Critical Incident Review Teams
The Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) reviews certain child fatalities to better understand what happened and identify opportunities to improve child safety. These reviews are done by a Critical Incident Review Team (CIRT).
ODHS reviews child fatalities when we reasonably believe the death was the result of abuse,
and the child was in ODHS custody, or the child, a sibling, or another child in the household had contact with ODHS Child Welfare within the past 12 months. The purpose of these reviews is to determine if system issues may have contributed to the child's death and identify improvements that may help prevent similar tragedies in the future. The CIRT process is established in Oregon law (ORS 418.806 to 418.816, with updates made in 2019 through Senate Bill 832.
Reports and data
ODHS is required by law to publish certain information online when a CIRT is assigned. The CIRT Status Report provides case-level information for reports starting in 2019 (for older CIRT reports, see the complete list below). The CIRT Data Dashboard highlights patterns identified across reviews.
CIRT Status Report CIRT Data Dashboard Prevention efforts
View all CIRT final reports
This list includes all CIRT reports since the process was created in 2004.
More information
For more information about child fatality prevention, visit the Oregon Health Authority website: Oregon Child Death Review and Prevention.