For the first time ever, the State of Texas will have an advisory committee overseeing Child Protective Services ...

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 ...

The torture and murder of 8-year-old Genesis Mata, back in August, fueled a torrent of community outrage. The anger was aimed ...

State officials published a new report exposing flaws in Alameda County’s child protective services and foster systems. Between 2019-2024, Alameda County Department of Children and Family Services ...

SAN ANTONIO - Forty-nine children have died in the last four years under the care of the State of Texas. A federal judge says it's part of the reason there's still a close eye on the Texas Department ...

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 ...

In a statement, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services—which oversees CPS— called Kyron’s death “a profound ...

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 ...

Parenting expectations are often unreasonably high—and so is the number of people who believe that kids can't handle anything on their own. Passersby too often see an unsupervised child and assume ...

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-- It was a tragedy felt across the country. Eight-year-old Thomas Valva died of hypothermia at the hands of his father and his fiancé, prompting an in-depth look at what went wrong in ...

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 ...