The state agency that oversees child protection in Minnesota has named a new top official to run that division, following a series of highly publicized breakdowns in the system for protecting children ...

Michelle Newcomb does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Children constitute over 40 per cent of forcibly displaced and stateless persons. Situations of forced displacement and statelessness can have a lifelong, devastating impact on the lives and ...

[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 ...

Compulsory schooling for 16-year-olds boosts attendance and reduces their risk of maltreatment and need for emergency health ...

Since "Child Protection Service workers ... comprise the essential frontline of the child protection system, their emotional exhaustion can quickly affect a negative domino series of consequences," ...

Erica Russ has prior experience working in child protection and have previously undertaken other state government funded research related to child protection. She is a member of the Australian ...

A North Carolina advocacy group is using high-pressure tactics to push Durham County officials to return children taken away from families by child protection services. County officials say the ...

A Minnesota family’s chances of being reported for child maltreatment vary dramatically depending on their race. So does the likelihood a kid will be removed from their family, or reunited with them ...