer to facilitate child protection in the
community
• Ensure your teams child protection recommendations stay
on the “front page” until the recommendation becomes a
reality
• Has influence in the county

Peace maker
Town crier

A Personality Type
Risk taker
Legal expertise

Can find the
bucks

Researcher/planner

Remembers how it
was
The driven
B Type personality

Won’t take no for an
answer
Perseverance

=

Punch

CCPT is one unit. Coming
together as one body requires each
member be willing and able to
accept the blending of agencies,
individual thoughts, variances
in practices, cultural differences,
etc. and to use the differences to
develop a community approach to
combating child maltreatment

All team members participate in
establishing team rules and protocol
What cases are reviewed
Recommending new members to the
Board of County Commissions
How non-participating members
should be handled
Team Logistics
Projects that will inform community of
CCPT and child protection
Consider time limits for members
appointed to the team

Identify issues in the community
that are a barrier to child protection
in the county

Identify case specific issues that
impact a child’s wellbeing and as a
team collaborate about ways the
condition can be improved.

Identify state policies that
are not in a child’s best
interest

• Basis of case decision
• Case goals
• Case action since decision
or last CCPT review, or
services provided
• Family’s response to
services
• Relevance to the issue of
child protection in the
county

• CCPTs have access to all information from all agencies
with the exception of substance abuse records. Information
from school records is limited to information about the
health and well being of a child.
• It is illegal for CCPT members to discuss case information
received during a CCPT meeting with anyone outside of the
meeting
• Violating confidentiality is a misdemeanor
• Any citizen may be invited to a CCPT meeting. Only
CCPT members are present during closed sessions

Turning Up the Heat

• Strategies for addressing the
condition (barriers)
• What is required to bring
about change?
• Does the plan need a lead
person? Whom will the
person be.
• Are there others in the
community can be used to
promote the necessary
change?

• How can the community protect children in drug
addiction families
• What can the community do about children that
linger in the foster care backlog
• What can be done to engage parents in more
effective parenting practices
• How can the socialization needs of adolescents be
met
• How can the community support schools and
parents

Team members see CCPT as a DSS team
General Statutes governing CCPT are loosely structured
 No process for addressing members that don’t participate
 No relief for mandated members to step down from the
team
 No formal protocol to take recommendations to the next
level
 Members have limited knowledge about promoting change
 Most mandated members are employed in positions that
precludes the member from actively participating in
systematic changes that are not sanctioned by their funding
sources
 Service consumers are not a part of many teams

Theme for the year
Sharing information from state to state
Time is a factor for most members
Do the children of the United States need to be protected by a
Constitutional Amendment
Does child protection need to be federalized?

Phyllis Banks Fulton
NC Division of Social Services
CCPT Coordinator
Tele: 919-733-2279 Fax: 919-733-4756
Email: [email protected]


Slide 8

COMMUNITY CHILD PROTECTION TEAMS
North Carolina Division of
Social Services
May 2003

Added Dimension
• In addition to reviewing state child protection
policies, CCPTs also are charged with accessing
child protection needs in the county.
• Deficiencies in local services or resources are
reported to the local Board of County
Commissioners annually.
• This added dimension supports the grass roots
change theory
State

Recognizing that child protection is the responsibility of
everyone, and responding to child protection needs is more
effective before a child is harmed; the Community Child
Protection Team, a team composed of agency representatives,
child advocates and citizens-at-large; will take action to identify
and address gaps or deficiencies in services and resources
through the annual report to the Board of County
Commissioners, collaboration with community partners,
promoting public awareness, and advocating for action that
addresses the child protection needs of the county.

ALL CHILDREN IN OUR COUNTY
WILL BE SAFE

Children will be safe within the
community’s environment as soon as
possible.
Parents will be able to access community
systems as needed to assist in parenting
children.
The community will become more aware of
situations in the community that cause harm
to children.

(ACTIVITIES)

• REVIEWING CASES
• COLLABORATION
• TELLING WHAT YOU
KNOW
• ADVOCATING
• ACCEPTING A PERSONAL
CHALLENGE





Talking to others
Mentoring
Observing
Reporting to Board of County Commissioners






Change in the attitude about the
purpose of CCPT
Each year more and more team
accept CCPT as a change
agent
As a state coordinator in the
CW section I have had an
opportunity to integrate
information from
multidisciplinary teams into
state policy and
recommendations

•Effective Chairperson
•Dedicated Membership
•Purposeful Case Reviews
•Determining System Deficiencies
and or Gaps in Services/Resources
•Promoting Change

A Dynamic leader
Creative (willing and able to go outside of the box)
A Motivator

Charismatic
Committed to the well being
of Children

Diplomatic
Influential
A Visionary

• Is Dependable
– Attends all meetings
– Actively participates
– Willing to collaborate
• Will share information
• Has something to offer to facilitate child protection in the
community
• Ensure your teams child protection recommendations stay
on the “front page” until the recommendation becomes a
reality
• Has influence in the county

Peace maker
Town crier

A Personality Type
Risk taker
Legal expertise

Can find the
bucks

Researcher/planner

Remembers how it
was
The driven
B Type personality

Won’t take no for an
answer
Perseverance

=

Punch

CCPT is one unit. Coming
together as one body requires each
member be willing and able to
accept the blending of agencies,
individual thoughts, variances
in practices, cultural differences,
etc. and to use the differences to
develop a community approach to
combating child maltreatment

All team members participate in
establishing team rules and protocol
What cases are reviewed
Recommending new members to the
Board of County Commissions
How non-participating members
should be handled
Team Logistics
Projects that will inform community of
CCPT and child protection
Consider time limits for members
appointed to the team

Identify issues in the community
that are a barrier to child protection
in the county

Identify case specific issues that
impact a child’s wellbeing and as a
team collaborate about ways the
condition can be improved.

Identify state policies that
are not in a child’s best
interest

• Basis of case decision
• Case goals
• Case action since decision
or last CCPT review, or
services provided
• Family’s response to
services
• Relevance to the issue of
child protection in the
county

• CCPTs have access to all information from all agencies
with the exception of substance abuse records. Information
from school records is limited to information about the
health and well being of a child.
• It is illegal for CCPT members to discuss case information
received during a CCPT meeting with anyone outside of the
meeting
• Violating confidentiality is a misdemeanor
• Any citizen may be invited to a CCPT meeting. Only
CCPT members are present during closed sessions

Turning Up the Heat

• Strategies for addressing the
condition (barriers)
• What is required to bring
about change?
• Does the plan need a lead
person? Whom will the
person be.
• Are there others in the
community can be used to
promote the necessary
change?

• How can the community protect children in drug
addiction families
• What can the community do about children that
linger in the foster care backlog
• What can be done to engage parents in more
effective parenting practices
• How can the socialization needs of adolescents be
met
• How can the community support schools and
parents

Team members see CCPT as a DSS team
General Statutes governing CCPT are loosely structured
 No process for addressing members that don’t participate
 No relief for mandated members to step down from the
team
 No formal protocol to take recommendations to the next
level
 Members have limited knowledge about promoting change
 Most mandated members are employed in positions that
precludes the member from actively participating in
systematic changes that are not sanctioned by their funding
sources
 Service consumers are not a part of many teams

Theme for the year
Sharing information from state to state
Time is a factor for most members
Do the children of the United States need to be protected by a
Constitutional Amendment
Does child protection need to be federalized?

Phyllis Banks Fulton
NC Division of Social Services
CCPT Coordinator
Tele: 919-733-2279 Fax: 919-733-4756
Email: [email protected]


Slide 9

COMMUNITY CHILD PROTECTION TEAMS
North Carolina Division of
Social Services
May 2003

Added Dimension
• In addition to reviewing state child protection
policies, CCPTs also are charged with accessing
child protection needs in the county.
• Deficiencies in local services or resources are
reported to the local Board of County
Commissioners annually.
• This added dimension supports the grass roots
change theory
State

Recognizing that child protection is the responsibility of
everyone, and responding to child protection needs is more
effective before a child is harmed; the Community Child
Protection Team, a team composed of agency representatives,
child advocates and citizens-at-large; will take action to identify
and address gaps or deficiencies in services and resources
through the annual report to the Board of County
Commissioners, collaboration with community partners,
promoting public awareness, and advocating for action that
addresses the child protection needs of the county.

ALL CHILDREN IN OUR COUNTY
WILL BE SAFE

Children will be safe within the
community’s environment as soon as
possible.
Parents will be able to access community
systems as needed to assist in parenting
children.
The community will become more aware of
situations in the community that cause harm
to children.

