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 ...

Officials on Long Island said they're making changes to child protective services in response to the 2020 death of an 8-year-old boy whose police officer father forced him to sleep overnight on the ...

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A March 20 Facebook video shows a man speaking about the legal authority of Child Protective Services. "Does Child Protective Services actually have jurisdiction over you and your children?" the man ...

The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) recently turned 50. The act, enacted in January 1974, denoted the beginning of the federal government's role in providing funding to states for the ...

In New York State, the number of fatalities from child maltreatment went from 69 in 2019 to 105 in 2020. There were 51,000 reports of child maltreatment concerning more than 66,000 children. Just last ...