HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. (AP) — Officials in the New York City suburbs said Thursday they're making changes to child protective services in response to the 2020 death of an 8-year-old boy whose police officer ...

A child is brought to the emergency room with an injury. Was it caused by abuse? When investigated by the police, hospital staff, and child protective services (CPS), each entity may view the same ...

The Suffolk County Department of Social Services is redacting identifying information from reports used to consider the removal of a child from a home, a process county officials said eliminates the ...

Twenty-two MCPS employees were flagged – two with disqualifying criminal charges and 20 with Child Protective Services ...

SAN ANTONIO – According to the Texas Foster Care and Adoption Services, there were over 17,000 children in the Texas foster care system in 2024. The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services ...

In at least one way, Georgia’s child welfare agency has treated its chief administrator just like any other parent involved in a possible child endangerment investigation. By not disclosing anything ...

Early legal involvement in child protection cases helps families understand their rights, follow proper procedures, and prevent wrongful removals or terminations. It ensures fairness, protects ...

WILKES-BARRE — The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) this week released the 2023 Annual Child Protective Services Report, which provides statewide and county-level data on the efforts to ...

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“We’re Not Protecting Children. We’re Recycling Their Trauma.” That was the title of a recent opinion piece by policy researcher Mathangi Swaminathan on the education news website The74, explaining ...

Twenty-two Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) employees were flagged during a recent rescreening to clear a backlog of ...