Dana Markusen

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Dana Markusen

• Child Protective Services Investigations
  Supervisor
• ChildHelp Childrens Center
• Office 602-340-9848

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Who is a Drug Endangered Child?

• A child who is exposed to an environment
  where adults are manufacturing, selling or using
  drugs.

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Our Community Mission

• To break the cycle of child abuse caused by
  those who manufacture, sell and use drugs.

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Who will rescue, defend, shelter and support the
child?
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Multidisciplinary Team

• Law Enforcement (narcotic/patrol
• officer)
• Child Protective Services
• Prosecution
• Fire Department
• Code Enforcement
• Medical
• Schools
• Rehab/treatment
• Researchers
• Community Coalitions
• Probation
• Parole
• Daycare
• Mental Health
• Animal Control
• Indian Country

• Behavioral Health
• Public Health
• Courts (drug, family criminal)
• Meth Task Force
• Case Workers
• Childrens Advocacy
• Law Makers
• Crime Prevention/Intervention
• Domestic Violence
• Child Abuse
• Elder Abuse
• Homeless Coalitions
• Job Training
• Employment Agencies
• Drug Alcohol Programs
• Media

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Multi-Discipline Team
CPS
Law Enforcement
The Child
Community Services
Medical
Prosecution
Treatment
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The Community/MDT

• How does it effect you personally and in you
  positions

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Substance Abuse/Use

• Crimes that have direct relationship

• theft
• burglary
• violent crime
• aggravated assault

• child abuse
• murder
• environment

Who Pays the price?
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How Substance Abuse RavagesAmerica and What to
do About it

• Substance abuse has touched every family and
  circle of friends in America and causes and
  aggravates the nations most wrenching social
  problems- violent and property crimes, soaring
  health care costs, family breakup, domestic
  violence and child abuse, the spread of AIDS,
  teen pregnancy, poverty, low productivity.
• Americans, comprising only 4 of the worlds
  population, consume 2/3s of the worlds illegal
  drugs
• Joseph A Califano, Jr former Secretary of Health,
  Education Welfare
• HIGH SOCIETY How Substance abuse Ravages
  America and What to do About it
• May 2007

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The future for a Drug endangered child without
intervention could be VICTIM OF CHILD ABUSE
NEGLECT HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUT DRUG AND ALCOHOL
ABUSER LIFE-LONG HEALTH PROBLEMS FINANCIAL
DEPENDENCY UNEMPLOYABLE DRUG DEALER AND/OR
GANG MEMBER FUTURE FELON (CRIMINAL) CHILD
ABUSER/SEXUAL PREDATOR
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What Can You do

• Most of us desire to live in a safe community,
  especially when raising a family.
• Be alert and report suspicious activity
• Know your neighbors and be aware of activity

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Community Activities

• Invite Local Law Enforcement and/or CPS to your
  offices for further discussion and relationship
  building
• Create a role-play to give children a chance to
  practice turning down invitations to use drugs
• Invite Drug Counselors to discuss why people use
  drugs and how they can help someone stay off
  drugs
• Develop a list of local resources

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DEC Outcomes

• Physical and emotional protection of children
  and family
• Protection and rehab of the childs health as
  well as the parents
• Establishment of a community strategy to break
  the cycle of drug abuse and violence
  (communications and a plan)
• Restoration of family (when possible)
• Holding parents accountable
• Building community
• Repair harm
• Reduction in crime

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Whats more important drugs,guns, and money or
children,family community?
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Why You are so important to us!

• You are mandated by law to report abuse
• You have a great deal of contact time with
  children
• You may be the first person to observe the abuse
• You have a relationship based on trust and
  therefore a child may choose to disclose to you

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The Four Critical Questions

• What Happened?
• When did it Happen?
• Where did it Happen?
• Who did it?

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To report a Meth Lab or drug house 1-877-STP-METH
Child Protective Services Hotline 1-877-SOS-CHILD
Any Police Department 911
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Resources

• Drug Endangered Children http//www.attorney_gener
  al.state.az.us
• American Council for Drug education www.acde.org

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CONCLUSION Parents they just walk away

• CHILDREN LIVING IN DRUG ENVIRONMENTS NEED TO BE
  HEARD, AND WE GIVE THOSE SILENT VICTIMS A VOICE