Questions still linger in the investigation into Hershall Creachbaum’s death, leading lawmakers to potentially edit a ...

A 3-year-old boy died in Alabama after he was left alone in a scorching car by a child protective services worker — ...

New mothers say they had to undergo devastating investigations after hospitals reported their false positive drug tests to child welfare agencies shortly after they gave birth. “It was torture; it was ...

A three-year-old boy was left inside a vehicle while in the care of a contractor for the Alabama Department of Human Resources, police said.

Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews Margaret Sieger of the University of Kansas Medical Center about her recent paper that ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- A recent state investigation revealed that Child Protective Services (CPS) agencies are not always handling cases of child abuse or neglect appropriately and that the mistakes may ...

Last year, the Biden administration official in charge of child welfare compared agency field-workers to “overseers on plantations” and advised the public not to call child protective services ...

SHORT VERSION [In state’s child protection statute and/or where “abuse and neglect” and/or “best interests of the child” are defined, add] A parent has the fundamental right to direct ...

A caseworker assigned to monitor Illinois foster child Mackenzi Felmlee — who later died in May 2024 — had a troubling past, ...

San Antonio — Whistleblowers working for Child Protective Services alert the Dallas Federal Court of more abuses described in missing reports by the state agency. During the hearing late last ...