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    The Children's Receiving Home of Sacramento (CRH) responded to a wrongful death lawsuit filed against them and Sacramento County over the death of a 12-year-old girl in their custody. CRH's legal counsel stated that aspects of the complaint are false and being used to mislead the media. An investigation by the state licensing authority found that CRH had appropriately followed protocols. While CRH aims to prevent youth from leaving, they are not permitted to lock them in and must follow and attempt to persuade any youth who leaves to return. The girl had followed another teen, not in CRH's custody, onto the freeway and was fatally struck by a car. CRH cannot provide

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    The Children's Receiving Home of Sacramento (CRH) responded to a wrongful death lawsuit filed against them and Sacramento County over the death of a 12-year-old girl in their custody. CRH's legal counsel stated that aspects of the complaint are false and being used to mislead the media. An investigation by the state licensing authority found that CRH had appropriately followed protocols. While CRH aims to prevent youth from leaving, they are not permitted to lock them in and must follow and attempt to persuade any youth who leaves to return. The girl had followed another teen, not in CRH's custody, onto the freeway and was fatally struck by a car. CRH cannot provide

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    CRH Media Statement (070621)

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    The Children's Receiving Home of Sacramento (CRH) responded to a wrongful death lawsuit filed against them and Sacramento County over the death of a 12-year-old girl in their custody. CRH's legal counsel stated that aspects of the complaint are false and being used to mislead the media. An investigation by the state licensing authority found that CRH had appropriately followed protocols. While CRH aims to prevent youth from leaving, they are not permitted to lock them in and must follow and attempt to persuade any youth who leaves to return. The girl had followed another teen, not in CRH's custody, onto the freeway and was fatally struck by a car. CRH cannot provide

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    California
    Nevada July 6, 2021
    Washington
    Arizona
    Children’s Receiving Home of Sacramento Responds to Lawsuit

    The Children’s Receiving Home of Sacramento learned today that a lawsuit has been
    filed against CRH and Sacramento County in the death of a 12-year-old girl who was
    in the custody of CRH last year when she was killed after running onto Interstate 80.

    “The entire CRH community remains devastated by the tragic death of Kendra
    Czekaj in January 2020,” said Glynis Butler-Stone, CEO of CRH. “We have always
    felt a deep sense of professional and personal responsibility for the children and
    youths placed in our care.”
    Author’s Address:

    Cynthia Lawrence, Attorney A preliminary review of the wrongful death suit by CRH’s legal counsel, Cynthia
    Sims, Lawrence & Arruti
    2261 Lava Ridge Court Lawrence, shows that it contains a number of inaccuracies and misrepresentations,
    Roseville, CA 95661 including some that were erroneously reported by news media at the time or in later
    [email protected] stories. "Aspects of this complaint are blatantly false,” Lawrence responded, “and
    obviously being used to bait the media into publishing false information about
    Main: (916) 797-8881
    Fax: (916) 253-1544 CRH.”
    Mobile: (916) 548-6561

    *California # 148927 CRH, by law, is not permitted to lock children onto the campus to prevent them from
    leaving. Staff had adhered to the facility’s protocols under terms of its state licensing
    in following Kendra after she left the campus without authorization, while urging her
    to return.

    An investigation by CRH’s state licensing authority, the Community Care Licensing


    Division of the California Department of Social Services, reported on May 15, 2020,
    that CRH had appropriately followed its state-approved protocols during events
    leading up to Kendra’s death. No citations were issued against CRH.

    Unfortunately, youth make poor choices and sometimes leave CRH. CRH’s state-
    approved policy is to attempt to dissuade the youth from leaving, follow the youth if
    they leave, encourage them to return and, if CRH staff lose sight of the youth, to call
    and file a missing children’s report with authorities.

    Kendra, who had been placed in temporary shelter care at CRH, was fatally struck
    by a car after she followed a 16-year-old, who was not a resident of CRH, onto the
    freeway. The teenager was not physically harmed.

    At the time of the accident, the teen who had run onto the freeway ahead of Kendra
    was under the care and custody of the county’s intake unit for Children’s Protective
    Services, known as CPSU, a county-operated facility. CPSU until September 4,
    2020, had been located for several years on a separately fenced and gated portion of
    the otherwise privately run CRH campus.

    www.Sims-Law.net
    Because federal privacy (HIPAA) laws protect youths in our care, and because Kendra’s death
    is under litigation, CRH is not making further comment about her case at this time.

    CRH is fully licensed and nationally accredited. Since 1944, it has been dedicated to positively
    impacting the lives of California children, youths and families affected by abuse, neglect,
    behavioral health issues and trauma. It has cared for more than 75,000 children and teens in the
    past three-quarters of a century and continues to serve hundreds of our region’s most
    vulnerable youths each year.

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