(ACTIVITIES)

• REVIEWING CASES
• COLLABORATION
• TELLING WHAT YOU
KNOW
• ADVOCATING
• ACCEPTING A PERSONAL
CHALLENGE





Talking to others
Mentoring
Observing
Reporting to Board of County Commissioners






Change in the attitude about the
purpose of CCPT
Each year more and more team
accept CCPT as a change
agent
As a state coordinator in the
CW section I have had an
opportunity to integrate
information from
multidisciplinary teams into
state policy and
recommendations

•Effective Chairperson
•Dedicated Membership
•Purposeful Case Reviews
•Determining System Deficiencies
and or Gaps in Services/Resources
•Promoting Change

A Dynamic leader
Creative (willing and able to go outside of the box)
A Motivator

Charismatic
Committed to the well being
of Children

Diplomatic
Influential
A Visionary

• Is Dependable
– Attends all meetings
– Actively participates
– Willing to collaborate
• Will share information
• Has something to offer to facilitate child protection in the
community
• Ensure your teams child protection recommendations stay
on the “front page” until the recommendation becomes a
reality
• Has influence in the county

Peace maker
Town crier

A Personality Type
Risk taker
Legal expertise

Can find the
bucks

Researcher/planner

Remembers how it
was
The driven
B Type personality

Won’t take no for an
answer
Perseverance

=

Punch

CCPT is one unit. Coming
together as one body requires each
member be willing and able to
accept the blending of agencies,
individual thoughts, variances
in practices, cultural differences,
etc. and to use the differences to
develop a community approach to
combating child maltreatment

All team members participate in
establishing team rules and protocol
What cases are reviewed
Recommending new members to the
Board of County Commissions
How non-participating members
should be handled
Team Logistics
Projects that will inform community of
CCPT and child protection
Consider time limits for members
appointed to the team

Identify issues in the community
that are a barrier to child protection
in the county

Identify case specific issues that
impact a child’s wellbeing and as a
team collaborate about ways the
condition can be improved.

Identify state policies that
are not in a child’s best
interest

• Basis of case decision
• Case goals
• Case action since decision
or last CCPT review, or
services provided
• Family’s response to
services
• Relevance to the issue of
child protection in the
county

• CCPTs have access to all information from all agencies
with the exception of substance abuse records. Information
from school records is limited to information about the
health and well being of a child.
• It is illegal for CCPT members to discuss case information
received during a CCPT meeting with anyone outside of the
meeting
• Violating confidentiality is a misdemeanor
• Any citizen may be invited to a CCPT meeting. Only
CCPT members are present during closed sessions

Turning Up the Heat

• Strategies for addressing the
condition (barriers)
• What is required to bring
about change?
• Does the plan need a lead
person? Whom will the
person be.
• Are there others in the
community can be used to
promote the necessary
change?

• How can the community protect children in drug
addiction families
• What can the community do about children that
linger in the foster care backlog
• What can be done to engage parents in more
effective parenting practices
• How can the socialization needs of adolescents be
met
• How can the community support schools and
parents

Team members see CCPT as a DSS team
General Statutes governing CCPT are loosely structured
 No process for addressing members that don’t participate
 No relief for mandated members to step down from the
team
 No formal protocol to take recommendations to the next
level
 Members have limited knowledge about promoting change
 Most mandated members are employed in positions that
precludes the member from actively participating in
systematic changes that are not sanctioned by their funding
sources
 Service consumers are not a part of many teams

Theme for the year
Sharing information from state to state
Time is a factor for most members
Do the children of the United States need to be protected by a
Constitutional Amendment
Does child protection need to be federalized?

Phyllis Banks Fulton
NC Division of Social Services
CCPT Coordinator
Tele: 919-733-2279 Fax: 919-733-4756
Email: [email protected]


Slide 10

COMMUNITY CHILD PROTECTION TEAMS
North Carolina Division of
Social Services
May 2003

Added Dimension
• In addition to reviewing state child protection
policies, CCPTs also are charged with accessing
child protection needs in the county.
• Deficiencies in local services or resources are
reported to the local Board of County
Commissioners annually.
• This added dimension supports the grass roots
change theory
State

Recognizing that child protection is the responsibility of
everyone, and responding to child protection needs is more
effective before a child is harmed; the Community Child
Protection Team, a team composed of agency representatives,
child advocates and citizens-at-large; will take action to identify
and address gaps or deficiencies in services and resources
through the annual report to the Board of County
Commissioners, collaboration with community partners,
promoting public awareness, and advocating for action that
addresses the child protection needs of the county.

ALL CHILDREN IN OUR COUNTY
WILL BE SAFE

Children will be safe within the
community’s environment as soon as
possible.
Parents will be able to access community
systems as needed to assist in parenting
children.
The community will become more aware of
situations in the community that cause harm
to children.

(ACTIVITIES)

• REVIEWING CASES
• COLLABORATION
• TELLING WHAT YOU
KNOW
• ADVOCATING
• ACCEPTING A PERSONAL
CHALLENGE





Talking to others
Mentoring
Observing
Reporting to Board of County Commissioners






Change in the attitude about the
purpose of CCPT
Each year more and more team
accept CCPT as a change
agent
As a state coordinator in the
CW section I have had an
opportunity to integrate
information from
multidisciplinary teams into
state policy and
recommendations

•Effective Chairperson
•Dedicated Membership
•Purposeful Case Reviews
•Determining System Deficiencies
and or Gaps in Services/Resources
•Promoting Change

A Dynamic leader
Creative (willing and able to go outside of the box)
A Motivator

Charismatic
Committed to the well being
of Children

Diplomatic
Influential
A Visionary

• Is Dependable
– Attends all meetings
– Actively participates
– Willing to collaborate
• Will share information
• Has something to offer to facilitate child protection in the
community
• Ensure your teams child protection recommendations stay
on the “front page” until the recommendation becomes a
reality
• Has influence in the county

Peace maker
Town crier

A Personality Type
Risk taker
Legal expertise

Can find the
bucks

Researcher/planner

Remembers how it
was
The driven
B Type personality

Won’t take no for an
answer
Perseverance

=

Punch

CCPT is one unit. Coming
together as one body requires each
member be willing and able to
accept the blending of agencies,
individual thoughts, variances
in practices, cultural differences,
etc. and to use the differences to
develop a community approach to
combating child maltreatment

All team members participate in
establishing team rules and protocol
What cases are reviewed
Recommending new members to the
Board of County Commissions
How non-participating members
should be handled
Team Logistics
Projects that will inform community of
CCPT and child protection
Consider time limits for members
appointed to the team

Identify issues in the community
that are a barrier to child protection
in the county

Identify case specific issues that
impact a child’s wellbeing and as a
team collaborate about ways the
condition can be improved.

Identify state policies that
are not in a child’s best
interest

• Basis of case decision
• Case goals
• Case action since decision
or last CCPT review, or
services provided
• Family’s response to
services
• Relevance to the issue of
child protection in the
county

• CCPTs have access to all information from all agencies
with the exception of substance abuse records. Information
from school records is limited to information about the
health and well being of a child.
• It is illegal for CCPT members to discuss case information
received during a CCPT meeting with anyone outside of the
meeting
• Violating confidentiality is a misdemeanor
• Any citizen may be invited to a CCPT meeting. Only
CCPT members are present during closed sessions

Turning Up the Heat

• Strategies for addressing the
condition (barriers)
• What is required to bring
about change?
• Does the plan need a lead
person? Whom will the
person be.
• Are there others in the
community can be used to
promote the necessary
change?

• How can the community protect children in drug
addiction families
• What can the community do about children that
linger in the foster care backlog
• What can be done to engage parents in more
effective parenting practices
• How can the socialization needs of adolescents be
met
• How can the community support schools and
parents

Team members see CCPT as a DSS team
General Statutes governing CCPT are loosely structured
 No process for addressing members that don’t participate
 No relief for mandated members to step down from the
team
 No formal protocol to take recommendations to the next
level
 Members have limited knowledge about promoting change
 Most mandated members are employed in positions that
precludes the member from actively participating in
systematic changes that are not sanctioned by their funding
sources
 Service consumers are not a part of many teams

Theme for the year
Sharing information from state to state
Time is a factor for most members
Do the children of the United States need to be protected by a
Constitutional Amendment
Does child protection need to be federalized?

