Fairfax County Public Schools superintendent addresses recent teacher arrests in open letter to community
FAIRFAX, Va. — In a letter to the Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) community, Superintendent Dr. Michelle C. Reid addressed the recent arrests of two teachers within the district. She reassured ...
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Child protections vs. parental rights; A controversial law may be endangering the kids it's designed to protect
Someone called Child Protective Services when someone saw the child in a car with her mother doing drugs inside it. After ...
The Royal Gazette1d
Attorney-General: child protection a priority
The Government has said it is looking to strengthen its child protection laws after the release of a repeat offender sparked ...
The Christian Post on MSN2d
Child welfare hotline worker arrested for kidnapping 1-year-old girl she thought was in danger
An employee with the Oklahoma Department of Human Services has been accused of forging documents and using her position to ...
AI is being used in social services—but we must make sure it doesn't traumatize clients
ChatGPT was used by a Victorian child protection worker to draft documents. In a glaring error, ChatGPT referred to a "doll" ...
MyNorthwest.com7d
West Virginia officials ordered to report as child case workers to address staffing shortage
A judge in West Virginia has ordered the new chief of a state agency and several of his subordinates to be assigned as Child ...
West Virginia MetroNews8d
Judge says agency secretary has to do child protective work because of staffing shortage
A West Virginia circuit judge has ordered state officials to serve as CPS workers due to severe understaffing in child ...
Letters to the Editor: Children and Youth Services workers deserve praise
Letter: Recently a horrific child abuse case garnered a lot of media attention. Reading the story made me realize how ...
CT child advocate sounds alarm on lack of safety regulations for autism centers
There should be oversight and protection of what happens in those systems, regardless of what it is,” DCF Deputy Commissioner ...
Oklahoma child welfare worker wanted to protect 1-year-old girl, so she kidnapped her, police say
The girl was taken to a foster home in Shawnee three days after hotline worker picked her up from mother in Midwest City, ...
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‘An ecosystem of dysfunction:’ West Virginia still has a child welfare worker shortage, and it’s taking a toll on foster kids and families
There are myriad factors, but exacerbating all of them is a chronic shortage of Child Protective Service ... CPS worker after only four months. “We were all worried about our safety,” she ...