A new study by researchers at the University at Buffalo suggests that Child Protective Services (CPS) caseworkers may need to use a more all-encompassing approach to improve how they respond to cases ...

Across the United States, state laws designate licensed mental health professionals (MHPs) as mandated reporters when they have reasonable suspicion of child abuse or neglect (Ettinger, 2022). This ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Senate Judiciary’s CPS-focused agenda includes a bill to require that workers wear audio recording devices while performing their ...

A Barbour County CPS worker is charged with DUI and child neglect after deputies say he was driving impaired with a 2-year-old in his custody. Bond set at $13,000.

BLAIR, Wis. (WXOW) – A Blair woman is in custody following multiple reports of child abuse involving a five-year-old. Arianna Jonsgaard faces two felony counts of child abuse and child neglect.

The child maltreatment rate across the commonwealth in 2024 reached 14.1 per 1,000 children, according to new U.S. Department of Health and Human Services data. The executive director of Child ...

A federal audit of West Virginia’s foster care system found the state didn’t comply with the required investigation requirements when responding to reports of child abuse and neglect. The West ...