Child Abuse Prevention Council Of San Joaquin County

Child Abuse Prevention Council of San Joaquin County | 198 followers on LinkedIn. Protecting children and strengthening families through awareness and outcome driven programs delivered with compassion. | LATANYA'S STORY On December 7, 1973, Latanya Smith was born to her unwed 15-year-old mother, Bernice Wiley, and spent the first three years of her life happily living with her grandmother. In December of 1976, Latanya was taken to the hospital by her grandmother with bruises and other injuries. After an investigation of the incident, Latanya was placed back into the custody of her grandmother while Bernice, her mother went through counseling, yet there was no counseling for Charles Johnson, the mother’s boyfriend and the man who had beaten the three-year-old girl.