These operating procedures supplement the policy on Programs Involving Minors (III.A.6). Refer to the policy for applicable definitions. Anyone 18 years of age or older is required by Indiana law to ...

This article features key information about child protection and child abuse including child protection services, child abuse cases, child protection policy, child protection training and child ...

[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 ...

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Black children are twice as likely as white kids to be removed from their parents. For Native American kids, the disparities are even more stark. Layla Jackson never returned to her mother. The ...