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Research shows that early childhood maltreatment is associated with significant delays in social and cognitive development.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — For the first time since Genesis Mata’s death, allegedly at the hands of her parents, the 8-year ...

When investigated by the police, hospital staff, and child protective services (CPS), each entity may view the same events differently, but the sole and final decisionmaker is CPS.

House Health Chairwoman Amy Summers is asking how the public’s representatives can learn more about a state agency’s responses to sensitive child protective services cases. The question has ...

The Kern County Board of Supervisors convened on Tuesday to address a pressing issue within the county: the oversight of ...

During an hour-plus of testimony to the Kern County Board of Supervisors Tuesday, more than a dozen residents painted a grim ...

Calls for an investigation came after Mata’s family said they had called child protective services multiple times before Mata ...

The April report showed CPS is underfunded, understaffed and has a high turnover rate. These factors, the report says, ...

During the past year, 12 children who had been the subject of reports of abuse or neglect to the state’s child protective services died, according to a report released Wednesday.

Research shows that early childhood maltreatment is associated with significant delays in social and cognitive development. Unfortunately, according to the United States Department of Health and Human ...