In 2022, the death of this 11-month-old infant in a private nursery sparked a wave of emotion, shed harsh light on the dysfunctions in certain structures and led the government to commission a series of reports.
“The tragedy in Lyon has called into question the mechanisms for preventing and combating mistreatment, such as the surveillance and control of places where young children are cared for,” notes Florence Dabin, president of France Enfanceprotectée in her report on “the collection of alerts” in nurseries.
Better reporting of reports
We must “better identify mistreatment, report reports, facilitate coordination and collection of information,” underlines Florence Dabin, also president of the department of Maine-et-Loire, in the preamble to this document presented Tuesday to the minister responsible for Early childhood Agnès Canayer.
To achieve this, the 170-page report recommends the establishment of a single number which “must appear on posters distributed nationally and in all deliverables intended for parents”. This unique number “will refer the caller to the dedicated service according to the choice of the department” – cell for collecting worrying information (Crip), maternal and child protection (PMI) etc. – and will operate in parallel with 119, the national call number for children in danger.
When processing an alert, “an acknowledgment of receipt will be sent to the issuer by the Departmental Council which must then receive the follow-up given to its report (abandonment or prosecution)”, specifies the report.
Also recommended are “the establishment of tools shared with local partners (Family Allowance Fund and prefect)” and the “collation of data at the national level”.
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