The Children’s Division is almost fully staffed now — a “remarkable turnaround” from the hundreds of vacancies it had in recent years. Now, the majority of overdue cases are from the Kansas City area.

States are debating whether to add coaches and other professionals with access to children to mandated-reporter lists.

This article discusses the correlation between child abuse and domestic violence. "Child neglect is the most frequently reported category of child maltreatment in New York, the United States, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every state has mandatory reporting laws that require certain professionals like doctors or teachers to report child abuse and ...

WASHINGTON -- Rates of physical and sexual abuse of children have declined over the last 20 years, but for reasons not fully understood, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine. Yet, reports ...

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Child abuse and neglect are collectively described as maltreatment. According to research, studies of maltreatment typically examine the effects of ...

State leaders are calling on Mecklenburg County leaders to testify as to what went wrong in the tragic death of 6-year-old ...

DCS Report Details Prior Abuse Allegations Ahead of Tucson Child’s 2024 Drowning Death A newly released fatality report from ...

The number of known cases of abuse and neglect among children in North Carolina have declined over 30 years. But the official count of children dying from abuse or neglect has increased since 2018.

Abuse or neglect was the official cause of death for 56 children in Indiana in 2023, including three in Allen County, according to a report issued Tuesday. The Annual Report of Child Abuse and Neglect ...

Conversations with survivors of sexual abuse left Missouri state Sen. Tracy McCreery wondering what could have prevented the harm, leading her to sponsor a bill that would require clergy and ...