The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) recently turned 50. The act, enacted in January 1974, denoted the beginning of the federal government's role in providing funding to states for the ...

This article compares Child Protection Services (CPS) investigators to umpires, emphasizing that they should focus solely on ...

The years of abuse suffered by little Thomas Valva — the autistic boy whose ex-NYPD cop dad and stepmom were convicted of murder in his freezing death — were kept under wraps thanks to the secretive ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Protective measures were in place to keep 12-year-old Malinda Hoagland away from Cindy Warren before the child was tortured to death. A 2020 custody order CBS News Philadelphia ...

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 ...

Critics said the centralized Child Protective Services call intake center is dismissing neglect complaints that should be ...

The Maryland Department of Human Services is investigating Caroline County Child Protective Services after staff failed to respond this summer to a Federalsburg home where state troopers found two ...

She was arrested in February after sheriff’s deputies discovered her three children, living alone in a Pontiac townhouse — ...

Gov. Jim Justice spoke about a Child Protective Services case during his Tuesday, March 23, 2004 briefing. (Screenshot from Gov. Jim Justice’s briefing) Child Protective Services had “no idea” about a ...

During her decades-long career, Jennifer McLogan has been recognized for her coverage of breaking news and live reporting on major stories. After Child Protective Services missed key clues, mandated ...

SAN ANTONIO — Did you know that everyone is required to report child abuse, even if you don't work with children? It's a Class A misdemeanor if you don't. “Everybody in Texas is a mandatory reporter.