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DID THIS GOOD GROUP CALL THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO ORDER. MIKE, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE ATTENDANCE OR WHAT? YOU WANT TO DO IT? WE'RE GOOD. ALRIGHT. WELCOME, EVERYBODY. WE'RE GOING TO I WANT TO START OFF BY GIVING A SPEECH. WE'VE GOT SOME TIME ON DOCKET TODAY. WOW. WHY DON'T YOU
[a. 2025-1318 – DFCS RE: APPROVAL OF A MODIFICATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN ONEIDA COUNTY, THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES, AND NEW YORK STATE, THROUGH ITS OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES ]
ASK ME TO COVER. I KNOW, MARY, I TELL YOU NEXT. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE ONE DOCKET. DOCKET 20251318. APPROVAL OF MODIFICATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN UNITED COUNTY, DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES AND NEW YORK STATE THROUGH ITS OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES. LOOKS LIKE IT'S A GRANT AGREEMENT, AN INCREASE, A MODIFICATION. AND COLLEEN, YOU WANT TO GIVE US THE INFO ON THIS A LITTLE BIT. LOOKS PRETTY CUT AND DRY. SURE. THIS IS WE RECEIVED ADDITIONAL MONEY. NOT A LOT, BUT LIKE 25,000. SO THIS IS THE AMENDMENT TO INCLUDE THAT IN OUR GRANT. THIS IS CHILD FATALITY REVIEW TEAM WHICH BASICALLY THE PURPOSE IS TO REVIEW PROCESSES FOR CHILD FATALITIES, TO PREVENT FUTURE DEATHS AND TO TRY TO LOOK AT WE ACTUALLY LOOK AT MOST OF THE WE LOOK AT ALL THE CASES THAT ARE INTERNAL, THAT ARE OPEN WITH OUR AGENCY. SO PREVENTIVE PROTECTIVE. YOU KNOW, ANY A ONE THAT WE HAD RECEIVED A REGISTRY REPORT ON THROUGH THE SCR. AND THEN YOU CAN WE ALSO SOMETIMES REVIEW ANY UNEXPLAINED OR UNEXPECTED DEATH. YOU CAN BRING ONE IN. YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE WANTS TO HAVE IT REVIEWED, YOU KNOW, IT'S A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM. SO SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE DA OR LAW ENFORCEMENT, THERE MIGHT BE A REASON THAT THEY WANT ONE REVIEWED AND WE'LL REVIEW THAT ONE. THE MONEY SPENT ON, YOU KNOW, COORDINATING THE MEETINGS AND DOING THE PAPERWORK. ONE OF IT'S ON THE SALARY OF OUR PERSON WHO DOES A REALLY THOROUGH. A THOROUGH ASSESSMENT AND REVIEW OF THE CASE TO PRESENT TO THE CFR. SO PART OF HER SALARY IS IN HERE. BUT THE OTHER PART IS, AND WE'VE REALLY STARTED DOING THIS MORE AGGRESSIVELY IS MORE IS OUTREACH. WE STARTED SPENDING MORE MONEY ON BEING SEEN IN THE COMMUNITY AT DIFFERENT EVENTS TO KIND OF BRING ALL THE MATERIALS ABOUT ANYTHING WITH CHILD SAFETY, CHILD, YOU KNOW, CARE, WELL-BEING. AND WE PRESENT THAT AND HAVE IT AVAILABLE. AND WE'VE ALSO SPENT MORE ON SAFE SLEEP. YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE BANNERS ON THE BUSSES AND WE HAD THE REGARDING SAFE SLEEP, THE PACK AND PLAYS, FIRE EXTINGUISHERS, TRYING TO THINK WHAT ELSE? CAR SEATS, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT A FAMILY MIGHT NEED, THAT YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET THAT AS CRITICAL TO THE CHILD'S SAFETY. WE PURCHASED SOME OF THOSE THINGS, AND WE HAVE THEM NOW THAT WE CAN GIVE THEM TO THE FAMILIES. AND WE'RE TRYING TO DO SOME OF OUR EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGNS, HAVE SOME OF THOSE THINGS AVAILABLE SO THAT, YOU KNOW, IT GETS PEOPLE TO COME AND THEN YOU'RE ABLE TO HELP THEM. YOU KNOW, YOU GET YOU GOT EXTRA MONEY YOU HAVE. I SHOULD HAVE JUST SAID, AND IT'S FREE AND IT'S FREE TO JUSTIFY THIS EXTRA MONEY. SO JUST TO A QUESTION, HOW OFTEN DOES SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN? GOD FORBID. I MEAN, IT'S HORRIBLE. IT'S SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WELL, IN 2024, THROUGH OUR SYSTEM AND I'M TRYING TO LOOK, THEY WERE ALL HOURS. I THINK WE HAD 11 FATALITIES SO FAR IN 2025. WE'RE AT SIX IN OUR SYSTEM AND WE HAVE THREE THAT WERE OUTSIDE. SOME WERE FROM THE TORNADO, THE DEATHS OF SOME OF THE KIDS WITH THE TORNADOES. AND SO WE'VE HAD KIND OF A BAD YEAR. A LOT OF THEM, YOU'LL SEE, ARE VERY YOUNG. A LOT OF THEM ARE SAFE SLEEP. I MEAN, SAFE SLEEP IS A THE MAJORITY OF OUR DEATHS ARE ARE BABIES AND IT'S CO-SLEEPING. SO YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, SO THAT THAT'S WHY I THINK WE REALLY PUSHED THIS YEAR THE OUTREACH FOR THE BUSSES. AND WE'RE TRYING TO PUT MEDIA CAMPAIGNS IN THAT. SO WE SPENT SOME OF THE MONEY OF THAT ON SAFE SLEEP. AND ALSO WE HAVE LITERATURE AND STUFF THAT WE HAVE. SO EVERY CASE THAT A CASEWORKER GOES OUT ON, THEY THEY GIVE THE INFORMATION TO, YOU KNOW, APPLICABLE TO ANY FAMILY. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE OFFERING THE PACK AND PLAYS LIKE WE'VE GOT THE PACK AND PLAYS AND WE DELIVER THEM LIKE FOR ANY FAMILY THAT DOESN'T HAVE THEM. BUT, YOU KNOW, SAFE SLEEP IS THE BIGGEST CAUSE OF CHILD FATALITY, RIGHT. YOU KNOW FOR US. THANKS FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM WITHIN THE COMMITTEE? SEEING NONE, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THAT'S* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.