The Travis County Child Fatality Review Team (CFRT) is a multidisciplinary group consisting of law enforcement officials, medical professionals, social workers, prosecutors, and child advocacy professionals working together toward a single goal: to prevent the senseless and needless deaths of children in Travis County. To read a one-page summary of this year's report, you can find it here.
The Team was formed in 1992 and includes the Austin Police Department, Children's Hospital of Austin, City of Austin - Emergency Medical Services, Texas Dept. of State Health Services - Bureau of Vital Statistics, Texas Dept. of Family and Protective Services - Child Protective Services, Texas Department of Public Safety, Center for Child Protection, Travis County District Attorney's Office, Travis County Medical Examiner, and the Travis County Sheriff's Office. The Team also includes professionals in the medical and mental health fields. The Team meets at the Center for Child Protection every other month to review the circumstances associated with every child fatality, ages 0-17, in the county.
By working together, sharing resources, and educating each other and the community, the Child Fatality Review Team hopes to increase the public's awareness about the causes of death among children and how to prevent future deaths in our community.
Each year, the Child Protection Team Summit and Child Fatality Review Team Press Conference announce the findings of the yearly report during April which is Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month. For more information, contact Marketing Manager Amy Carr at 512/472-1164 x242 or acarr@centerforchildprotection.org.
Child Fatality Review Team Annual Report (PDF)
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Prevention Posters
To learn about Child Fatality Review Teams who review deaths on a statewide basis and in other urban areas, please visit the Texas Department of State Health Services.
