it is not about the child advocacy. she is excellent. i know that she will bring the greatest resources. but that solution, if that talks and is there, we need to deal with that. supervisor cohen: thank you. [reads names] >> good afternoon, supervisors. i simply want to tag on to the folks who are suggesting that we hold this off for a little while and explore other options in terms of location. i come from as far back as 1969. i actually worked at that location, evans and third street. i know that that is the cross- section of functionally a freeway. you have big rigs rolling through there. i was shocked to hear mr. schmidt said that there are trains, locomotives that roll up to that building. i am not certain what is going to happen in the rezoning of that facility. where trains can actually still roll up to it. it seems to me that that is a very awkward condition for a facility that is designed to be on the health care matter. i would also say that, you know, when you look at where that location is, it seems to me that it is more -- i

and it ended up overwhelming our child welfare system with about 50% increase in new child, child protection screenings and investigations, led to actually fewer services for abused children because there were no new funds for this change in law and the resources had to be moved from services to screening and investigation. so during the nine months that was in place in minnesota, we had a huge increase in screenings and investigation, and decrease in services. and together, the child welfare system, administrative and the domestic violence network in the state got together very quickly, unanimously for the first time in their history, to lobby for the repeal of that law under minnesota statute. and it was repealed. and sadly though, upon repeal, now 50% fewer children are being reported to child protection. so on one level we had a lot more reporting but we had no new resources, sort of an unfunded mandate. on the other hand, we know about these children but we're not reporting. and i think there's a third way that we need to support which is a community-based outside of the child welfare s

i report child abuse and stay anonymous? the office for women and domestic and sexual violence services says, quite, in 93% of cases of child sex abuse, the abuser is someone the child knows. police say after seeing the sandusky scandal play out, more people have got the courage to pell police of their own stories of abuse. >> people will call and they will refer back to that sometimes and they will say, you know, this happened there and here's my situation. do i have a case? >> reporter: there is no statute of limitations for prosecution in virginia on child sex abuse. in other words, no matter how long it's been, you can always report abuse. we are live in the newsroom, back to you in the studio. >> all right, erika gonzalez. thank you. >>> water and sewer fees could be going up in maryland. wssc proposing a 7.5% increase for prince georges and montgomery counties. using you 210 gallons of water a day about 5 a month. the increase necessary to cover higher operating costs, a portion of the rate increase would also go towar

i do child care and psychotherapy with the families in the clinic. in addition, i spent the first six years of my life in the bay view community. i am here in two roles. someone who grew up in the coit

and child-friendly location. we anticipate seeking permits within the next three months. for all of these reasons, i urge you to support supervisor cohen's legislation. i close by introducing our legal counsel, jim abrams, from gibson dunn who is available to answer any questions that you may have. i have to thank jim and his colleagues at gibson dunn because over the many months they have provided significant pro bono support to this project. thank you so much. i appreciate your time. president olague: thank you. is there any public comment on this item or would people like to stand up to show their support at this time? for the project? either/or. >> thank you. any public comment? anyone dying to say something? [laughter] not dying but -- >> hello. my name is sharon segada and i'm a staff member at the bayview child health center. but i also take my children there. as a staff member at the bayview child health center, every day i see positive things that the bayview child health center is providing for this com

get some help for your child because a mother who herself is damaged and injured cannot help her child. very good. and, dr. clark, you were talking about different types of scenarios in terms of how parents need to cope with different types of trauma that their children may have experienced. what other types of actions should parents be taking in a different scenario? well the most important thing, as dr. harris pointed out, you listen but you should also believe your child unless the evidence is overwhelmingly to the contrary, which means, as dr. harris points out, you are taking it outside to explore, to get vindication. so, if it's bullying you are talking to the school. you're talking to the teacher. if it's sexual assault, you're bringing in the appropriate authorities to address that. if it's a family member, you are not keeping it a secret because you're afraid of embarrassing the family. the issue is that the child will suffer long-term consequences, and you too will suffer consequences because you are either, you're a victim yourself based on the past or you're sitting there h

i do child care and psychotherapy with the families in the clinic. in addition, i spent the first six years of my life in the bay view community. i am here in two roles. someone who grew up in the community and someone who is coming back to serve in a professional role. it has been a privilege to be a part of this program. coming from a relationship-based program, where i am allowed to parallel that process with families that i work with. i have noticed some collaboration of we have. basing their relationship in the community is where it starts. leading the families where we are is the hardest part, but it has been a part of the mission of the clinic to meet the families where they are. i am here in support of cyw and where it would be located, because access to services is huge. a lot of times they will not go to where they need to to get services. they are spread out in every direction. part of what we want to do is not just work with the children, but the parents and family as a whole. that is a huge step. supervisor cohen: thank you. next, we hav

