Child Protective Services staff in Caroline County is under investigation by its parent agency after staff failed to respond ...

Questions still linger in the investigation into Hershall Creachbaum’s death, leading lawmakers to potentially edit a ...

New mothers say they had to undergo devastating investigations after hospitals reported their false positive drug tests to child welfare agencies shortly after they gave birth. “It was torture; it was ...

A 3-year-old boy in Alabama died after being left in a hot car for five hours by a child protective services worker following ...

Ke’Torrius Starks Jr., who had been living in temporary foster care, was left in the Department of Human Resources worker’s car in Birmingham, Alabama for five hours on Tuesday as ...

A three-year-old boy was left inside a vehicle while in the care of a contractor for the Alabama Department of Human Resources, police said.

When investigated by the police, hospital staff, and child protective services (CPS), each entity may view the same events differently, but the sole and final decisionmaker is CPS.

Health Affairs' Rob Lott interviews Margaret Sieger of the University of Kansas Medical Center about her recent paper that ...

During the past year, 12 children who had been the subject of reports of abuse or neglect to the state’s child protective services died, according to a report released Wednesday.

When someone calls the Fairfax County Child Protective Services’ hotline for reporting abuse or neglect, a social worker is on hand to screen the report and determine whether or not it’s valid.