State Advisory Team
* Purpose of the State Advisory Team *
*Participation on the Citizen Review Panel*
The Michigan Child Death State Advisory Team (2012)
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Chair: Zoe Lyons Acting Director Branch/Hillsdale Department of Human Services Michigan Department of Human Services 40 Care Drive Hillsdale, MI 49242 Phone: (517) 439-2234 Fax: (517) 439-2272 Email: LyonsZ2@michigan.gov |
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Brooke Brantley-Gilbert Investigator Office of the Children’s Ombudsman Michigan National Tower First Floor, Suite 100 Lansing, MI 48909 Phone: (517) 373-3077 Fax: (517) 335-4471 Email: Brantley-GilbertB@michigan.gov |
Joseph Kozakiewicz Director Chance at Childhood 610 Abbot Road East Lansing, MI 48823 Phone: (517)336-8088 Fax: (517)336-8089 Email: kozakiew@msu.edu |
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Stacie Bladen Office of Family Advocate MI Department of Human Services 235 South Grand Avenue, Suite 1512 Lansing, MI 48909 Phone: (517) 335-3475 Fax: (517)241-8125 Email: BladenS@michigan.gov |
Sgt Kevin Mark Prevention Services Michigan State Police 7426 N Canal Road Lansing MI 48913 Phone: (517) 322-5595 Fax: (517) 322-5600 Email: markk@michigan.gov |
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Debi Cain, Director Domestic Violence Prevention and Treatment Board Michigan Dept of Human Services 235 S Grand Avenue Suite 510 Lansing MI 48909 Ph: (517) 241-5114 Fax: (517) 241-8903 CainD@michigan.gov |
Colin Parks Acting Program Manager CPS and Family Preservation Programs Michigan Dept of Human Services 235 S Grand Avenue, Suite 510 Lansing MI 48909 Phone: (517) 241-8297 Fax: (517) 241-7047 Email: ParksC@michigan.gov |
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Brenda R. Fink Director Div. of Family & Community Health MI Department of Community Health Washington Square Building 109 Michigan Ave. Lansing, MI 48933 Phone: (517) 335-8863 Fax: (517) 335-8294 Email: finkb@michigan.gov |
Jenifer Pettibone Child Welfare Services State Court Administrative Office PO BOX 30048 Lansing MI 48909 Phone: (517)373-8036 Fax: (517) 373-8922 Email: Pettibonej@courts.mi.gov |
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Jeffrey Fink, Prosecutor Kalamazoo County Prosecutors Office 227 W Michigan Avenue 5th Floor Courthouse Kalamazoo MI 49007 Phone: (269)383-8955 Fax: (269)383-0475 Email: JRFINK@kalcounty.com |
Linda Scarpetta Manager Injury & Violence Prevention Section Michigan Department of Community Health 109 Michigan Avenue Lansing MI 48933 Phone: (517) 335-8397 Fax: (517) 335-9669 Email: scarpettal@michigan.gov |
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Rosemary Fournier Program Coordinator Michigan Fetal & Infant Mortality Review Michigan Department of Community Health 109 W Michigan Avenue Lansing MI 48933 Phone: (517) 335-8416 Fax: (517) 335-8822 Email: fournierr1@michigan.gov |
John Shaffer, Manager Mid Michigan Medical Center EMS 376 Woodland Drive Sanford MI 48657 Phone: (989) 633-1310 Fax: (989) 633-1303 Email: john.shaffer@midmichigan.org |
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Shirley Mann Gray Administrative Director Children’s Hospital of Michigan 3901 Beaubien Detroit, MI 48201 Phone: (313) 745-5281 Fax: (313) 993-7106 Email: sgray@dmc.org |
Dr Debra Simms, Division Chief Center for Child Protection Helen DeVos Children's Hospital 545 Michigan NE, Suite 203, MC 178 Grand Rapids MI 49503 Phone: (616) 391-1242 Fax: (616) 391-3206 Email: debra.simms@devoschildrens.org or, tracy.cyrus@devoschildrens.org |
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Dr. Brian Hunter Chief Medical Examiner Genesee County Medical Examiners Office 630 S Saginaw Flint, MI 48502 Phone: (810) 762-7780 Fax: (810) 762-7786 Email: bcolbyhunter@hotmail.com |
Patricia L Sorenson Vice President for Policy Michigan's Children 428 W Lenawee Lansing MI 48933 Phone: (517) 485-3500 Fax: (517) 485-3650 Email: Sorenson.pat@michiganschildren.org |
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Lt Clay Jansson Oakland County Sheriff's Office 2401 Glengary Road Commerce Township MI 48382 Phone: (248) 624-0907 Fax: (248) 960-9187 Cell: (248) 431-4810 Email: janssonc@oakgov.com |
Stacey Tadgerson Director Native American Affairs Michigan Department of Human Services 235 S Grand Avenue, Suite 216 Lansing MI 48909 Phone: (517) 335-7782 Email: TadgersonS@michigan.gov |
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Kim Kovalchick Coordinated School Health and Safety Programs Unit Michigan Department of Education 608 W Allegan PO Box 30008 Lansing MI 48933 Phone: (517) 241-4292 Email: kovalchickk@michigan.gov |
Amy Zaagman Executive Director MI Council for Maternal and Child Health 221 N Walnut Street Lansing MI 48933 Phone: (517) 482-5807 Fax: (517) 372-3002 Email: azaagman@mcmch.org |
| MPHI – CDR Program Office 2455 Woodlake Circle Okemos MI 48864 Phone: (517) 324-7330 Fax: (517) 324-7365 |
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Purpose of State Advisory Team
The purpose of the State Advisory Team is to provide guidance, expertise and consultation in analyzing and understanding the causes, trends and system responses to child fatalities, and to make recommendations in law, policy and practice to prevent child deaths in Michigan. The committee also provides support to local teams, recommends improvements in protocols and procedures for the Keeping Kids Alive program and reviews Michigan's child mortality data as well as local child death review team reports to identify causes, risk factors and trends in child deaths. The State Advisory Team is responsible for preparing an annual report that is presented to the Governor and the Legislature on child fatalities in Michigan. The Michigan Department of Human Services has administrative responsibility for the team.
Participation on Citizen Review Panel
Many of the people who serve on the State Advisory Team additionally participate on the Citizen Review Panel (CRP) on Child Fatalities. The Federal Government mandated the formation of this and two other Panels in 1999, for the purpose of providing an opportunity for citizens to aid in ensuring that states meet goals of protecting children from abuse and neglect by evaluating the strengths, weaknesses and challenges in the child welfare delivery system. This CRP meets quarterly, reviewing and examining the identified cases of child abuse and neglect that have occurred within a given year. At the end of the calendar year the Panel compiles their findings and recommendations in a report that is presented to the Department of Human Services for their knowledge and consideration, in hopes of improving the child welfare system in Michigan.
