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 ...

This article compares Child Protection Services (CPS) investigators to umpires, emphasizing that they should focus solely on facts and law, not emotions or biases. Investigators must avoid ...

The family of the teenager who was taken by the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services’ Child Protective Service has sued in federal court, alleging several civil rights violations ...

(The Center Square) – 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 ...

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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 ...

Aug. 23—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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...