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 ...

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.

House Health Chairwoman Amy Summers is asking how the public’s representatives can learn more about a state agency’s responses to sensitive child protective services cases. The question has ...

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 ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- A recent state investigation revealed that Child Protective Services (CPS) agencies are not always handling cases of child abuse or neglect appropriately and that the mistakes may ...

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 ...

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

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.

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.

CHARLESTON — The Child Protective Services division within the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources is facing multiple issues driven by the opioid crisis, including staff ...