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 ...

[In state’s child protection statute and/or where “abuse and neglect” and/or “best interests of the child” are defined, add] A parent has the fundamental right to direct the care and upbringing of the ...

In a small, makeshift room in a refugee camp in Erbil, home to more than 8,500 refugees, 12-year-old Dîlan* sits quietly, lost in thought. He often keeps to himself, still carrying the pain of being ...

“It’s incumbent upon us to make sure these children are safe,” Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman said at a press conference recently. “That’s job No. 1.” Blakeman launched a program in 2023 to ...

The state will temporarily run child welfare services in the county after a review raised serious safety concerns.

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 ...

BRAINERD — Early investments with families and children are having an impact on lives and Crow Wing County’s social services budget. Kara Griffin, Community Services division manager, provided a ...

“We’re Not Protecting Children. We’re Recycling Their Trauma.” That was the title of a recent opinion piece by policy researcher Mathangi Swaminathan on the education news website The74, explaining ...

Cardi B promises that it's not a threat, it's a warning. The "Bodak Yellow" rapper vowed to identify the anonymous tipster who called Child Protective Services to her New Jersey residence regarding ...

Ideologues have long worked behind the scenes to weaponize Child Protective Services in the states. This includes accusing parents of “abuse” if they fail to affirm their child’s discordant “gender ...