Phyllis Banks Fulton
NC Division of Social Services
CCPT Coordinator
Tele: 919-733-2279 Fax: 919-733-4756
Email: [email protected]


Slide 11

COMMUNITY CHILD PROTECTION TEAMS
North Carolina Division of
Social Services
May 2003

Added Dimension
• In addition to reviewing state child protection
policies, CCPTs also are charged with accessing
child protection needs in the county.
• Deficiencies in local services or resources are
reported to the local Board of County
Commissioners annually.
• This added dimension supports the grass roots
change theory
State

Recognizing that child protection is the responsibility of
everyone, and responding to child protection needs is more
effective before a child is harmed; the Community Child
Protection Team, a team composed of agency representatives,
child advocates and citizens-at-large; will take action to identify
and address gaps or deficiencies in services and resources
through the annual report to the Board of County
Commissioners, collaboration with community partners,
promoting public awareness, and advocating for action that
addresses the child protection needs of the county.

ALL CHILDREN IN OUR COUNTY
WILL BE SAFE

Children will be safe within the
community’s environment as soon as
possible.
Parents will be able to access community
systems as needed to assist in parenting
children.
The community will become more aware of
situations in the community that cause harm
to children.

(ACTIVITIES)

• REVIEWING CASES
• COLLABORATION
• TELLING WHAT YOU
KNOW
• ADVOCATING
• ACCEPTING A PERSONAL
CHALLENGE





Talking to others
Mentoring
Observing
Reporting to Board of County Commissioners






Change in the attitude about the
purpose of CCPT
Each year more and more team
accept CCPT as a change
agent
As a state coordinator in the
CW section I have had an
opportunity to integrate
information from
multidisciplinary teams into
state policy and
recommendations

•Effective Chairperson
•Dedicated Membership
•Purposeful Case Reviews
•Determining System Deficiencies
and or Gaps in Services/Resources
•Promoting Change

A Dynamic leader
Creative (willing and able to go outside of the box)
A Motivator

Charismatic
Committed to the well being
of Children

Diplomatic
Influential
A Visionary

• Is Dependable
– Attends all meetings
– Actively participates
– Willing to collaborate
• Will share information
• Has something to offer to facilitate child protection in the
community
• Ensure your teams child protection recommendations stay
on the “front page” until the recommendation becomes a
reality
• Has influence in the county

Peace maker
Town crier

A Personality Type
Risk taker
Legal expertise

Can find the
bucks

Researcher/planner

Remembers how it
was
The driven
B Type personality

Won’t take no for an
answer
Perseverance

=

Punch

CCPT is one unit. Coming
together as one body requires each
member be willing and able to
accept the blending of agencies,
individual thoughts, variances
in practices, cultural differences,
etc. and to use the differences to
develop a community approach to
combating child maltreatment

All team members participate in
establishing team rules and protocol
What cases are reviewed
Recommending new members to the
Board of County Commissions
How non-participating members
should be handled
Team Logistics
Projects that will inform community of
CCPT and child protection
Consider time limits for members
appointed to the team

Identify issues in the community
that are a barrier to child protection
in the county

Identify case specific issues that
impact a child’s wellbeing and as a
team collaborate about ways the
condition can be improved.

Identify state policies that
are not in a child’s best
interest

• Basis of case decision
• Case goals
• Case action since decision
or last CCPT review, or
services provided
• Family’s response to
services
• Relevance to the issue of
child protection in the
county

• CCPTs have access to all information from all agencies
with the exception of substance abuse records. Information
from school records is limited to information about the
health and well being of a child.
• It is illegal for CCPT members to discuss case information
received during a CCPT meeting with anyone outside of the
meeting
• Violating confidentiality is a misdemeanor
• Any citizen may be invited to a CCPT meeting. Only
CCPT members are present during closed sessions

Turning Up the Heat

• Strategies for addressing the
condition (barriers)
• What is required to bring
about change?
• Does the plan need a lead
person? Whom will the
person be.
• Are there others in the
community can be used to
promote the necessary
change?

• How can the community protect children in drug
addiction families
• What can the community do about children that
linger in the foster care backlog
• What can be done to engage parents in more
effective parenting practices
• How can the socialization needs of adolescents be
met
• How can the community support schools and
parents

Team members see CCPT as a DSS team
General Statutes governing CCPT are loosely structured
 No process for addressing members that don’t participate
 No relief for mandated members to step down from the
team
 No formal protocol to take recommendations to the next
level
 Members have limited knowledge about promoting change
 Most mandated members are employed in positions that
precludes the member from actively participating in
systematic changes that are not sanctioned by their funding
sources
 Service consumers are not a part of many teams

Theme for the year
Sharing information from state to state
Time is a factor for most members
Do the children of the United States need to be protected by a
Constitutional Amendment
Does child protection need to be federalized?

Phyllis Banks Fulton
NC Division of Social Services
CCPT Coordinator
Tele: 919-733-2279 Fax: 919-733-4756
Email: [email protected]


Slide 12

COMMUNITY CHILD PROTECTION TEAMS
North Carolina Division of
Social Services
May 2003

Added Dimension
• In addition to reviewing state child protection
policies, CCPTs also are charged with accessing
child protection needs in the county.
• Deficiencies in local services or resources are
reported to the local Board of County
Commissioners annually.
• This added dimension supports the grass roots
change theory
State

Recognizing that child protection is the responsibility of
everyone, and responding to child protection needs is more
effective before a child is harmed; the Community Child
Protection Team, a team composed of agency representatives,
child advocates and citizens-at-large; will take action to identify
and address gaps or deficiencies in services and resources
through the annual report to the Board of County
Commissioners, collaboration with community partners,
promoting public awareness, and advocating for action that
addresses the child protection needs of the county.

ALL CHILDREN IN OUR COUNTY
WILL BE SAFE

Children will be safe within the
community’s environment as soon as
possible.
Parents will be able to access community
systems as needed to assist in parenting
children.
The community will become more aware of
situations in the community that cause harm
to children.

(ACTIVITIES)

• REVIEWING CASES
• COLLABORATION
• TELLING WHAT YOU
KNOW
• ADVOCATING
• ACCEPTING A PERSONAL
CHALLENGE





Talking to others
Mentoring
Observing
Reporting to Board of County Commissioners






Change in the attitude about the
purpose of CCPT
Each year more and more team
accept CCPT as a change
agent
As a state coordinator in the
CW section I have had an
opportunity to integrate
information from
multidisciplinary teams into
state policy and
recommendations

•Effective Chairperson
•Dedicated Membership
•Purposeful Case Reviews
•Determining System Deficiencies
and or Gaps in Services/Resources
•Promoting Change

A Dynamic leader
Creative (willing and able to go outside of the box)
A Motivator

Charismatic
Committed to the well being
of Children

Diplomatic
Influential
A Visionary

• Is Dependable
– Attends all meetings
– Actively participates
– Willing to collaborate
• Will share information
• Has something to offer to facilitate child protection in the
community
• Ensure your teams child protection recommendations stay
on the “front page” until the recommendation becomes a
reality
• Has influence in the county

Peace maker
Town crier

A Personality Type
Risk taker
Legal expertise

Can find the
bucks

Researcher/planner

Remembers how it
was
The driven
B Type personality

Won’t take no for an
answer
Perseverance

=

Punch

CCPT is one unit. Coming
together as one body requires each
member be willing and able to
accept the blending of agencies,
individual thoughts, variances
in practices, cultural differences,
etc. and to use the differences to
develop a community approach to
combating child maltreatment

All team members participate in
establishing team rules and protocol
What cases are reviewed
Recommending new members to the
Board of County Commissions
How non-participating members
should be handled
Team Logistics
Projects that will inform community of
CCPT and child protection
Consider time limits for members
appointed to the team

Identify issues in the community
that are a barrier to child protection
in the county

Identify case specific issues that
impact a child’s wellbeing and as a
team collaborate about ways the
condition can be improved.

Identify state policies that
are not in a child’s best
interest

• Basis of case decision
• Case goals
• Case action since decision
or last CCPT review, or
services provided
• Family’s response to
services
• Relevance to the issue of
child protection in the
county

• CCPTs have access to all information from all agencies
with the exception of substance abuse records. Information
from school records is limited to information about the
health and well being of a child.
• It is illegal for CCPT members to discuss case information
received during a CCPT meeting with anyone outside of the
meeting
• Violating confidentiality is a misdemeanor
• Any citizen may be invited to a CCPT meeting. Only
CCPT members are present during closed sessions

Turning Up the Heat

• Strategies for addressing the
condition (barriers)
• What is required to bring
about change?
• Does the plan need a lead
person? Whom will the
person be.
• Are there others in the
community can be used to
promote the necessary
change?

• How can the community protect children in drug
addiction families
• What can the community do about children that
linger in the foster care backlog
• What can be done to engage parents in more
effective parenting practices
• How can the socialization needs of adolescents be
met
• How can the community support schools and
parents

Team members see CCPT as a DSS team
General Statutes governing CCPT are loosely structured
 No process for addressing members that don’t participate
 No relief for mandated members to step down from the
team
 No formal protocol to take recommendations to the next
level
 Members have limited knowledge about promoting change
 Most mandated members are employed in positions that
precludes the member from actively participating in
systematic changes that are not sanctioned by their funding
sources
 Service consumers are not a part of many teams

Theme for the year
Sharing information from state to state
Time is a factor for most members
Do the children of the United States need to be protected by a
Constitutional Amendment
Does child protection need to be federalized?

