Child welfare agencies use a shadow system to remove kids from their parents’ care. Nobody knows how many children are placed this way or what happens to them in new homes.
Mental Health & Trauma
Amid the pandemic, changes to the county’s needle exchange programs are on hold.
Advocates and experts are worried there may not be enough families willing to take children in.
Friendship Line California relieves loneliness for older adults isolated at home. That makes it easier to stay there.
Public officials come under fire for budgets that prioritize law enforcement and shortchange community health and safety.
This story is produced as part of a larger project led by Matthew Brannon, a participant in the 2020 California Fellowship.
Kids need help, frank talk, experts say.
Research shows home visiting programs can help prevent child abuse and neglect, improve school readiness, increase the physical and mental wellbeing of moms and kids.
Amid pandemic, young kids with special needs missing out on services
For Survivors of Violen
John Adena's death in custody is one of 25 reported by the Shasta County Jail since 2006 — a number that one former California jail manager and expert witness described as “way too many, obviously.”
Domestic violence, the leading cause of homelessness among women and children, is increasing during the pandemic.