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CUYAHOGA COUNTY PLAN OE CbOPERATION REGARDING CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT Page 4 2. 'L he responsibilities of the county prosecutor are to include: (cont.) d. Legal direction and interpretation of issues regarding child abuse and neglect and prescribed referral procedures to respective law enforcement agencies. 3. All parties agree to make known to parents who fear that they may hurt or have hurt their children that they can voluntarily call the Cuyahoga County Department of Human Services, Social Services, for help. The Cuyahoga County Department of Human Services, Social Services, will initiate social worx counselling with the parents and will provide and/or obtain other necessary services from community resources. 4. The M3Yfield Village Police Department agrees to Law L•'ntorcement Agency arrange for the Cuyahoga County Department of Human Services to meet with its stab and to provide them with information regarding the functions and services of the Cuyahoga County Department of Human Services, Social Services and how the officers can obtain help for families and children. 5. TFi'e Mayfield Village Police Department agrees to Law Entorcement Agency maze all its officers aware of their legal responsibility and duty to report all cases of suspected child abuse and/or neglect to the Cuyahoga County Department of Human Services, Social Services. b. The Cuyahoga County Department of Human Services, Social Services, as the agenc~ designated by statute, shall, through its "Chi1d_Abuse Registrar' file all reports of child abuse and/or neglect with the Cuyahoga County Child Abuse Registry and the Central State Registry maintained by the Ohio Department of Human Services. 7. Section 2151.3421 of the Ohio Revised Code provides that "Any repert made under this section is confidential, and any person who permits or encourages the unauthorized dissemination of its contents is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree." 8. The Cuyahoga County Department of Human Services, Social Services, shall report the results of its investigation in writing to the Law t:ntorcement Agency In accord with the declaration of the law that family units be pre- served and that confidentiality be respected, it is agreed by the parties that such reports shall be limited to the action taken or intended to be taken by the Cuyahoga County Uepartment of Human Services, Social Services and whether or not further law enforcement action is required. Should the Law Enforcement Agency in question require further information for the purposes of assessing its own law enforcement duties, such information must be requested in writing.