Phyllis Banks Fulton
NC Division of Social Services
CCPT Coordinator
Tele: 919-733-2279 Fax: 919-733-4756
Email: [email protected]


Slide 13

COMMUNITY CHILD PROTECTION TEAMS
North Carolina Division of
Social Services
May 2003

Added Dimension
• In addition to reviewing state child protection
policies, CCPTs also are charged with accessing
child protection needs in the county.
• Deficiencies in local services or resources are
reported to the local Board of County
Commissioners annually.
• This added dimension supports the grass roots
change theory
State

Recognizing that child protection is the responsibility of
everyone, and responding to child protection needs is more
effective before a child is harmed; the Community Child
Protection Team, a team composed of agency representatives,
child advocates and citizens-at-large; will take action to identify
and address gaps or deficiencies in services and resources
through the annual report to the Board of County
Commissioners, collaboration with community partners,
promoting public awareness, and advocating for action that
addresses the child protection needs of the county.

ALL CHILDREN IN OUR COUNTY
WILL BE SAFE

Children will be safe within the
community’s environment as soon as
possible.
Parents will be able to access community
systems as needed to assist in parenting
children.
The community will become more aware of
situations in the community that cause harm
to children.

(ACTIVITIES)

• REVIEWING CASES
• COLLABORATION
• TELLING WHAT YOU
KNOW
• ADVOCATING
• ACCEPTING A PERSONAL
CHALLENGE





Talking to others
Mentoring
Observing
Reporting to Board of County Commissioners






Change in the attitude about the
purpose of CCPT
Each year more and more team
accept CCPT as a change
agent
As a state coordinator in the
CW section I have had an
opportunity to integrate
information from
multidisciplinary teams into
state policy and
recommendations

•Effective Chairperson
•Dedicated Membership
•Purposeful Case Reviews
•Determining System Deficiencies
and or Gaps in Services/Resources
•Promoting Change

A Dynamic leader
Creative (willing and able to go outside of the box)
A Motivator

Charismatic
Committed to the well being
of Children

Diplomatic
Influential
A Visionary

• Is Dependable
– Attends all meetings
– Actively participates
– Willing to collaborate
• Will share information
• Has something to offer to facilitate child protection in the
community
• Ensure your teams child protection recommendations stay
on the “front page” until the recommendation becomes a
reality
• Has influence in the county

Peace maker
Town crier

A Personality Type
Risk taker
Legal expertise

Can find the
bucks

Researcher/planner

Remembers how it
was
The driven
B Type personality

Won’t take no for an
answer
Perseverance

=

Punch

CCPT is one unit. Coming
together as one body requires each
member be willing and able to
accept the blending of agencies,
individual thoughts, variances
in practices, cultural differences,
etc. and to use the differences to
develop a community approach to
combating child maltreatment

All team members participate in
establishing team rules and protocol
What cases are reviewed
Recommending new members to the
Board of County Commissions
How non-participating members
should be handled
Team Logistics
Projects that will inform community of
CCPT and child protection
Consider time limits for members
appointed to the team

Identify issues in the community
that are a barrier to child protection
in the county

Identify case specific issues that
impact a child’s wellbeing and as a
team collaborate about ways the
condition can be improved.

Identify state policies that
are not in a child’s best
interest

• Basis of case decision
• Case goals
• Case action since decision
or last CCPT review, or
services provided
• Family’s response to
services
• Relevance to the issue of
child protection in the
county

• CCPTs have access to all information from all agencies
with the exception of substance abuse records. Information
from school records is limited to information about the
health and well being of a child.
• It is illegal for CCPT members to discuss case information
received during a CCPT meeting with anyone outside of the
meeting
• Violating confidentiality is a misdemeanor
• Any citizen may be invited to a CCPT meeting. Only
CCPT members are present during closed sessions

Turning Up the Heat

• Strategies for addressing the
condition (barriers)
• What is required to bring
about change?
• Does the plan need a lead
person? Whom will the
person be.
• Are there others in the
community can be used to
promote the necessary
change?

• How can the community protect children in drug
addiction families
• What can the community do about children that
linger in the foster care backlog
• What can be done to engage parents in more
effective parenting practices
• How can the socialization needs of adolescents be
met
• How can the community support schools and
parents

Team members see CCPT as a DSS team
General Statutes governing CCPT are loosely structured
 No process for addressing members that don’t participate
 No relief for mandated members to step down from the
team
 No formal protocol to take recommendations to the next
level
 Members have limited knowledge about promoting change
 Most mandated members are employed in positions that
precludes the member from actively participating in
systematic changes that are not sanctioned by their funding
sources
 Service consumers are not a part of many teams

Theme for the year
Sharing information from state to state
Time is a factor for most members
Do the children of the United States need to be protected by a
Constitutional Amendment
Does child protection need to be federalized?

Phyllis Banks Fulton
NC Division of Social Services
CCPT Coordinator
Tele: 919-733-2279 Fax: 919-733-4756
Email: [email protected]


Slide 14

COMMUNITY CHILD PROTECTION TEAMS
North Carolina Division of
Social Services
May 2003

Added Dimension
• In addition to reviewing state child protection
policies, CCPTs also are charged with accessing
child protection needs in the county.
• Deficiencies in local services or resources are
reported to the local Board of County
Commissioners annually.
• This added dimension supports the grass roots
change theory
State

Recognizing that child protection is the responsibility of
everyone, and responding to child protection needs is more
effective before a child is harmed; the Community Child
Protection Team, a team composed of agency representatives,
child advocates and citizens-at-large; will take action to identify
and address gaps or deficiencies in services and resources
through the annual report to the Board of County
Commissioners, collaboration with community partners,
promoting public awareness, and advocating for action that
addresses the child protection needs of the county.

ALL CHILDREN IN OUR COUNTY
WILL BE SAFE

Children will be safe within the
community’s environment as soon as
possible.
Parents will be able to access community
systems as needed to assist in parenting
children.
The community will become more aware of
situations in the community that cause harm
to children.

(ACTIVITIES)

• REVIEWING CASES
• COLLABORATION
• TELLING WHAT YOU
KNOW
• ADVOCATING
• ACCEPTING A PERSONAL
CHALLENGE





Talking to others
Mentoring
Observing
Reporting to Board of County Commissioners






Change in the attitude about the
purpose of CCPT
Each year more and more team
accept CCPT as a change
agent
As a state coordinator in the
CW section I have had an
opportunity to integrate
information from
multidisciplinary teams into
state policy and
recommendations

•Effective Chairperson
•Dedicated Membership
•Purposeful Case Reviews
•Determining System Deficiencies
and or Gaps in Services/Resources
•Promoting Change

A Dynamic leader
Creative (willing and able to go outside of the box)
A Motivator

Charismatic
Committed to the well being
of Children

Diplomatic
Influential
A Visionary

• Is Dependable
– Attends all meetings
– Actively participates
– Willing to collaborate
• Will share information
• Has something to offer to facilitate child protection in the
community
• Ensure your teams child protection recommendations stay
on the “front page” until the recommendation becomes a
reality
• Has influence in the county

Peace maker
Town crier

A Personality Type
Risk taker
Legal expertise

Can find the
bucks

Researcher/planner

Remembers how it
was
The driven
B Type personality

Won’t take no for an
answer
Perseverance

=

Punch

CCPT is one unit. Coming
together as one body requires each
member be willing and able to
accept the blending of agencies,
individual thoughts, variances
in practices, cultural differences,
etc. and to use the differences to
develop a community approach to
combating child maltreatment

All team members participate in
establishing team rules and protocol
What cases are reviewed
Recommending new members to the
Board of County Commissions
How non-participating members
should be handled
Team Logistics
Projects that will inform community of
CCPT and child protection
Consider time limits for members
appointed to the team

Identify issues in the community
that are a barrier to child protection
in the county

Identify case specific issues that
impact a child’s wellbeing and as a
team collaborate about ways the
condition can be improved.

