2013-01-03 / Front Page

Mariposa County has state’s highest rate of child abuse

By Jill Ballinger
GAZETTE EDITOR
Mariposa County kids have what would seem an idyllic life. They grow up surrounded by nature’s beauty in a community with a low rate of crime. A new report issued by the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health, however, paints quite a different picture. The data shows that Mariposa County has the highest rate of child abuse and neglect in all of California.

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