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GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF
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| OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS | ONE JUDICIARY SQUARE 441 FOURTH STREET, N.W SUITE 11OO WASHINGTON, D.C. 20001 (202) 727-6224 |
| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 31, 2000 |
CONTACT: Elena Temple (202) 727-5011 |
(Washington, DC)-- Mayor Anthony A. Williams today swore in the inaugural board of the District's Serious Incident and Fatality Review Committee. In an effort to reduce the number of preventable deaths of District wards and/or residents with mental retardation, the committee will examine serious incidents and deaths of those eighteen years and over with developmental disabilities. According to Mayor Williams, "Making our system work will take a long-term investment - and a commitment from our entire community."
Modeled after the Child Fatality Review Committee, this committee will also assist the Williams Administration in identifying the causes and circumstances contributing to serious incidents or deaths of individuals living in group homes, foster homes, nursing homes or any other health care entities licensed and located in thc District.
Established by a Mayoral order, this committee will:
1) Develop and monitor plans for the implementation of and recommendations for systematic changes within various governmental and private agencies.
2) Develop and monitor plans for the implementation of recommendations to improve and maximize systemic responses to incidents of abuse, neglect and maltreatment.
This Committee, which is primarily charged with intervention and prevention, is part of the Mayor's commitment to protecting the life and safety of MRDD residents and bringing accountability to the system.
| Delmar Weather | Former Chief of Adoptions, Federal Court |
| Victor Robinson | MRDD Community |
| Robert Kennedy | MRDD Community |
| Sheila Carson-Carr | ANC Commissioner; Former Staff, Developmental Disabilities State Planning Council |
| Jackie Kidd | Howard University School of Social Work; Director of the National Center on Permanency for AA Children |
| Dr. Jacqueline McMorris | Director of Children with Special Needs |
| Beverly Doherty | Administrator for MRDDA |
| Ricardo Lyles | Acting Administrator, Family Services Administration |
| Jonathan Arden | Chief Medical Examiner |
| Elizabeth Parker | Administrator of the Rehabilitation Services Administration |
| Denise Pope | Administrator, Health Regulation Administration |
| Herbert Weldon | Senior Deputy Administrator for the Medical Assistance (Medicaid) Administrator |
| Carl Wilson | Director, State Center for Health Statistics |
| Commander Jose Acosta | Commander, Special Investigations Division, MPD |
| Lynn Leibovitz | Deputy Chief of Homicide Section, MPD |
| Leigh Slaughter | Special Deputy Corporation Counsel |
| Dr. Adeniyi Ibikunle | Acting Chief, Bureau of Injury and Disability Prevention |
| Fernando Daniels, III, MD | Medical Director, DC Fire and EMS |
| Moses McAllister | District of Columbia Superior Court |
| Sidney Rock | Director, Medicaid Fraud Unit |
| Dr. Ivan Walks | Chief Health Officer for the District |
| Dr. Yvette Reid | Physician, DC General Hospital; Chair, DC Child Fatality Review |
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