Identify state policies that
are not in a child’s best
interest

• Basis of case decision
• Case goals
• Case action since decision
or last CCPT review, or
services provided
• Family’s response to
services
• Relevance to the issue of
child protection in the
county

• CCPTs have access to all information from all agencies
with the exception of substance abuse records. Information
from school records is limited to information about the
health and well being of a child.
• It is illegal for CCPT members to discuss case information
received during a CCPT meeting with anyone outside of the
meeting
• Violating confidentiality is a misdemeanor
• Any citizen may be invited to a CCPT meeting. Only
CCPT members are present during closed sessions

Turning Up the Heat

• Strategies for addressing the
condition (barriers)
• What is required to bring
about change?
• Does the plan need a lead
person? Whom will the
person be.
• Are there others in the
community can be used to
promote the necessary
change?

• How can the community protect children in drug
addiction families
• What can the community do about children that
linger in the foster care backlog
• What can be done to engage parents in more
effective parenting practices
• How can the socialization needs of adolescents be
met
• How can the community support schools and
parents

Team members see CCPT as a DSS team
General Statutes governing CCPT are loosely structured
 No process for addressing members that don’t participate
 No relief for mandated members to step down from the
team
 No formal protocol to take recommendations to the next
level
 Members have limited knowledge about promoting change
 Most mandated members are employed in positions that
precludes the member from actively participating in
systematic changes that are not sanctioned by their funding
sources
 Service consumers are not a part of many teams

Theme for the year
Sharing information from state to state
Time is a factor for most members
Do the children of the United States need to be protected by a
Constitutional Amendment
Does child protection need to be federalized?

Phyllis Banks Fulton
NC Division of Social Services
CCPT Coordinator
Tele: 919-733-2279 Fax: 919-733-4756
Email: [email protected]


Slide 15

COMMUNITY CHILD PROTECTION TEAMS
North Carolina Division of
Social Services
May 2003

Added Dimension
• In addition to reviewing state child protection
policies, CCPTs also are charged with accessing
child protection needs in the county.
• Deficiencies in local services or resources are
reported to the local Board of County
Commissioners annually.
• This added dimension supports the grass roots
change theory
State

Recognizing that child protection is the responsibility of
everyone, and responding to child protection needs is more
effective before a child is harmed; the Community Child
Protection Team, a team composed of agency representatives,
child advocates and citizens-at-large; will take action to identify
and address gaps or deficiencies in services and resources
through the annual report to the Board of County
Commissioners, collaboration with community partners,
promoting public awareness, and advocating for action that
addresses the child protection needs of the county.

ALL CHILDREN IN OUR COUNTY
WILL BE SAFE

Children will be safe within the
community’s environment as soon as
possible.
Parents will be able to access community
systems as needed to assist in parenting
children.
The community will become more aware of
situations in the community that cause harm
to children.

(ACTIVITIES)

• REVIEWING CASES
• COLLABORATION
• TELLING WHAT YOU
KNOW
• ADVOCATING
• ACCEPTING A PERSONAL
CHALLENGE





Talking to others
Mentoring
Observing
Reporting to Board of County Commissioners






Change in the attitude about the
purpose of CCPT
Each year more and more team
accept CCPT as a change
agent
As a state coordinator in the
CW section I have had an
opportunity to integrate
information from
multidisciplinary teams into
state policy and
recommendations

•Effective Chairperson
•Dedicated Membership
•Purposeful Case Reviews
•Determining System Deficiencies
and or Gaps in Services/Resources
•Promoting Change

A Dynamic leader
Creative (willing and able to go outside of the box)
A Motivator

Charismatic
Committed to the well being
of Children

Diplomatic
Influential
A Visionary

• Is Dependable
– Attends all meetings
– Actively participates
– Willing to collaborate
• Will share information
• Has something to offer to facilitate child protection in the
community
• Ensure your teams child protection recommendations stay
on the “front page” until the recommendation becomes a
reality
• Has influence in the county

Peace maker
Town crier

A Personality Type
Risk taker
Legal expertise

Can find the
bucks

Researcher/planner

Remembers how it
was
The driven
B Type personality

Won’t take no for an
answer
Perseverance

=

Punch

CCPT is one unit. Coming
together as one body requires each
member be willing and able to
accept the blending of agencies,
individual thoughts, variances
in practices, cultural differences,
etc. and to use the differences to
develop a community approach to
combating child maltreatment

All team members participate in
establishing team rules and protocol
What cases are reviewed
Recommending new members to the
Board of County Commissions
How non-participating members
should be handled
Team Logistics
Projects that will inform community of
CCPT and child protection
Consider time limits for members
appointed to the team

Identify issues in the community
that are a barrier to child protection
in the county

Identify case specific issues that
impact a child’s wellbeing and as a
team collaborate about ways the
condition can be improved.

Identify state policies that
are not in a child’s best
interest

• Basis of case decision
• Case goals
• Case action since decision
or last CCPT review, or
services provided
• Family’s response to
services
• Relevance to the issue of
child protection in the
county

• CCPTs have access to all information from all agencies
with the exception of substance abuse records. Information
from school records is limited to information about the
health and well being of a child.
• It is illegal for CCPT members to discuss case information
received during a CCPT meeting with anyone outside of the
meeting
• Violating confidentiality is a misdemeanor
• Any citizen may be invited to a CCPT meeting. Only
CCPT members are present during closed sessions

Turning Up the Heat

• Strategies for addressing the
condition (barriers)
• What is required to bring
about change?
• Does the plan need a lead
person? Whom will the
person be.
• Are there others in the
community can be used to
promote the necessary
change?

• How can the community protect children in drug
addiction families
• What can the community do about children that
linger in the foster care backlog
• What can be done to engage parents in more
effective parenting practices
• How can the socialization needs of adolescents be
met
• How can the community support schools and
parents

Team members see CCPT as a DSS team
General Statutes governing CCPT are loosely structured
 No process for addressing members that don’t participate
 No relief for mandated members to step down from the
team
 No formal protocol to take recommendations to the next
level
 Members have limited knowledge about promoting change
 Most mandated members are employed in positions that
precludes the member from actively participating in
systematic changes that are not sanctioned by their funding
sources
 Service consumers are not a part of many teams

Theme for the year
Sharing information from state to state
Time is a factor for most members
Do the children of the United States need to be protected by a
Constitutional Amendment
Does child protection need to be federalized?

Phyllis Banks Fulton
NC Division of Social Services
CCPT Coordinator
Tele: 919-733-2279 Fax: 919-733-4756
Email: [email protected]


Slide 16

COMMUNITY CHILD PROTECTION TEAMS
North Carolina Division of
Social Services
May 2003

Added Dimension
• In addition to reviewing state child protection
policies, CCPTs also are charged with accessing
child protection needs in the county.
• Deficiencies in local services or resources are
reported to the local Board of County
Commissioners annually.
• This added dimension supports the grass roots
change theory
State

Recognizing that child protection is the responsibility of
everyone, and responding to child protection needs is more
effective before a child is harmed; the Community Child
Protection Team, a team composed of agency representatives,
child advocates and citizens-at-large; will take action to identify
and address gaps or deficiencies in services and resources
through the annual report to the Board of County
Commissioners, collaboration with community partners,
promoting public awareness, and advocating for action that
addresses the child protection needs of the county.

ALL CHILDREN IN OUR COUNTY
WILL BE SAFE

Children will be safe within the
community’s environment as soon as
possible.
Parents will be able to access community
systems as needed to assist in parenting
children.
The community will become more aware of
situations in the community that cause harm
to children.

(ACTIVITIES)

• REVIEWING CASES
• COLLABORATION
• TELLING WHAT YOU
KNOW
• ADVOCATING
• ACCEPTING A PERSONAL
CHALLENGE





Talking to others
Mentoring
Observing
Reporting to Board of County Commissioners






Change in the attitude about the
purpose of CCPT
Each year more and more team
accept CCPT as a change
agent
As a state coordinator in the
CW section I have had an
opportunity to integrate
information from
multidisciplinary teams into
state policy and
recommendations

•Effective Chairperson
•Dedicated Membership
•Purposeful Case Reviews
•Determining System Deficiencies
and or Gaps in Services/Resources
•Promoting Change

A Dynamic leader
Creative (willing and able to go outside of the box)
A Motivator

Charismatic
Committed to the well being
of Children

Diplomatic
Influential
A Visionary

• Is Dependable
– Attends all meetings
– Actively participates
– Willing to collaborate
• Will share information
• Has something to offer to facilitate child protection in the
community
• Ensure your teams child protection recommendations stay
on the “front page” until the recommendation becomes a
reality
• Has influence in the county

Peace maker
Town crier

A Personality Type
Risk taker
Legal expertise

Can find the
bucks

Researcher/planner

Remembers how it
was
The driven
B Type personality

Won’t take no for an
answer
Perseverance

=

Punch

CCPT is one unit. Coming
together as one body requires each
member be willing and able to
accept the blending of agencies,
individual thoughts, variances
in practices, cultural differences,
etc. and to use the differences to
develop a community approach to
combating child maltreatment

All team members participate in
establishing team rules and protocol
What cases are reviewed
Recommending new members to the
Board of County Commissions
How non-participating members
should be handled
Team Logistics
Projects that will inform community of
CCPT and child protection
Consider time limits for members
appointed to the team

Identify issues in the community
that are a barrier to child protection
in the county

Identify case specific issues that
impact a child’s wellbeing and as a
team collaborate about ways the
condition can be improved.

