Children Now Report - Kern County

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Channel: 23ABC News | KERO · 2012 · News & Politics

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Compared to other communities around California, children in Kern County are in the bottom third when it comes to children attending pre-school, reading at grade level and access to healthcare, but work to improve those numbers is currently in progress.

The scorecard is out and it's helping several organizations plan out the future.

"There are so many different ways to try and approach this from family intervention and medical intervention, education and the cost of healthier foods," said Jan Hefner, dire

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