A backlog at Jefferson County’s Department of Social Services has the sheriff’s office making several house calls to make sure children are safe.

Todd, the granddaughter of a slave who became an outspoken civil rights activist and social worker whose advocacy for children led to the founding of the state’s Child Protective Services Agency ...

The new commissioner of the state’s embattled child welfare agency wants lawmakers to make a sizable investment in Child Protective Services and the state’s foster care system. Caseworkers ...

The report determined that given the information known at the time, the responding Child Protective Services caseworker responded appropriately. The review did not clearly identify any DCYF ...

Nearly half of all caseworkers statewide – 43% ... announced a $2 million investment to expand the Child Protective Services Fellowship Program, which allows college seniors majoring in ...

A judge in West Virginia has ordered the new chief of a state agency and several of his subordinates to be assigned as Child Protective Services workers.

FRONTLINE continues its examination of Maine's Department of Human Services on February ... access to observe the daily lives of its child protection caseworkers, with whom the decision to remove ...

Nassau County has hired another batch of former law enforcement officials to investigate reports of child abuse and neglect for the Department of Social Services, an effort intended to relieve ...