Identify state policies that
are not in a child’s best
interest

• Basis of case decision
• Case goals
• Case action since decision
or last CCPT review, or
services provided
• Family’s response to
services
• Relevance to the issue of
child protection in the
county

• CCPTs have access to all information from all agencies
with the exception of substance abuse records. Information
from school records is limited to information about the
health and well being of a child.
• It is illegal for CCPT members to discuss case information
received during a CCPT meeting with anyone outside of the
meeting
• Violating confidentiality is a misdemeanor
• Any citizen may be invited to a CCPT meeting. Only
CCPT members are present during closed sessions

Turning Up the Heat

• Strategies for addressing the
condition (barriers)
• What is required to bring
about change?
• Does the plan need a lead
person? Whom will the
person be.
• Are there others in the
community can be used to
promote the necessary
change?

• How can the community protect children in drug
addiction families
• What can the community do about children that
linger in the foster care backlog
• What can be done to engage parents in more
effective parenting practices
• How can the socialization needs of adolescents be
met
• How can the community support schools and
parents

Team members see CCPT as a DSS team
General Statutes governing CCPT are loosely structured
 No process for addressing members that don’t participate
 No relief for mandated members to step down from the
team
 No formal protocol to take recommendations to the next
level
 Members have limited knowledge about promoting change
 Most mandated members are employed in positions that
precludes the member from actively participating in
systematic changes that are not sanctioned by their funding
sources
 Service consumers are not a part of many teams

Theme for the year
Sharing information from state to state
Time is a factor for most members
Do the children of the United States need to be protected by a
Constitutional Amendment
Does child protection need to be federalized?

Phyllis Banks Fulton
NC Division of Social Services
CCPT Coordinator
Tele: 919-733-2279 Fax: 919-733-4756
Email: [email protected]


Slide 17

COMMUNITY CHILD PROTECTION TEAMS
North Carolina Division of
Social Services
May 2003

Added Dimension
• In addition to reviewing state child protection
policies, CCPTs also are charged with accessing
child protection needs in the county.
• Deficiencies in local services or resources are
reported to the local Board of County
Commissioners annually.
• This added dimension supports the grass roots
change theory
State

Recognizing that child protection is the responsibility of
everyone, and responding to child protection needs is more
effective before a child is harmed; the Community Child
Protection Team, a team composed of agency representatives,
child advocates and citizens-at-large; will take action to identify
and address gaps or deficiencies in services and resources
through the annual report to the Board of County
Commissioners, collaboration with community partners,
promoting public awareness, and advocating for action that
addresses the child protection needs of the county.

ALL CHILDREN IN OUR COUNTY
WILL BE SAFE

Children will be safe within the
community’s environment as soon as
possible.
Parents will be able to access community
systems as needed to assist in parenting
children.
The community will become more aware of
situations in the community that cause harm
to children.

(ACTIVITIES)

• REVIEWING CASES
• COLLABORATION
• TELLING WHAT YOU
KNOW
• ADVOCATING
• ACCEPTING A PERSONAL
CHALLENGE





Talking to others
Mentoring
Observing
Reporting to Board of County Commissioners






Change in the attitude about the
purpose of CCPT
Each year more and more team
accept CCPT as a change
agent
As a state coordinator in the
CW section I have had an
opportunity to integrate
information from
multidisciplinary teams into
state policy and
recommendations

•Effective Chairperson
•Dedicated Membership
•Purposeful Case Reviews
•Determining System Deficiencies
and or Gaps in Services/Resources
•Promoting Change

A Dynamic leader
Creative (willing and able to go outside of the box)
A Motivator

Charismatic
Committed to the well being
of Children

Diplomatic
Influential
A Visionary

• Is Dependable
– Attends all meetings
– Actively participates
– Willing to collaborate
• Will share information
• Has something to offer to facilitate child protection in the
community
• Ensure your teams child protection recommendations stay
on the “front page” until the recommendation becomes a
reality
• Has influence in the county

Peace maker
Town crier

A Personality Type
Risk taker
Legal expertise

Can find the
bucks

Researcher/planner

Remembers how it
was
The driven
B Type personality

Won’t take no for an
answer
Perseverance

=

Punch

CCPT is one unit. Coming
together as one body requires each
member be willing and able to
accept the blending of agencies,
individual thoughts, variances
in practices, cultural differences,
etc. and to use the differences to
develop a community approach to
combating child maltreatment

All team members participate in
establishing team rules and protocol
What cases are reviewed
Recommending new members to the
Board of County Commissions
How non-participating members
should be handled
Team Logistics
Projects that will inform community of
CCPT and child protection
Consider time limits for members
appointed to the team

Identify issues in the community
that are a barrier to child protection
in the county

Identify case specific issues that
impact a child’s wellbeing and as a
team collaborate about ways the
condition can be improved.

Identify state policies that
are not in a child’s best
interest

• Basis of case decision
• Case goals
• Case action since decision
or last CCPT review, or
services provided
• Family’s response to
services
• Relevance to the issue of
child protection in the
county

• CCPTs have access to all information from all agencies
with the exception of substance abuse records. Information
from school records is limited to information about the
health and well being of a child.
• It is illegal for CCPT members to discuss case information
received during a CCPT meeting with anyone outside of the
meeting
• Violating confidentiality is a misdemeanor
• Any citizen may be invited to a CCPT meeting. Only
CCPT members are present during closed sessions

Turning Up the Heat

• Strategies for addressing the
condition (barriers)
• What is required to bring
about change?
• Does the plan need a lead
person? Whom will the
person be.
• Are there others in the
community can be used to
promote the necessary
change?

• How can the community protect children in drug
addiction families
• What can the community do about children that
linger in the foster care backlog
• What can be done to engage parents in more
effective parenting practices
• How can the socialization needs of adolescents be
met
• How can the community support schools and
parents

Team members see CCPT as a DSS team
General Statutes governing CCPT are loosely structured
 No process for addressing members that don’t participate
 No relief for mandated members to step down from the
team
 No formal protocol to take recommendations to the next
level
 Members have limited knowledge about promoting change
 Most mandated members are employed in positions that
precludes the member from actively participating in
systematic changes that are not sanctioned by their funding
sources
 Service consumers are not a part of many teams

Theme for the year
Sharing information from state to state
Time is a factor for most members
Do the children of the United States need to be protected by a
Constitutional Amendment
Does child protection need to be federalized?

Phyllis Banks Fulton
NC Division of Social Services
CCPT Coordinator
Tele: 919-733-2279 Fax: 919-733-4756
Email: [email protected]


Slide 18

COMMUNITY CHILD PROTECTION TEAMS
North Carolina Division of
Social Services
May 2003

Added Dimension
• In addition to reviewing state child protection
policies, CCPTs also are charged with accessing
child protection needs in the county.
• Deficiencies in local services or resources are
reported to the local Board of County
Commissioners annually.
• This added dimension supports the grass roots
change theory
State

Recognizing that child protection is the responsibility of
everyone, and responding to child protection needs is more
effective before a child is harmed; the Community Child
Protection Team, a team composed of agency representatives,
child advocates and citizens-at-large; will take action to identify
and address gaps or deficiencies in services and resources
through the annual report to the Board of County
Commissioners, collaboration with community partners,
promoting public awareness, and advocating for action that
addresses the child protection needs of the county.

ALL CHILDREN IN OUR COUNTY
WILL BE SAFE

Children will be safe within the
community’s environment as soon as
possible.
Parents will be able to access community
systems as needed to assist in parenting
children.
The community will become more aware of
situations in the community that cause harm
to children.