in the child protection division in cook county and i'm the judge of the child protection division in cook county and just as way of background just through the council and family court judges i along with los angeles, new york, and chicago are the three largest child protection jurisdictions in our nation. over the last decade, the three of those jurisdictions of themselves, have been able to reduce -- safely reduce our case loads from anywhere from 40 to 80%. and i would say safely because our recidivism rate has not increased. and we can talk about how that was actually done, but what i'd like to do is give you some of the information that we've learned over this last decade and this is not only cook county but i would suggest to you new york, l.a. and chicago. by the way, you've heard two judges' names today, both of us, judge sidney leaderman from miami and myself -- we are members of the national council, serve on the board of trustees and i currently serve as the president of that organization, so i would strongly suggest if you're looking for innovative courts, the national co

the child. things we learned, somehow we couldn't figure it out in the beginning, but we finally got there, and that came from a suggestion from one of our other model courts. so it's sharing information once question go back to our -- once we go back to our laboratories and share information. so i would suggest every jurisdiction should be charging on domestic violence and figuring out ways to address that trauma and violence for the children as well. we talked about a lot of our courtrooms across the city whether it's a juvenile justice courtroom, a child protection courtroom, a divorce courtroom, a child support courtroom. we focus on providing services for parents. i would agree with you even though my charge is making decisions that are in the best interests of children. so what we are doing now in cook county, i have this benchmark hearing that's for older adolescents, and all we focus on is the older adolescent to the point that, for instance, if i terminated the parental rights on a pare

maybe the child is too young to understand the reasoning of the traffic. >> beating your child nobodys is right. we're going to talk about that. all righty? >> okay. >> can you dodge a chatty kathy? >> you've been on a plane where you're totally trapped and someone sitting next to you -- >> in your face. >> they're like jaws. you're stuck there. there's nothing you can do. the question is what do you do to avoid that kind of situation? >> i want to know what you do, >> i did this once and it was a big backfire so i'll never do it again. don't do it. i was on a plane and the person was yapping and yapping. i took the headsets from the plane, plugged it in the plane thing and put it in my earplugs and there was nothing playing but i didn't care. it was a guy talking and i just had my headphones on. the guy looks at me -- >> this is where you made the mistake. >> he reaches for his headphones, plugs them in the plane thing and there's nothing playing. >> but hoda's -- >> but i am rocking because now i'm already in the lie. so the flight attendant comes over, he says, my headphones aren't

is a parent taking that child and stuffing the child full of fast food?ustody, judges have to decide the best interests of the child, among the factors weighed, the home environment, the quality of the school, the child's wishes. analysts say nutrition should only be a deciding factor in extreme cases when the child is malnourished or grossly overweight. >> we don't want to say they can't have a cookie, we don't want to say they can't go out and have things that kids want. >> some liken it to the rise of arguments about secondhand cigarette smoke in custody cases about 20 years ago, another weapon for one parent to wield against the other as societies concerns evolved. >> coa noncustodial parent grab and make it an unfair weapon, sure. but in the end as we look at what's happening to our children, maybe it's a weapon that ought to be used. >> if it's in the best interests of the child. for "today," john yang, nbc news, antioch, illinois. >> wendy murphy, former prosecutor and child advocate and gail saltz, editor. how often are we seeing weight and nutrit

child up. oh, did you great in that play. did you great -- have you such a wonderful voice. you are such a great athlete. when all of those things can't possibly be true. you don't want to just say that your child is wonderful in everything. that's not a realistic expectation for that person. nobody is good at everything. and if you compliment them and praise them for everything, you are not really helping them understand that there are going to be things they are better at and things worse at and should possibly focus their attention on the things in which they have a natural talent for. >> what would you suggest as parents try to figure out okay, how do i go with this thing? basketball game. made a score. do i praise them for that? >> i think that you -- you praise them for scoring. i think your emphasis should be on other things more within their control. so you can say hey, great job scoring that goal or getting that hoop. you know. scoring that point. but what i really loved was how you we

