Uncovering Earlier Opportunities to Keep Children Safe: A Data-Driven Prevention Approach to Reviewing and Responding to Child Maltreatment Fatalities

“If we as a nation do nothing different to prevent child abuse and neglect fatalities, somewhere between 1,500 and 3,000 U.S. children will die from maltreatment in 2016, 2017, and beyond. We need to dramatically redesign our approach to eliminate child abuse and neglect fatalities.” – Dr. David Sanders, Chair, Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities

This technical guide outlines a data-driven approach for jurisdictions to design and implement strategies to better prevent child abuse and neglect fatalities and near-fatalities. It provides guidance for how agencies can improve upon existing fatality review processes by systematically reviewing all maltreatment fatalities to uncover weak points in the jurisdiction’s preventative ecosystem and identify opportunities for earlier intervention.

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