California County kids sleep on the floor in an apartment building
Fresno County social worker Lorraine Ramirez, left, discusses certain situation from youth in foster care at the Child Protective Services office inside downtown Fresno, Calif., With any Fresno County Administrative Officer Jean Rousseau, just, near some protest and push conference near to social workers represented by SEIU Local 521 on Thursday, October 14, 2021. Rousseau promises changes post- one report revealed that some children taken via their families plus placed below state protection lived in appalling conditions around certain main child protection office, sleeping on conference tables along with urinating within water bottles. (Craig Kohlruss / Any Fresno Bee via AP)
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Single central California county leader vowed immediate changes later a report revealed vulnerable children taken from theirs families were living within appalling conditions inside single office building – sleeping on conference tables, eating fast food, plus urinating inward water bottles until social workers may locate homes for them.
Fresno County Administrative Officer Jean Rousseau apologized Thursday up to certain children forced for stay inside each office building what is a main hub for Fresno County Child Protective Services as well as toward a workers whom monitor them, Certain Fresno Bee reported on Friday. Each news agency first reported on any conditions on Wednesday.
“When I saw the conditions inside a office, when I saw a mats being used in similar fashion beds, I mentioned, ‘Said is unacceptable.’ I should hold known sooner plus we testament remedy something immediately, â€Rousseau declared, expressing his frustration around in no way having existed briefed on any situation sooner.
Social workers told The Bee whatever the county’s child welfare system is understaffed as well as overwhelmed along with that there is per lack from housing for children who hold happened taken starting at of them homes for belonging to them possess safety. . As a result, some children remain within child protection services offices until foster homes are set up for them.
A Fresno Bee contains described children sleeping on conference tables or yoga mats on certain floor inside rooms with lights on. They share some single bathroom, cannot shower along with use bottled water for relief, any media reported.
Lorraine Ramirez, a senior social worker with each Fresno County Department belonging to Social Services Child Protection Agency, told A Bee such any children stay within certain building for per a handful hours to several weeks. Some days at that spot are no children within certain building plus additional days in that place perhaps seem one dozen, girl declared. Their ages plus medical needs vary.
“Each conditions inside which one a children remain are never tolerable, entity is inhumane,†said Ramirez.
Rousseau said male visited the office on Wednesday plus Thursday staff were dispatched to purchase cots along with inflatable mattresses.
Man declared which via here weekend certain children desire exist housed amid single distinct building on some former medical center campus until they can seem accommodated among per novel location which is expected toward be completed among a month.
For right now, housing children on any elderly medical center campus is “against each law†since entity is not allowed through certain state, Rousseau stated.
†However us own no choice. Our group don’t own one spot up to seize above young people, â€he mentioned.
