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Protocols
One crucial component of DEC programs is the development of DEC
protocols. Such protocols outline the roles and responsibilities of each
participating agency in the event that children are discovered in
a home where methamphetamine or other drugs are used and/or manufactured.
You may find the sample protocols below helpful while drafting protocols
for your community.
Sample protocols
More than
40 Kansas
counties are engaged in the Drug Endangered Children process. Sedgwick
County and the Southeast
Kansas Drug Endangered Children Program led
the way in Kansas, with methamphetamine lab protocols in place since
2001 and 2002 respectively. You can also view
the methamphetamine lab protocols for Rice, Reno, Finney, Thomas, Harvey and
Shawnee counties.
In 2008, Shawnee County adopted an expanded protocol that applied to chidren living in any type of drug environment, not solely methamphetamine labs.
Protocols
by profession
Click on the links below to view sample protocols
for specific professions:
Law
enforcement, fire
department, medical
professionals and EMS, SRS
(child protective service workers), prosecutors
and mental
health professionals.