(ACTIVITIES)

• REVIEWING CASES
• COLLABORATION
• TELLING WHAT YOU
KNOW
• ADVOCATING
• ACCEPTING A PERSONAL
CHALLENGE





Talking to others
Mentoring
Observing
Reporting to Board of County Commissioners






Change in the attitude about the
purpose of CCPT
Each year more and more team
accept CCPT as a change
agent
As a state coordinator in the
CW section I have had an
opportunity to integrate
information from
multidisciplinary teams into
state policy and
recommendations

•Effective Chairperson
•Dedicated Membership
•Purposeful Case Reviews
•Determining System Deficiencies
and or Gaps in Services/Resources
•Promoting Change

A Dynamic leader
Creative (willing and able to go outside of the box)
A Motivator

Charismatic
Committed to the well being
of Children

Diplomatic
Influential
A Visionary

• Is Dependable
– Attends all meetings
– Actively participates
– Willing to collaborate
• Will share information
• Has something to offer to facilitate child protection in the
community
• Ensure your teams child protection recommendations stay
on the “front page” until the recommendation becomes a
reality
• Has influence in the county

Peace maker
Town crier

A Personality Type
Risk taker
Legal expertise

Can find the
bucks

Researcher/planner

Remembers how it
was
The driven
B Type personality

Won’t take no for an
answer
Perseverance

=

Punch

CCPT is one unit. Coming
together as one body requires each
member be willing and able to
accept the blending of agencies,
individual thoughts, variances
in practices, cultural differences,
etc. and to use the differences to
develop a community approach to
combating child maltreatment

All team members participate in
establishing team rules and protocol
What cases are reviewed
Recommending new members to the
Board of County Commissions
How non-participating members
should be handled
Team Logistics
Projects that will inform community of
CCPT and child protection
Consider time limits for members
appointed to the team

Identify issues in the community
that are a barrier to child protection
in the county

Identify case specific issues that
impact a child’s wellbeing and as a
team collaborate about ways the
condition can be improved.

Identify state policies that
are not in a child’s best
interest

• Basis of case decision
• Case goals
• Case action since decision
or last CCPT review, or
services provided
• Family’s response to
services
• Relevance to the issue of
child protection in the
county

• CCPTs have access to all information from all agencies
with the exception of substance abuse records. Information
from school records is limited to information about the
health and well being of a child.
• It is illegal for CCPT members to discuss case information
received during a CCPT meeting with anyone outside of the
meeting
• Violating confidentiality is a misdemeanor
• Any citizen may be invited to a CCPT meeting. Only
CCPT members are present during closed sessions

Turning Up the Heat

• Strategies for addressing the
condition (barriers)
• What is required to bring
about change?
• Does the plan need a lead
person? Whom will the
person be.
• Are there others in the
community can be used to
promote the necessary
change?

• How can the community protect children in drug
addiction families
• What can the community do about children that
linger in the foster care backlog
• What can be done to engage parents in more
effective parenting practices
• How can the socialization needs of adolescents be
met
• How can the community support schools and
parents

Team members see CCPT as a DSS team
General Statutes governing CCPT are loosely structured
 No process for addressing members that don’t participate
 No relief for mandated members to step down from the
team
 No formal protocol to take recommendations to the next
level
 Members have limited knowledge about promoting change
 Most mandated members are employed in positions that
precludes the member from actively participating in
systematic changes that are not sanctioned by their funding
sources
 Service consumers are not a part of many teams

Theme for the year
Sharing information from state to state
Time is a factor for most members
Do the children of the United States need to be protected by a
Constitutional Amendment
Does child protection need to be federalized?

Phyllis Banks Fulton
NC Division of Social Services
CCPT Coordinator
Tele: 919-733-2279 Fax: 919-733-4756
Email: [email protected]


Slide 19

COMMUNITY CHILD PROTECTION TEAMS
North Carolina Division of
Social Services
May 2003

Added Dimension
• In addition to reviewing state child protection
policies, CCPTs also are charged with accessing
child protection needs in the county.
• Deficiencies in local services or resources are
reported to the local Board of County
Commissioners annually.
• This added dimension supports the grass roots
change theory
State

Recognizing that child protection is the responsibility of
everyone, and responding to child protection needs is more
effective before a child is harmed; the Community Child
Protection Team, a team composed of agency representatives,
child advocates and citizens-at-large; will take action to identify
and address gaps or deficiencies in services and resources
through the annual report to the Board of County
Commissioners, collaboration with community partners,
promoting public awareness, and advocating for action that
addresses the child protection needs of the county.

ALL CHILDREN IN OUR COUNTY
WILL BE SAFE

Children will be safe within the
community’s environment as soon as
possible.
Parents will be able to access community
systems as needed to assist in parenting
children.
The community will become more aware of
situations in the community that cause harm
to children.

(ACTIVITIES)

• REVIEWING CASES
• COLLABORATION
• TELLING WHAT YOU
KNOW
• ADVOCATING
• ACCEPTING A PERSONAL
CHALLENGE





Talking to others
Mentoring
Observing
Reporting to Board of County Commissioners






Change in the attitude about the
purpose of CCPT
Each year more and more team
accept CCPT as a change
agent
As a state coordinator in the
CW section I have had an
opportunity to integrate
information from
multidisciplinary teams into
state policy and
recommendations

•Effective Chairperson
•Dedicated Membership
•Purposeful Case Reviews
•Determining System Deficiencies
and or Gaps in Services/Resources
•Promoting Change

A Dynamic leader
Creative (willing and able to go outside of the box)
A Motivator

Charismatic
Committed to the well being
of Children

Diplomatic
Influential
A Visionary

• Is Dependable
– Attends all meetings
– Actively participates
– Willing to collaborate
• Will share information
• Has something to offer to facilitate child protection in the
community
• Ensure your teams child protection recommendations stay
on the “front page” until the recommendation becomes a
reality
• Has influence in the county

Peace maker
Town crier

A Personality Type
Risk taker
Legal expertise

Can find the
bucks

Researcher/planner

Remembers how it
was
The driven
B Type personality

Won’t take no for an
answer
Perseverance

=

Punch

CCPT is one unit. Coming
together as one body requires each
member be willing and able to
accept the blending of agencies,
individual thoughts, variances
in practices, cultural differences,
etc. and to use the differences to
develop a community approach to
combating child maltreatment

All team members participate in
establishing team rules and protocol
What cases are reviewed
Recommending new members to the
Board of County Commissions
How non-participating members
should be handled
Team Logistics
Projects that will inform community of
CCPT and child protection
Consider time limits for members
appointed to the team

Identify issues in the community
that are a barrier to child protection
in the county

Identify case specific issues that
impact a child’s wellbeing and as a
team collaborate about ways the
condition can be improved.

Identify state policies that
are not in a child’s best
interest

• Basis of case decision
• Case goals
• Case action since decision
or last CCPT review, or
services provided
• Family’s response to
services
• Relevance to the issue of
child protection in the
county

• CCPTs have access to all information from all agencies
with the exception of substance abuse records. Information
from school records is limited to information about the
health and well being of a child.
• It is illegal for CCPT members to discuss case information
received during a CCPT meeting with anyone outside of the
meeting
• Violating confidentiality is a misdemeanor
• Any citizen may be invited to a CCPT meeting. Only
CCPT members are present during closed sessions

Turning Up the Heat

• Strategies for addressing the
condition (barriers)
• What is required to bring
about change?
• Does the plan need a lead
person? Whom will the
person be.
• Are there others in the
community can be used to
promote the necessary
change?

• How can the community protect children in drug
addiction families
• What can the community do about children that
linger in the foster care backlog
• What can be done to engage parents in more
effective parenting practices
• How can the socialization needs of adolescents be
met
• How can the community support schools and
parents

Team members see CCPT as a DSS team
General Statutes governing CCPT are loosely structured
 No process for addressing members that don’t participate
 No relief for mandated members to step down from the
team
 No formal protocol to take recommendations to the next
level
 Members have limited knowledge about promoting change
 Most mandated members are employed in positions that
precludes the member from actively participating in
systematic changes that are not sanctioned by their funding
sources
 Service consumers are not a part of many teams

Theme for the year
Sharing information from state to state
Time is a factor for most members
Do the children of the United States need to be protected by a
Constitutional Amendment
Does child protection need to be federalized?

Phyllis Banks Fulton
NC Division of Social Services
CCPT Coordinator
Tele: 919-733-2279 Fax: 919-733-4756
Email: [email protected]


Slide 20

COMMUNITY CHILD PROTECTION TEAMS
North Carolina Division of
Social Services
May 2003

Added Dimension
• In addition to reviewing state child protection
policies, CCPTs also are charged with accessing
child protection needs in the county.
• Deficiencies in local services or resources are
reported to the local Board of County
Commissioners annually.
• This added dimension supports the grass roots
change theory
State

Recognizing that child protection is the responsibility of
everyone, and responding to child protection needs is more
effective before a child is harmed; the Community Child
Protection Team, a team composed of agency representatives,
child advocates and citizens-at-large; will take action to identify
and address gaps or deficiencies in services and resources
through the annual report to the Board of County
Commissioners, collaboration with community partners,
promoting public awareness, and advocating for action that
addresses the child protection needs of the county.

