An Oldham County mother has filed a lawsuit against Kentucky child welfare officials, alleging they violated state open ...
WASHINGTON -- Rates of physical and sexual abuse of children have declined over the last 20 years, but for reasons not fully understood, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine. Yet, reports ...
An Oneida woman was charged Nov. 13 with chronic child neglect, becoming the fourth adult charged in connection to the severe malnourishment of a 14-year-old girl. Melissa Goodman, 50, was charged in ...
CHARLESTON – A federal audit of West Virginia’s child welfare system during former Gov. Jim Justice’s final year in office found that 91% of 100 reviewed reports did not follow requirements for child ...
Trigger Warning: This article mentions disturbing details about child abuse. Florida saw a significant number of child abuse cases, including negligence and assault, in 2025. Despite increased ...
A new report from the Arizona Auditor General reveals significant delays and documentation issues in how the Arizona Department of Child Safety (DCS) investigates noncriminal child abuse and neglect ...
The Child Law Project, which reports on child protection proceedings, has published 77 new case reports to detail the kinds ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Action News Jax is looking at a rising problem: babies and toddlers coming into contact with drugs. Just last week, a local mom was charged with child neglect after her son was ...
Investigations of child abuse and neglect have plunged 18% in Michigan since 2017, a decrease some child welfare advocates contend isn't because there's less abuse but because the state's centralized ...
Missouri’s child welfare agency has for years struggled with high turnover rates among staff who work most closely with ...
The Oklahoma City Police Department says a child-neglect complaint will be upgraded to a murder complaint after a 1-year-old boy died from severe burns suffered last month. Investigators say officers ...
Independence is good. Neglect can be deadly. Indiana should fund prevention, not just redraw the line between the two.