From the CCDJFS Director's Corner

It’s 2AM on Sunday morning. You are awoken by a call about the abuse or neglect of a child too young to explain what happened. You rush to the hospital and meet with the parents who say that nothing odd has occurred over the past several days. The medical staff have been tending to the child for hours and can only tell you that the child has an injury with an unknown cause. With no answers and a serious injury, the child cannot go home. Now the difficult work begins. You see if the family has anyone that could care for the child. You are relieved when the child’s grandmother arrives, and the child’s face lights up with familiarity. Tonight, this little one will sleep somewhere safe with someone they know.  

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