CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. -- When Chesterfield preschool teacher Lisa Harbilas allegedly physically assaulted five students at Chester Early Childhood Learning Academy, police said child protective ...

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 ...

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 ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- A recent state investigation revealed that Child Protective Services (CPS) agencies are not always handling cases of child abuse or neglect appropriately and that the mistakes may be ...

[In state’s child protection statute and/or where “abuse and neglect” and/or “best interests of the child” are defined, add] A parent has the fundamental right to direct the care and upbringing of the ...

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. (AP) — Officials in the New York City suburbs said Thursday they're making changes to child protective services in response to the 2020 death of an 8-year-old boy whose police officer ...

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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 ...

Michigan's Child Protective Services is still not doing enough to protect possibly abused or neglected children, such as not doing face-to-face assessments of a suspected abuse or neglect victim ...

A Pittsburgh-based child protective services agency is facing criticism for its use of an AI tool that was found to increase racial disparities. reading time 2 minutes An artificial intelligence tool ...

A concerned uncle who is contemplating calling Child Protection Services about his "obese" nephew has turned to the internet for advice. Almost one in five children and adolescents aged two to 19 have ...