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Department of Human Resources employee Kela Stanford, 54, was charged last Friday over Ke’Torrius Starks Jr.’s tragic July 22 ...

Kern County Department of Human Services has proposed an independent review of Child Welfare Services as part of the death ...

The head of Kern’s Department of Human Services is proposing an external review of the county’s child welfare services. Lito ...

Public outrage against Kern County’s Child Protective Services has been growing as the tragic death of 8-year-old Genesis ...

Ray Mata Jr. and Graciela Bustamonte have been charged with first-degree murder, willful cruelty to a child, and torture ...

While immediate response or change on the systematic level is unlikely to happen, there are actions that individuals in Kern ...

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.

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.