Protecting Sonoma County’s Most Vulnerable from Abuse and Neglect: For the Children
Examines child-protection hotline screening and Child Death Review Team reporting, governance, training and resources. The jury could not confirm or refute the underlying allegation of a child death after a hotline report was evaluated out.
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Sonoma County Board of Supervisors response
The Board partially disagrees with all six findings, describing ongoing case review and existing staff support while acknowledging reporting and governance improvements. It labels the hotline review implemented and calls for further analysis of CDRT procedures and funding.
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