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The Child Fatality Review Panel

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The State of Connecticut has established a Child Fatality Review Panel (CFRP), which is charged with reviewing unexplained or unexpected circumstances of the death of any child under the age of 18 who has received services from a state department or agency addressing child welfare, social or human services or juvenile justice.

Although the Panel is a separate entity, its day-to-day operations are coordinated through the Office of the Child Advocate. 

Presently, the Child Advocate also serves as the Panel Chairperson. Other Child Fatality Review Panel members are:
 
 Chief State’s Attorney: 
 
 Kevin Kane
 Representative: Judith Rossi                               
 Chief Medical Examiner:  H. Wayne Carver, M.D.
 Public Safety Commissioner:
 
 John Danaher, III
 Representative: Sgt. Seth Mancini
 DCF Commissioner:
 Susan Hamilton
 Representative: Ken Mysogland
 Public Health Commissioner:
 J. Robert Galvin, M.D.
 Representative: Margie Hudson
 Pediatrician:  Kirsten Bechtel, M.D
 Public Child Welfare Practioner:  Richard Dallavalle
 Community Service Representative:   Jane Norgren
 Physician:  Brian Karsif, M.D., MPH, FACOG
 Domestic Violence Representative:  Tonya Johnson
 Injury Prevention:  Judge Russell A. Kimes, Jr., EMT
 Psychologist:  Kathleen J. Murphy, Ph.D.
 
The Child Fatality Review Panel's reports of its investigations of child fatalities are public documents, and can be obtained from the Office of the Child Advocate upon request or viewed on this website using the following link: Fatality Investigations




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