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Little babies to senior citizens. on an average day, you're going to have mostly professional staff, some of which have disabilities themselves, because regional centers do high some of their -- you will small children getting diagnosed. you'll see adults going in with their case workers, so it's a very busy place that provides a lot of support to families. >> this must just be heartbreaking for you and the community there. i can't imagine hearing that something is happening at the location you know so well. >> it is devastating to us. remember, we are talking about individuals with the most v...

See. but i'm hearing all kinds of stories. i took my secretary of health with me down there to make sure the children were first safe, because they are children. we want them to be fed and have appropriate medical care and certainly be safe within the facilities themselves. and they're segregated. but one of the things i've heard since they have been there and it was reported when i was there, actually, that they were not only el salvador children but honduras and guatemala, but 90 children reported to be from india actually at the facility. and it was one of the case workers that told my secr...

Told officials she was no longer using drugs. three months later tariji was dead, apparently killed by a blow to the head. her body was found stuffed into a pink suitcase about 50 miles from her home. of the 477 children who died, the majority, 2/3, came from families where a parent had substance abuse problems, and nearly 85% of the victims were children 5 and younger. torey vinson diamond was 1 year old. >> torey diamond was killed by his mother's paramour clifton frazier, a criminal with a lengthy rap sheet. he beat the toddler to death while in his care. torey's grandmother, loretta young,...

Children from families with either substance abuse or mental health history. and we lack the services right now to intervene meaningfully. governor rick scott's investment would cover about 400 new child protective investigators, the folks that you send out to look into the welfare of these kids, what governor scott calls boots on the ground. but what they're not talking about right now are committing resources to hire more case workers for the kids who you provide services and supervision for, and we're not talking about any real new money for such things as drug treatment, mental health care...

See if the insuror can clarify whether they have coverage or not, especially if they don't have a card. if that doesn't work, we've set up an 800 number. it's 1-800-318-2596. if you don't mind, i'm going to repeat it one more time because it's important. 1-800-318-2596. we will have operators there 24 hours a day. if you think you have coverage and are at a physician's office and they say you don't, if you call that number, we will be able to clarify promptly. if there's a complicated problem, we have case workers who can work with you to resolve those issues. >> let me get back to the two mil...