i ask both of you, how would you feel if that was your child going over there? are you prepared to send your children to take down iran before they launch a nuclear weapon? >> to take down iran? no. that has never been something i have put on the table. to take out their capabilities, as the israelis did in syria with their reactor and iraq, and their reactor, that is a very different thing than a full- scale invasion. i will not talk about that, because it's not in the playbook, anywhere in the playbook. that's not something we should engage in. we should stop the radical theocracy that has mal intent, not just for israel but for our allies in the region, most of whom are sunni muslims, and not just for the west, with their projection of terror. which they have already done against the united states and our allies. this is a country that, with a nuclear weapon, would be the greatest threat to peace and security this world has seen in a very, very long time. they are driven by a theology that believes in conquest. i know barack obama says it's just a little coun

they haven't said whether the child is a student here or the child's -- age.ndler taught second and third graders which are 7, 8 and 9-year-olds. he's been near for about nine years. the superintendent said in a written statement: the safety and well-being of the children is their primary concern. our other top story covered in san francisco by our own terry mcsweeney. let's check in with him for an update. >> reporter: good morning. new report in today's chronicle says sheriff ross mirkarimi is likely to face charges of misdemeanor domestic violence. the d.a.'s office says there is a case there and they are going forward with it. take a look at sheriff mirkarimi with the ceremonial swearing in over the weekend. even at the time he said there was a include hanging over him that started forming new year's eve when mirkarimi grabbed his wife's arm with such force that it left a bruise. the wife had a neighbor document that bruise with video. when police went to get that she refused, police obtained a search warrant and got it. mirkarimi's wife now saying that th

child. and it's just heart-breaking. i don't know. we're just pretty torn up about it. >> now, dc does have a safe haven law which allows anyone to drop off a child at a safe place, such as a police station, firehouse or medical facility if they cannot care for that child. maryland and virginia have similar laws in place. investigators are now waiting for the results of an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death. if you have any information about what happened to this baby, call dc police. >>> evil and possibly a sociopath. that's how police describe kevin darnell ray, the man investigators say is behind three violent home invasions in montgomery and prince george's county. he bound six victims with zip ties, the youngest just seven days old, and sexually assaulted him. before that he tied up a mother and son and sexually assaulted the cleaning lady. during a news conference today, his aunt showed up looking for answers saying the cold hearted person police are describing is not the ne

, endangering the child and the witness. all right, joe, thanks very much. big question, can mirkarimi still perform as sheriff? here's what the law sauce. mirkarimi would be automatically removed from office if he were convicted of a felony. as joe just reported, he faces three misdemeanor charges. however, the mayor has the authority to charge him with official misconduct and then suspend him. then it would be up to the city's ethics commission to make a recommendation to the board of supervisors. they could either reinstate mirkarimi as sheriff or remove him from office. we will, of course, as joe said continue to monitor developments with the story. we'll have much more reaction from city hall ahead tonight at 6:00. >>> in other news, a special team of investigators is looking into a brutal attack that left two san francisco women seriously injured. police believe they know the motive behind the bloody and vicious attack. it happened at a home on 20th avenue in the city's sunset district. patrick sedillo on why one of th

a child being trafficked, a child being forced to work. it doesn't get worse than that. be just about, are there enough of them. it's a serious abuse. >> reporter: according to an industry-wide agreement, signed on september the 19th, 2001, this should not be the case. the harken-engle protocol was written to put an end to forced child labor in chocolate by 2005. that deadline had to be extended to 2008, and again to 2010. it's now been more than ten years. >> if these companies aren't willing to come forward and work with us and put some more money forward to get these kids out of the cocoa fields, i think they may face a really big backlash. >> reporter: kevin bells with free the slaves signed the protocol in 2001, along with leading companies in the cocoa market. >> i am sfoidisappointed, and t large part, it's a resource question. it's all about while several million dollars a year are moving from the chocolate industry on to the ground in west africa, it's not enough. >> reporter: cnn has spoken to the top chocolate and cocoa companies, inviting them to be on our ai

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but you know, we know so many families who would love a child, any child, and it's just heartbreaking. >> it is heartbreaking. police are now waiting for the result of the autopsy. they want to know exactly what killed that baby. >> the little boy who was run over and killed along duke street yesterday has been identified. his name was hernandez, brian hernandez chavez who was eight years old. he and his mom were walking along a sidewalk near the landmark mall when a car driven by 22-year-old victor jumped the curb and hit them. now charged with dui, manslaughter, wreckless driving and he is being held without bond. >> an 8-year-old child eludes, but something so traumatic. i can't imagine what that would be like. >> the boy's mother was also hit and suffering nonlife threatening injuries. >> the italian coast guard says 29 people are still missing from a cruise ship that ran a ground off the coast. rescue crews worked deep into the night looking for more passengers, including a couple from minnesota. so far, six people have died in that accident. the ship's captain remains in prison.

