• Protects the health and welfare of children by encouraging the reporting of children who are known to be or suspected of being abused or neglected


• Provides adequate services for the protection and treatment of abused and neglected children and to protect them from further harm


• Identifies the cause of and circumstances that contribute tochildren's deaths, where possible and recommend changes in policy, practices, and law to prevent children's deaths

The law governing child protection services is NDCC 50-25.1

Child Protection Program Services

http://www.nd.gov/dhs/services/childfamily/cps/#reporting

To Report Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect

http://www.nd.gov/eforms/Doc/sfn00960.pdf

What Happens Next?

http://www.nd.gov/dhs/info/pubs/docs/cfs/broch-what-happen-next.pdf

Mandated Reporter:

Interactive Training
http://www.stopchildabusend.com/NDDHS/mandatedreportertraining/index.html