In October, Nyisha Ragsdale, the maternal aunt of four-year-old Jahmeik Modlin, filed a lawsuit against the New York City Administration for Children’s Services (ACS), claiming that the city could ...

During the past year, 12 children who had been the subject of reports of abuse or neglect to the state’s child protective services died, according to a report released Wednesday. Fourteen deaths were ...

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 ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — A recent Grand Jury report outlines staffing shortages with in Child Protective Services and also points out some disturbing issues within the department. The report ...

A new state law cracks down on accountability for providers of parenting classes that are often court-ordered in child abuse and neglect cases but have gone unregulated and have failed to keep ...

House Health Chairwoman Amy Summers is asking how the public’s representatives can learn more about a state agency’s responses to sensitive child protective services cases. The question has arisen ...