the child didn't make it to class on time.ter the bus driver made it to her home that she discovered the child and took her to school. >> the driver had not left the bus and noticed the child still there. >> reporter: the driver personally walked the child into the secretary's office. the driver thought the school would notify the parent of what happened. the school thought the transportation department would notify the parent. neither of which happened. the district says the child is the one who broke the news to her mother and the principal was not notified until the following day. the district says the child was never harmed. we tried contacting the girl's parent but before unsuccessful. as for the driver of the bus? >> this is an experienced driver without a blot on her record. >> reporter: the school says the bus driver will face disciplinary action. in maryland, erika gonzalez, news 4. >> the principal of glade elementary school spoke with the staff after the incident and needs to be notified if anything like this happen

the child even when the child is not with them.gps devices -- i'm sorry -- >> because you can track the child. >> go on. sure, gps devices are another solution. you can bread crumb your child, you can also get smartphone applications that will show you where predators are within your community. so there are ways to keep your children safe in our society, and we shouldn't have to worry too much, that every person we're going to see is going to be like this particular monster, because they just are not. >> he is a monster. that's a perfect way to explain it. hopefully if we at least reach one parent with this conversation, i feel like we've done our job. mark klaas, thank you so much. now this. >>> a congressman taking responsibility or taking credit for helping create jobs is like al gore taking credit for the internet. >> mitt romney lashing gingrich on the trail, making headlines acknowledging that he is within the 15% tax bracket. the republican front runner, though, still hasn't revealed his tax returns, and one person is actual

gary indiana child died this morning. live hyde park combers children hospital with tragic death but generous gift. >> henderson family says they are grateful for the prayers and hopes the players will continue tonight. surgeon sued working to recover the organs. up to seven children can benefit. declared brain dead hours ago to year- old remains on a respirator at comber children's hospital. >> we decided to share her life with others the way she has blessed our lives in the short two years. >> could help up to seven children currently awaiting life-saving surgery. working with a gift of hope organ and tissue donor network hoping to recover organs. >> wheat bread of by this in the beginning not fair to have somebody not able to live that she was always full of life >> lallana shot and the head saturday afternoon 22 caliber handgun police said the toddler was playing with another child at home when the gun discharged leaving the shooting to be accidental relatives did not know what happened to focus is elsewhere for now o

he wants to have another child. that's why i'm questioning because i know for sure that i don't want to have a child. >> reporter: and now, she doesn't want to have anymore children, where does that leave you? >> i don't know. >> reporter: soon, this modern family may get even bigger, with jon on the lookout for a new partner. ian, with a girlfriend on the side. and, of course, jaiya, always open for more love. like we said, it's complicated. for "nightline," abbie boudreau, abc news, los angeles. >> polyamory. thanks to abbie boudreau for that. >>> just ahead, we're going to go to florida. shocking, never-before-disclosed details about who casey anthony says killed her child. [ male announcer ] lately, there's been a seismic shift in what passes for common sense. used to be we socked money away and expected it to grow. then the world changed... and the common sense of retirement planning became anything but common. fortunately, td ameritrade's investment consultants can help you build a plan that fits your life. ta

you get back in the car, put your child back in the car seat. put your child back in the car seat. you get back in the car. >> it's unfortunate that the sister's got to go through all this. obviously, she didn't get into any trouble. she had done nothing wrong. she's trying to help out her brother. >> i got two words for nbc. role playing chat room, man. because man, the girl was role playing. ask her what she said on the phone. i just like to play. i'm not really -- y'all thought i was going to get some green. >> what is that, for your pedophile thing? because if i'm found not guilty -- >> he told me she was 17. i haven't even laid eyes on the girl. if i knew she was 13, i wouldn't have even picked her up. >> dude, this is a bum rap, man. bum rap. does it look like i need to get 14-year-old girls? >> open it up. i have no problem with you, okay? >> be cool. >> okay? so you be cool, i'm cool. all right? >> nbc again. how are y'all doing, nbc? >> you see that there's something wrong with someone your age coming here to meet somebody who is 14? >> yes, sir. >> and what's wrong with t

