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Kids across California are returning to school, but not all students are equally prepared. A study found that in Sonoma County, only 22% of children are ready for kindergarten when they start.
For undocumented and Spanish-speaking residents like Daysi Carreño, the destructive wildfires of recent years have burned into their memories and pushed some families to the edge.
Without access to diapers, both parents and children face health risks.
The private organizations – many of them honoring fallen athletes – are assisting schools directly, but donations haven't been keeping up with demand.
Los Angeles County will return an estimated $15 million in unspent mental health grants intended to keep vulnerable people from landing in hospital and jails.
Increased demand for treatment adds to questions about whether the state's supply of caregivers can meet the need — particularly for children and teens.
Take a look at the national staffing crisis among substance use disorder counsellors across the state, and spend time with a supervisor who started out as a group counsellor making $19 an hour.
With liberal use of the catchall category of “general neglect,” LA County’s DCFS removes between 4,000 and 6,000 kids from their homes every year and places them in foster care.
