On a summer afternoon in 2023, Michelle Fraser got an unsettling call from her daughter: A “strange man” was milling about ...

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 ...

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 ...

Dorothy Roberts is an academic, 2024 MacArthur “genius” grantee, and author who is advocating for what, at first blush, seems like a really crazy idea: the abolition of child-protective services. CPS ...

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. (AP) — Officials in the New York City suburbs said Thursday they're making changes to child protective services in response to the 2020 death of an 8-year-old boy whose police officer ...

Naomi Schaefer Riley and Martin Guggenheim debate the resolution, "Government-run child protective services should intervene ...

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.

This article compares Child Protection Services (CPS) investigators to umpires, emphasizing that they should focus solely on facts and law, not emotions or biases. Investigators must avoid ...

In at least one way, Georgia’s child welfare agency has treated its chief administrator just like any other parent involved in a possible child endangerment investigation. By not disclosing anything ...

Lawsuits have been filed against Michigan's Department of Health and Human Services and specific Child Protective Services ...