>> dustin brown is the biological father and he used this law child the indian child welfare act. it's basically designed to keep indian families together, to keep them from being broken up. he is enrolled in the cherokee nation, his daughter, partially native american. so through the courts, he was able to get his daughter back from matt and melanie. as you can imagine, they didn't rell realize that this would happen a day sooner than they had predicted for it to happen. >> she's adorable, too. >> they raised her since her birth. they say this was an open adoption that. they know her biological mother. but given the court's decision, they had to basically transfer their daughter over to dustin brown. this happened, again, on new year's eve. they thought it would happen new year's day. we actually have an interview with the family that was taken just after that transfer happened from our affiliate wciv. take a listen. >> matt said when we had to do the transfer, it was like he was failing her as a father, to send her off with people that she didn't know, what she must think of us.

consider the child who just can't learn to read. think about him. his parents love him, but maybe they're working long hours to make ends meet. so they can't read to him much at home. maybe his teacher knows he needs more one-on-one instruction, but there's no after-school tutoring. so the little boy doesn't get the help. but we keep passing him on from one grade to the next. imagine that child in fourth and fifth grade, and on to middle school. now he can read the words, but doesn't really understand it. so he struggles to learn about history, geography, science. when he can't meet the standards, we don't offer him a hand up. we just lower the bar. sending him to the next grade and sending him a toxic message that he's not capable of making the cut. he's ashamed. he's frustrated. angry. and eventually, he drops out. i encountered many of these kids as a prosecutor. not when they were kids, but when they were living a life of crime as adults. we know that children who can't read by the third grade are four times more likely to drop out, and 80% of o

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i believe that together we can transform america for the better one child at a time. i'm not pleased to give the defending childhood task force its charge. the members of the defending child the task force will conduct four hearings nationwide, to learn from survivors, policymakers, academics, and the public to the extent of children's exposure to violence in the united states. the members will seek information about prevention strategies that desert increased attention from the department of justice and from states and local and tribal governments. the defending child the task force will develop a final report to me presenting policy recommendations which will serve as a blueprint for preventing and addressing children's exposure to violence, and for mitigating the effects experienced by children exposed to violence across the united states. i want to thank you all once again for your service and for your willingness to accept what is a critical responsibility, as you work to fill out your duties, i encourage you to think creatively and broadly and to consider what c

on cocoa farms throughout the country. >> it's trafficking a child being trafficked, a child being forced't get worse than that. i don't think it's -- it can't be just about are there enough of them. it's a serious abuse. >> reporter: according to an industry-wide agreement, signed on september 19th, 2001, this should not be the case. the harken angle protocol was written to put an end to forced child labor in chocolate by 2005. that deadline had to be extended to 2008 and again to 2010. it's now been more than ten years. >> if these companies aren't willing to come forward and work with us and put some more money forward to get these kids out of the cocoa fields, i think they may face a really big backlash. >> reporter: kevin bells with free the slaves signed the protocol in 2001 along with leading companies in the cocoa markets. >> i am disappointed and to a large part it's a resource question. it's all about the fact that while several million dollars a year are moving from the chocolate industry to work on the ground in west africa, it's simply not enough to meet the size of the probl

that's where you can drop a child off at any hospital, no questions asked. police are urging anyone with information about the baby found dead on monday to please come forward. derek. >>> ly well, we've got a different sort of police story in montgomery county tonight where the department is investigating claims nights department roughed up a news photographer, arrested him, then lied about it. gary. >> reporter: it is the story of a local photographer who survived covering some of the most dangerous war zones in the world, only to be injured a mile from home by police, he says, after he took pictures of them making arrests in the wheaton area of silver spring. you may have seen some of manny garcia's photography. he took this famous picture of president obama. and when president bush flay over the devastation of hurricane katrina, he captured this photo. he won an award for this startling image. >> i've inthin dangerous places. >> reporter: afghanistan. >> early eyewitness news trained with marines. >> reporter: surprisingly -- >> notably one of the most tr

