"There are different points along that timeline when you might step in and help, she said. KCSL provides services at different points on that timeline, from the moment the child’s mother learns she is pregnant to age 3, when that child could benefit from a program like Head Start, to age 14, when that same child’s foster parent is looking for tips on how to help him deal with the trauma of past abuse....
“We teach them how to be good parents,” Booe said. “But we also teach them how to be economically self-sufficient. If they haven’t finished high school, we help them figure out how to do that. If they need help filling out a job application, we help them do that.”
"Nearly 40 percent of child abuse cases occur in the first four years of a child’s life, and a home visitation program like Healthy Families can cut that number in half, according to research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association...."
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