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In 2005, Kern County’s Child Protective Services received over 15,000 referrals citing potential child abuse and neglect; and of those referrals 4,618 cases were substantiated, which indicates a child abuse rate of 20.7 per 1000 children.  The child abuse rate statewide is 11.4—Kern County is well above the state average and people in this community should be alarmed1.  There are community organizations in Kern County dedicated to ending the cycle of child abuse and neglect and there are countless ways people can get involved.  Covenant Community Services Inc. (CCSI) is a non-profit, social services organization providing therapeutic foster care, mentoring, family preservation and mental health services to foster children and their families.  CCSI was formed because two people from this community got involved.  CCSI’s eventual directors’ attended a weeklong summer camp designed for children living in out-of-home placement due to...
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