ALL CHILDREN IN OUR COUNTY
WILL BE SAFE

Children will be safe within the
community’s environment as soon as
possible.
Parents will be able to access community
systems as needed to assist in parenting
children.
The community will become more aware of
situations in the community that cause harm
to children.

(ACTIVITIES)

• REVIEWING CASES
• COLLABORATION
• TELLING WHAT YOU
KNOW
• ADVOCATING
• ACCEPTING A PERSONAL
CHALLENGE





Talking to others
Mentoring
Observing
Reporting to Board of County Commissioners






Change in the attitude about the
purpose of CCPT
Each year more and more team
accept CCPT as a change
agent
As a state coordinator in the
CW section I have had an
opportunity to integrate
information from
multidisciplinary teams into
state policy and
recommendations

•Effective Chairperson
•Dedicated Membership
•Purposeful Case Reviews
•Determining System Deficiencies
and or Gaps in Services/Resources
•Promoting Change

A Dynamic leader
Creative (willing and able to go outside of the box)
A Motivator

Charismatic
Committed to the well being
of Children

Diplomatic
Influential
A Visionary

• Is Dependable
– Attends all meetings
– Actively participates
– Willing to collaborate
• Will share information
• Has something to offer to facilitate child protection in the
community
• Ensure your teams child protection recommendations stay
on the “front page” until the recommendation becomes a
reality
• Has influence in the county

Peace maker
Town crier

A Personality Type
Risk taker
Legal expertise

Can find the
bucks

Researcher/planner

Remembers how it
was
The driven
B Type personality

Won’t take no for an
answer
Perseverance

=

Punch

CCPT is one unit. Coming
together as one body requires each
member be willing and able to
accept the blending of agencies,
individual thoughts, variances
in practices, cultural differences,
etc. and to use the differences to
develop a community approach to
combating child maltreatment

All team members participate in
establishing team rules and protocol
What cases are reviewed
Recommending new members to the
Board of County Commissions
How non-participating members
should be handled
Team Logistics
Projects that will inform community of
CCPT and child protection
Consider time limits for members
appointed to the team

Identify issues in the community
that are a barrier to child protection
in the county

Identify case specific issues that
impact a child’s wellbeing and as a
team collaborate about ways the
condition can be improved.

Identify state policies that
are not in a child’s best
interest

• Basis of case decision
• Case goals
• Case action since decision
or last CCPT review, or
services provided
• Family’s response to
services
• Relevance to the issue of
child protection in the
county

• CCPTs have access to all information from all agencies
with the exception of substance abuse records. Information
from school records is limited to information about the
health and well being of a child.
• It is illegal for CCPT members to discuss case information
received during a CCPT meeting with anyone outside of the
meeting
• Violating confidentiality is a misdemeanor
• Any citizen may be invited to a CCPT meeting. Only
CCPT members are present during closed sessions

Turning Up the Heat

• Strategies for addressing the
condition (barriers)
• What is required to bring
about change?
• Does the plan need a lead
person? Whom will the
person be.
• Are there others in the
community can be used to
promote the necessary
change?

• How can the community protect children in drug
addiction families
• What can the community do about children that
linger in the foster care backlog
• What can be done to engage parents in more
effective parenting practices
• How can the socialization needs of adolescents be
met
• How can the community support schools and
parents

Team members see CCPT as a DSS team
General Statutes governing CCPT are loosely structured
 No process for addressing members that don’t participate
 No relief for mandated members to step down from the
team
 No formal protocol to take recommendations to the next
level
 Members have limited knowledge about promoting change
 Most mandated members are employed in positions that
precludes the member from actively participating in
systematic changes that are not sanctioned by their funding
sources
 Service consumers are not a part of many teams

Theme for the year
Sharing information from state to state
Time is a factor for most members
Do the children of the United States need to be protected by a
Constitutional Amendment
Does child protection need to be federalized?

Phyllis Banks Fulton
NC Division of Social Services
CCPT Coordinator
Tele: 919-733-2279 Fax: 919-733-4756
Email: [email protected]


Slide 21

COMMUNITY CHILD PROTECTION TEAMS
North Carolina Division of
Social Services
May 2003

Added Dimension
• In addition to reviewing state child protection
policies, CCPTs also are charged with accessing
child protection needs in the county.
• Deficiencies in local services or resources are
reported to the local Board of County
Commissioners annually.
• This added dimension supports the grass roots
change theory
State

Recognizing that child protection is the responsibility of
everyone, and responding to child protection needs is more
effective before a child is harmed; the Community Child
Protection Team, a team composed of agency representatives,
child advocates and citizens-at-large; will take action to identify
and address gaps or deficiencies in services and resources
through the annual report to the Board of County
Commissioners, collaboration with community partners,
promoting public awareness, and advocating for action that
addresses the child protection needs of the county.

ALL CHILDREN IN OUR COUNTY
WILL BE SAFE

Children will be safe within the
community’s environment as soon as
possible.
Parents will be able to access community
systems as needed to assist in parenting
children.
The community will become more aware of
situations in the community that cause harm
to children.

(ACTIVITIES)

• REVIEWING CASES
• COLLABORATION
• TELLING WHAT YOU
KNOW
• ADVOCATING
• ACCEPTING A PERSONAL
CHALLENGE





Talking to others
Mentoring
Observing
Reporting to Board of County Commissioners






Change in the attitude about the
purpose of CCPT
Each year more and more team
accept CCPT as a change
agent
As a state coordinator in the
CW section I have had an
opportunity to integrate
information from
multidisciplinary teams into
state policy and
recommendations

•Effective Chairperson
•Dedicated Membership
•Purposeful Case Reviews
•Determining System Deficiencies
and or Gaps in Services/Resources
•Promoting Change

A Dynamic leader
Creative (willing and able to go outside of the box)
A Motivator

Charismatic
Committed to the well being
of Children

Diplomatic
Influential
A Visionary

• Is Dependable
– Attends all meetings
– Actively participates
– Willing to collaborate
• Will share information
• Has something to offer to facilitate child protection in the
community
• Ensure your teams child protection recommendations stay
on the “front page” until the recommendation becomes a
reality
• Has influence in the county

Peace maker
Town crier

A Personality Type
Risk taker
Legal expertise

Can find the
bucks

Researcher/planner

Remembers how it
was
The driven
B Type personality

Won’t take no for an
answer
Perseverance

=

Punch

CCPT is one unit. Coming
together as one body requires each
member be willing and able to
accept the blending of agencies,
individual thoughts, variances
in practices, cultural differences,
etc. and to use the differences to
develop a community approach to
combating child maltreatment

All team members participate in
establishing team rules and protocol
What cases are reviewed
Recommending new members to the
Board of County Commissions
How non-participating members
should be handled
Team Logistics
Projects that will inform community of
CCPT and child protection
Consider time limits for members
appointed to the team

Identify issues in the community
that are a barrier to child protection
in the county

Identify case specific issues that
impact a child’s wellbeing and as a
team collaborate about ways the
condition can be improved.

Identify state policies that
are not in a child’s best
interest

• Basis of case decision
• Case goals
• Case action since decision
or last CCPT review, or
services provided
• Family’s response to
services
• Relevance to the issue of
child protection in the
county

• CCPTs have access to all information from all agencies
with the exception of substance abuse records. Information
from school records is limited to information about the
health and well being of a child.
• It is illegal for CCPT members to discuss case information
received during a CCPT meeting with anyone outside of the
meeting
• Violating confidentiality is a misdemeanor
• Any citizen may be invited to a CCPT meeting. Only
CCPT members are present during closed sessions

Turning Up the Heat

• Strategies for addressing the
condition (barriers)
• What is required to bring
about change?
• Does the plan need a lead
person? Whom will the
person be.
• Are there others in the
community can be used to
promote the necessary
change?

• How can the community protect children in drug
addiction families
• What can the community do about children that
linger in the foster care backlog
• What can be done to engage parents in more
effective parenting practices
• How can the socialization needs of adolescents be
met
• How can the community support schools and
parents

Team members see CCPT as a DSS team
General Statutes governing CCPT are loosely structured
 No process for addressing members that don’t participate
 No relief for mandated members to step down from the
team
 No formal protocol to take recommendations to the next
level
 Members have limited knowledge about promoting change
 Most mandated members are employed in positions that
precludes the member from actively participating in
systematic changes that are not sanctioned by their funding
sources
 Service consumers are not a part of many teams

Theme for the year
Sharing information from state to state
Time is a factor for most members
Do the children of the United States need to be protected by a
Constitutional Amendment
Does child protection need to be federalized?

Phyllis Banks Fulton
NC Division of Social Services
CCPT Coordinator
Tele: 919-733-2279 Fax: 919-733-4756
Email: [email protected]