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San Bernardino County will spend $7.5 million dollars to expand a team of doctors and nurses at Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital that helps abused and neglected children.
The funding, approved unanimously by the board of supervisors, will be used to further identify abuse, protect young victims, and help families deal with the fallout from those traumas, according to a statement on the county’s website.
The team now consists of five attending child abuse pediatricians, five nurse practitioners and two physicians in training.
“With San Bernardino County’s population on the rise and more families seeking support, we must ensure our child protection resources grow as well,” said board chair Dawn Rowe in the statement. “Expanding the Resiliency Institute for Child Abuse team means we’re ready to respond to the increased need, and heightened awareness, around child abuse.”
For nearly three decades, Loma Linda University Health has been the county’s lead agency for evaluating abused children and determining whether their injuries were inflicted intentionally. It handles about 4,000 cases a year, according to the statement.
