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 ...

Scattered clothes, alcoholic beverage containers, drug paraphernalia and children’s toys covered the floor and furniture in the darkened living room as child protective services workers walked inside.

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Naomi Schaefer Riley and Martin Guggenheim debate the resolution, "Government-run child protective services should intervene more in the lives of children." For the affirmative is Riley, a senior ...

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 ...

The ICB will be required to nominate at least one health professional, the police at least one officer and the local ...

A view of the Pennsylvania state Capitol building from State Street in Harrisburg. (Tim Lambert/Pennsylvania Capital-Star). State lawmakers are considering changing the legal definitions of child ...