Licensed Child Care
Child Fatality Reviews
Child Fatality & Serious Injury Occurances
| Type of Occurrence | Number of Occurrences Oct. 1, 2016 - Sept. 30, 2017 |
Number of Occurrences Oct. 1, 2017 - Sept. 30, 2018 |
|---|---|---|
| Deaths | 0 | 1 (licensed family home) |
| Serious injuries | 124 | 131 (101 in licensed centers, 6 in licensed family homes, 24 in school-age programs) |
| Substantiated child abuse incidents | 74 | 99 |
Serious injury has been defined by Washington State DCYF as any of the following:
- Injury resulting in overnight hospital stay
- Severe neck or head injury
- Choking/unexpected breathing problems
- Severe bleeding
- Shock or acute confused state
- Unconsciousness
- Chemicals in eyes, on skin, or ingested in the mouth
- Near-drowning
- Broken bone
- Severe burn requiring professional medical care
- Poisoning
- Medication overdose
Child Welfare
Executive Child Fatality Reviews
Quarterly Child Fatality Reports to the Legislature
Archived Reports
Region 3 Snohomish County (2010) (1 Mb) - identifying information of the children involved has been redacted as the fatalities were not the result of abuse or neglect
Robinson, Justice & Raiden (2005)
