The April report showed CPS is underfunded, understaffed and has a high turnover rate. These factors, the report says, ...

Ray Mata Jr. and Graciela Bustamonte have been charged with first-degree murder, willful cruelty to a child, and torture ...

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 ...

The death of 8-year-old Genesis Mata has sparked renewed scrutiny of the child welfare system after reports confirmed the ...

An online petition is calling for an independent investigation of the Kern County Department of Child Protective Services, alleging a pattern of failure.

A damning new report by B.C.'s children's representative says that child protection services in British Columbia are in crisis, and that immediate action is needed to address what is an "unsafe ...

Child Welfare, Vol. 73, No. 5, SPECIAL ISSUE: A RESEARCH AGENDA FOR CHILD WELFARE (September-October 1994), pp. 431-447 (17 pages) The legal context of child protective services provides the framework ...