then we will hear from a doctor from the center of youth will this, as well as a member of the childse prevention center. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am from planning department staff. as supervisor cohen mentioned, she introduced this for the location of the center youth and wellness and san francisco convention center. the legislation was forwarded to the planning department, and the commission for did you. it was heard on december 13. the planning commission unanimously approved the changes before forwarding it on it to you. i will walk through exactly what this is and how things are changing on the ground. currently, we're at the northern portion of the bayview community. pdr districts generally are within the general northern area of the bayview. along third street, as you leave the bayview community and across fourth street, there two special use district on the western side, there is a design and development special use district. this was put in place in 2008 when we did the initial pdr zoning to allow some more office uses, uses beyond what is generally permi

that's the illness of a child. nbc's anne thompson introduces us to a florida woman who took that experience and turned it around for others in the same situation and is making a difference by helping kids just be themselves. [ beeping ] >> reporter: the sights and sounds of a hospital can make an already scared child feel even more helpless, until they meet laura pita. they call her the tutu lady, giving tutus and capes to boys and girls. transforming the meek into the powerful. >> super man to the rescue! >> reporter: kids become superheroes. their doctors and nurses become children. all this joy springs from the heartache of this mother of four boys. in her home pita's support team replicates the first tutus she made last april to keep her hands busy as her second son josh got treatment for leukemia and her mom died from skin cancer. >> reporter: how did you get this done? >> through my friends. these are the people who lifted me up. >> reporter: her charity, emmy's heart is named for her mom but the purpose com

on child care issues... including medicine.both kiis yeah..have been vaccinated but i did delay a little bit with some shots.. ecause i was concerned with all of them being all at once." it's not an unusual move. a 'journal of pediatrics' study finds 13 percent of the paaents surveyed say they skipped some orrall of the vaccines. (mother)"my daughter actually got a really bad reaction a fever after the first time.. so i was a little concerned." some parents also lengthened the recommended time between doses... delaying some shots: (mom)"i delayed them on 3 purpose yes... so that way they wouldnt get them all at once.. " some parents split up the measles, mumps, rubella (mmr) vaccine, receiving each part separately because they say it will give the immune system more time to handle each dose. (mom)"i think its your own choice.. "(mom)you dont realize the immune system with each child is different." at the child and teen wellness center in owings mills.. (nats with nurse)"basically shes getting pen and reb virus"2 month old elisa

we are calling on the government to ensure a complete ban on child labor.ithout a ban, people are allowed to employ children. so we first need that law. on the other hand, we do have a right to education. that means that all children should be in school. if we have been trying to use that argument to make sure because the government is saying that all children should be in school and they can look and see that children are not in school but out in the field. so you need to do something to get them back in. but there has to be a ban on child labor, a complete ban. >> should western clothing companies do more to crack down on this? >> absolutely. i think it is important. the government has to have a lot and then implement the law, which would also be implemented. but companies need to be much more stringent. as the report shows, some at the factory level, it is fine. it seems to be much better. but it goes right down the supply chain. they need to make sure and we have worked with some who are very keen to have a good strong child labor code of conduct. just

as we're seeing this through the idse of scout, a child, we have -- through the eyes of scout, a child, we have to dig into it ourselves to see what's going on and once you do you realize that atticus doesn't have a chance. there's nobody to appeal to. he's going to lose. and the moral of "to kill a mockingbird" isn't that atticus finch is a great lawyer or the lawyer that we should follow. the moral of the book and the movie is that the republican lawyer won't work any more. we need a new kind of lawyer. the only way to clean up a town like this is to bring in the federales. you know, everybody's got to go to jail. i mean, these -- you know, if you think about it, who is the real hero of "to kill a mockingbird"? who's the one who sees clearly? it's not atticus finch. he's not even a very intelligent father. i love him. i love him. but who lets your kids out in the middle of the night wearing -- dressed as farm animals and fruit when there's a craze killer who's vowed to get them? you say, fine, you don't need me to walk you home. you can do it yourself. is that -- is that smart? is th

and we have partnered with the city government in the city's effort to develop a child advocacy center, as well as the cpmc bayview child health center, which has been doing this work with our kids for the past five years. as we, together, went and looked at where we were going to locate this new center, we looked at over 20 spaces in bayview. seven of those spaces were in the health node. we were looking at the size, obviously, something that accommodate all of the different services. and of course, whether or not it was economically feasible within our budget. there were certainly spaces that would have been more desirable of what we would like, but it did not accommodate either the size of our budget. we also said down and talk with folks at the department of public health about trying to locate a part of the southeast health center redevelopment. we have specific constraints in our funding, thanks to the generous support of the community that raised $4.2 million for this effort. but we have to have our doors open by the end of this year. that was a constraint that there donor put o

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