Child’s death illustrates L.A. County’s growing problem resolving backlog of abuse cases

Child’s death illustrates L.A. County’s growing problem resolving backlog of abuse cases
Though child welfare officials had been told abuse was occurring in the victim’s home nearly two months ago, investigators had yet to determine if he was at risk when he died Saturday. The county continues to struggle meeting investigative deadlines for many cases. The tip that abuse was taking place in the Long Beach home where 2-year-old Joseph Byrd lived came to Los Angeles County child …
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More focus needs to be placed on drug abuse prevention, rehabilitation, says NCDA head
EXECUTIVE Director for The National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) Michael Tucker has said that more needs to be done in the areas of drug abuse prevention and the rehabilitation of drug abusers in Jamaican society.
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