In re L.R. CA1/2

DISCUSSION

In October 2023, L.R. came to the attention of the Solano County Child Welfare Services (the Agency) the day she was born, through an emergency referral reporting that mother tested positive for amphetamines upon her admission to the hospital, received no prenatal care and had no provisions to support the baby. Hospital staff provided the emergency social worker a copy of a toxicology report indicating a positive result for methamphetamines (“detected”). When interviewed at the hospital, mother reported she was homeless and had received no prenatal care but denied using substances. L.R. was ordered detained. Over the next three months, mother was given numerous referrals for substance abuse treatment, housing programs and other supportive resources. She reported using drugs since 11th grade (she was 21 when the case began), reported struggling with methamphetamine addiction since living in a homeless encampment in December 2022, and told her lead social worker she had used methamphetamine during her pregnancy, though she had tried to stop. By

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