South Bay center could help meet dire need for services for abused children

Construction is set to begin on a new center in Morgan Hill for abused and neglected children and their families next month.

The new Children’s Advocacy Center, slated to open next year, would offer services in a region with some of the highest rates of child abuse in Santa Clara County, filling a need that has been unfilled for years.

“Today is a long time coming for us. Our community has been struggling with sexual assault. Our children have been struggling with sexual assault,”...